CONTENTS. 



XIX 



Salmo fario, 558 ; salar, 557 ; trutta, 

 558 



Sandpiper, Green, in Co. Waterford, 

 148 ; flight, 573 



Saunders' « Manual of British Birds,' 

 532 



Scarborough, notes from, 578 



Sciaena aquila, 547 



Sciurus aestuans, 343 



Sclater, Dr. P. L., bibliography, 188 



Scomber scomber, 547 ; scriptus, 547 ; 

 thynnus, 547 



Scomberesox saurus, 559 



Scopus umbretta, 158 



Scorpaena dactyloptera, 544 



Scoter, Surf, in Co. SligoandMayo,84 



Scotland. — Yellow Wagtail in Ar- 

 gyllshire, 167 ; Cuckoo, 272, 365 ; 

 Toad attacked by Weasel, 339 ; 

 Wild Geese in Fifeshire, 363 ; mi- 

 grants in Aberdeenshire, 366; Gol- 

 den Eagle in Koss-shire, 425 



Scotophilus greyii, 193 



Scyllum canicula, 565 ; stellaris, 565 



Sea-regions of the globe, 221 



Seal, Behring Sea fisheries, 96 ; Com- 

 mon, in Biver Arun, Sussex, 571 ; 

 Grey, in Carnarvonshire, 141 ; and 

 Whale fishery, 1896, 56, 142 



Selache maxima, 565 



Serpentarius secretarius, 157 



Shagreen made from skins of Bays 

 and Dog-fish, 292 



Shark, Porbeagle, in Manx waters, 

 579 ; Thresher, at Lowestoft, 475 



Sharks, abundance in tropical seas, 

 36 ; combat at Cocos Islands, 387 



Sheep, Wild, bred in captivity, 291 



Sheldrake, local name, 508, 571 



Shetland, list of birds observed, 360 ; 

 Black-throated and Great Northern 

 Divers breeding in, 364, 425, 509 



Shrew, Lesser, in Cheshire, 231, — in 

 Anglesea, 326, — in Devon, 467 



Shrews and Vole*, trapping, 507, 571 



Shrike, Lesser Grey, in Kent, 427 ; 

 Bed-backed, near Bainworth, 334 



Singing of birds, hours, 472, 576 



Siphonostoma typhle, 563 



Sirenians, distribution, 219 



Slugs, distribution of worm-eating, 89 



Sminthopsis nitela, 208 



Snails, early, 236 



Snake, Smooth,in NewForest, 431,475 



Snakes found within fifty miles of 

 New York City, 44 



Snipe, Common, breeding in Bomney 

 Marsh, 271 



Solea lascaris, 557 ; vulgaris, 557 



Solway Firth, Germon, or Long- 

 finned Tunny, in, 580 



Somali-land, mammals from, 434 



Song of Greenfinch, 335 ; autumn, of 

 birds, 358, 410, 471 



Sparrow, unusual position for eggs of, 

 334; House, peculiar nesting habit, 

 273, — depredations of, 383; albino, 

 578 



Sparrowhawk nesting in thorn-tree, 

 508 



Sparrows nesting on band-stand, 287 



Sparus niger, 548 



Spider, Tipula, and Wasp, 475 



Spurn lighthouse, migration at, in 

 1896, 245 



Squatina vulgaris, 565 



Squirrel, Common, seasonal changes 

 in, 424 



Star-fish, Scutellated, alleged occur- 

 rence in Durham, 170, 340 



Starling, unusual position for eggs of, 

 334 ; strange nesting habits, 514 



Starlings, second brood, 334 



Stilt, Black- winged, in Somerset, 511 



Stridulation of Cicadidae and Ortho- 

 ptera, 432, 516, 517, 519, 520 



Struthio camelus, 97 



Swift, flight of, 36 ; night flight, 290 ; 

 roosting, 468, 511 



Syngnathus acus, 563 ; hippocampus, 

 563 ; lumbriciformis, 563 



Tanagra sclateri, 447 



Taphozous australis, 192 



Tatusia novemcincta, 343 



Taxidermy, 412 



Tern, Black, in Anglesea, 329, — in 

 Warwickshire, 330 ; Noddy, in 

 Cheshire, 510 ; Boseate, breeding 

 in Britain, 165, 467,— eggs of, 467, 

 510 



Terpsiphone cristata, 161 



Thetford, Stone Curlews as observed 

 around, 248 



Thrush, Song, unusual position for 

 eggs of, 334 



Tinea vulgaris, 560 



Tipula, Spider, and Wasp, 475 



Tithoes confinis, 161 



Titmouse, Blue, habit variations, 333 



Tit's nest, strange discovery of, 167 



Toad attacked by Weasel, 339 ; by 

 Hedgehog, 369 ; enemies of, 432 



Torpedo vulgaris, 566 



Tortoise, gigantic, from Aldabra Is- 

 lands, 382 



