CONTENTS. 



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Sea-birds, protection of, on Fame 

 Islands, 222 



SeaJ and Whale fishery of 1892, notes 

 on, 81 



Seals and Whales, 388 



Shark, Basking, on coast of Sligo, 

 270 



Sheathbell, Antarctic, on coast of 

 Ireland, 28, 151 



Sheldrake in captivity, 24, — and 

 other birds, at Exmouth, 267 ; 

 Ruddy, in Norfolk, 152 



Shells, land, at Much Hadham, 

 Herts, 1 



Shoveller breeding in Co. Donegal, 22 



Shrew, Water, in S.W. Lancashire, 

 302 



Shrike, Great Grev, at sea, 6, — in 

 Surrey, 22,— in Herts, 27 



Shropshire. — Local lists of mam- 

 mals, reptiles, and fishes, 183, 246, 

 257 



Sirex gigas in Holderness, 76 



Skua, Bichardson's, in Yorkshire, 5 



Smew in Co. Donegal, 22 



Snake, Coral, 30 ; Mattipi, 31 



Snakes, harmless, venom in, 30 



Snipe, American Red-breasted, in 

 Ireland, 433 ; Sabine's, in Co. 

 Donegal, 459 ; Solitary, in Co. 

 Mayo, 434 



Societies, Scientific : — 

 Linnean, 32, 76, 110, 155, 193, 231, 



270, 461 

 Zoological, 33, 77, 111, 156, 194, 



232, 271, 462 

 Entomological, 35, 78, 112, 159, 

 196, 233, 273, 437, 464 



Solway Firth, Black Guillemot in, 

 395 ; Tunny in, 435 



Somersetshire. — Black Rat, 19 1 

 Fork - tailed Petrel, 22 ; Red- 

 throated Diver, 22 ; Spotted Crake, 

 22 ; local lists of mammals, rep- 

 tiles, and fishes, 183, 246, 257; 

 Richard's Pipit, 267; Quail, 305; 

 zoological maps, 457 



Spoonbill at Brighton, 108, — in S. 

 Hants, 268 



Squirrel, food of, 301, 354 ; albino, 

 426, 457 



Staffordshire. — Waxwing, 109; local 

 lists of mammals, reptiles, and 

 fishes, 184, 247, 258 



Stainton, H. T., memoir of, 18 



Stork, Black, in Middlesex, 396 



Suffolk.— Velvet Scoter, 23; Wax- 

 wing, 148 ; local lists of mammals, 



184 ; Crane, 313 ; Purple GaUinule, 



Surr ey , _ Great Grey Shrike, 22 ; 

 black variety of Brown Rat, 103 ; 

 Greater Spotted Woodpecker, 269 

 Grey Wagtail, 307 ; Dipper, 307 



Su ssex. — Otter, 102; Purple GaUi- 

 nule, 105, 147, 192 ; Bittern, 108 ; 

 Lapland Bunting, Bernicle, and 

 Spoonbill, 108 ; Willow Wren, 109 ; 

 Ruff, 109; Waxwing, 149; Fire- 

 crest, 149 ; Black Scoter, 151 ; local 

 lists of mammals, reptiles, and 

 fishes, 184, 247, 258; Garganey, 

 193, 226, 269 ; Gilbert White, 201, 

 264, 290, 295, 441 ; Serotine Bat, 

 223, 458 ; Hoopoe, 228 ; Quail, 268; 

 White Field Vole, 302 ; Great Bat, 

 458 ; Long-tailed Duck, 460 



Swan, Bewick's, at Annesley, 108 



Switzerland, ornithological notes 

 from, 308, 432 



Tasmania, mortality amongst Rabbits 

 in, 102 



Teneriffe, newly observed habit in 

 Blackcap Warbler at, 169, 269 



Tennyson, Ornithology of, 145 



Tern, Black, in Cheshire, 227, — in 

 Yorkshire, 308, — in Warwickshire, 

 395, — in South Lancashire, 458 ; 

 Lesser, in Hants, 12 ; Sandwich, 

 in Yorkshire, 4 



Testacella scutulum, manner of feed- 

 ing in, 281, 356 



Thessaly, Field Vole of, 139, 187 



Thrush, White's, plumage of, 267 



Thrush's nest without mud lining, 

 225 



Tropic-bird, 225 



Trout, weight of, 76 ; and Salmon- 

 culture in Natal, 57 



Tunny in Solway Firth, 435 



Variety, black, of Brown Rat, 103 ; 



of Woodcock, 109 

 Venom in harmless Snakes, 30 

 Voles, Field, plague of, in Scotland, 

 121, 187, 353,— decadence of, 426, 

 — variation of colour in, 266, 302, 

 — Adders useful in destroying, 

 460 ; of Thessaly, 139, 187 



Wagtail, nest of, in November, 30 ; 

 Grey, nesting in Surrey, 307 ; Pied, 

 curious nesting-place of, in Notts, 

 458 ; White, in Co. Mayo, 226 



Wales, — Hybrid Red and Black 



