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Salmon, ova and fry of, 678. 



Sarrothripus Ilicanus, 688. 



Scopula prunalis, 774. 



Scoter near Farnham, 455. 



Sea-bream, short description of, 393. 



Sea-eagle at Elden, 443. 



Seeds sown by animals, 442 ; by birds, 



561, 649. 

 Serropalpus in Leicestershire, 701. 

 Shells, notice of catalogue of, 537. 

 Shetland, fauna of, 459, 551. 

 Shrew, water, in Westwood park, 428. 

 Shrike, grey, at Lynn, 444 ; near Hitchin, 



656 ; at Blackheath, 761. 

 Siskin in Scotland, 496. 

 Skua, Richardson's, at Yarmouth, 795. 

 Skylark, remarks on, 657. 

 Sloths, fossil, 417 ; two-toed, 616. 

 Snails, carnivorous propensity of, 396 ; 



abstinence in, 800. 

 Snipe, Montague's, enquiry respecting, 



454 ; tribe, food of, 576. 

 Snow bunting at Derby, 569. 

 Snow-storm, remarkable, 416. 

 Songs of birds, 442. 

 Song-thrush, anecdote of, 444 ; migration 



of, 493, 657. 

 Sparrow, singular noise made by, 452, 



574 ; hedge, nest of, 658. 

 Spawning of trout, 580. 

 Sphingidse, clear-winged, near Leicester, 



683. 

 Spider, hunting, anecdote of, 680 ; sin- 

 gular application of thread of a, 728. 

 Spirits of wine, substitute for, 613. 

 Spoonbill at Lynn, 455. 

 Squirrel, hunting the, 616. 

 Starling, 724 ; anecdote of, 761. 

 Stilt plover in New South Wales, 454. 

 Stoat, habits of, 488, 714 ; keen scent of, 



490 ; anecdote of, 615. 

 Sturgeon at Great Yarmouth, 580. 

 Substitute for spirits of wine in preserving 



specimens, 613. 

 Sugar, capturing insects with, 688. 

 Sussex, birds of, 430. 

 Swallow, nesting places of, 446 ; note on, 



447 ; early arrival of, 565 ; late 



occurrence of, 565 ; course over the 



Atlantic, 565 ; enquiry respecting, 



650 ; migration of, 762. 

 Swan dying, 674 ; nidification of, 669. 

 Swift, 725 ; late departure of, 762 ; at 



Uppingham, rarity of, 762. 

 Sylviadse, new genus of, 496. 



Tadpole, food of, 579,676. 



Tadpole fish on coast of Norfolk, 532. 



Tanager, red-breasted, at Cheltenham, 

 444. 



Tenthredo, caterpillar of, 609. 



Terebratula, Duval's fossil, 679, 769. 



Tern, roseate, enquiry respecting, 454. 



Terrier poisoned by vermin infesting a 

 rat, 714. 



Thrush, missel, anecdote of, 444 ; song of, 

 492 ; habits of, 565 ; nesting of, 

 656 ; song, anecdote of, 444 ; mi- 

 gration of, 493, 657. 



Thyridopteryx Ephemeraeformis, habits of, 

 537. 



Tipulidae in winter. 402. 



Titmouse, greater, nest of, 447 ; note on, 

 449 ; habits of, 726. 



Toads found in stone, 677, 769. 



Torpidity in a bat, 613. 



Toxotus rugipennis, 476. 



Tree pipit, remarks on, 658. 



Triphaena Curtisii, 399 ; subsequa, 399. 



Trochilium Ichneumoniforme, capture of, 

 683. 



Trout, spawning of, 580. 



Viper in Devonshire, 768. 

 Voyage up the Alabama river, 703. 



Waders, rare, at Kingsbury reservoir, 767. 

 Wagtail, pied, correction concerning, 452 ; 



habits of, 566; habits of grey, 568 ; 



singular locality for a nest of, 726 ; 



grey, migration of, 763 ; habits of, 



764. 

 Wasps, scarcity of, 474 ; Temarkable habit 



of, 748. 

 Wasp bees, description of the British, 



587. 

 Water beetle, habits of, 612. 

 Water-rail, habits of, 575, 669 ; migration 



of, 766 ; habits of, 766, 794. 

 Water-shrew in Westwood park, 428. 

 Waterton's Essays, notice of, 671. 

 Waxen chatterer in Sussex, 762. 

 Weasel, habits of, 488. 

 Wight, Birds of Isle of, 516, 634 ; mam- 

 malia of Isle of, 776. 

 Wild duck, enquiry respecting, 669. 

 Woodcock, half-grown, 667. 

 Wood-wren, peculiarities of, 451. 

 Wren, wood, 451 ; common, anecdote of, 



564. 

 Wryneck, habits of, 433 ; note on, 449. 



Yponomeuta sedella, 627. 



