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CONTENTS. 



Sandpiper, Common, 212 ; Purple, in 

 Anglesey, 154 



Sark, bird notes in, 260, 305 



Saxicava arctica, var., 185 ; rugosa, 

 '185 



Saxicola cenanthe, 90, 362, 447 



Sciurus palmarum, 97 



Sclater, Dr. P. L., 78 ; W. L., 198 



Scolopax rusticula, 193, 233, 369 



Scotland — Blackbird, 69, 70; Song- 

 Thrusb, 69; Hybrids, 23; Notes. 

 108, 353 ; Shag, 153 ; Osprey, 234 ; 

 Goat suckling a Lamb, 311 ; Cuc- 

 koo, 350, 391 ; Swift, 350 ; Lesser 

 Black-backed Gull, 308, 352 ; Her- 

 ring-Gull, 308, 352; White-tailed 

 Eagle, 458 



Scrobecularia alba, 185 ; nitida, 185 ; 

 piperata, 185 



Scyllium canicula, 383 



Sea-bird slaughter, 354, 395 



Sea-birds inland, 277 



Seal and Whale Fishery of 1902, 53 



Seal, Harp, in Great Britain, 312 



Sea-serpent ?, 38 



Semnopithecus entellus, 94 



Sepia officinalis, 187 



Sepolia rondeletii, 187 



Sexual selection and the aesthetic 

 sense in birds, 407 



Shag, early nesting, 153, 192 



Shearwater, Manx, 213 



Sheep on Hampshire Downs, 40 



Shetland, ornithological notes from, 

 157, 468 



Shoebill, or White-headed Stork, in 

 Giza Zoological Gardens, 159 



Shoveler, &c, in Valley of Avon, 

 Hampshire, 274 



Shrew, Lesser, in Suffolk, 69 



Shrike, Great Grey, var., 67, — in 

 West Suffolk, 151 ; Bed-backed, 

 178, 210 



Sieboldia maxima, 385 



Singing of some British birds, 334 



Siskin, 178 ; breeding in Co. Wicklow, 

 456 



Skua, names of two species with 

 pointed tail-feathers, 338 



Snake, Pine, in confinement, 30 



Snakes, senses of, 113 ; ecdyses of, in 

 British India, 336 



Snipe, 212 ; Jack, 209 



Solea lascaris, 354 



Solen siliqua, 185 



Sorex minutus, 69 



Sparrow, Tree, 178, — in Isle of Man, 

 313 ; Hedge, 211,— var., 8 



Spatula clypeata, 274, 368, 427 



Spermophilus grammurus, 109 



Sphagrium corneum, 187 



Squatarola helvetica, 224, 368 



Starling, 179, 211 ; var., 137 ; in Aus- 

 tralia, 236 



Starlings, a second brood of, 390 



Stercorarius crepidatus, 157, 370 ; 

 pomatorhinus, 370 



Sterna cantiaca, 277 ; fluviatilis, 216, 

 307 ; fuliginosa, 393 ; macrura, 216, 

 370 ; minuta, 216 



Stint, Little, inland in Cheshire, 392 



Stoat and Weasel, 189 



Strix flammea, 232, 446 



Stubbs, the late Charles E., notes on 

 Oxfordshire Ornithology by, 444 



Sturnus vulgaris, 305, 366 



Succinea elegans, 188 



Suffolk, mammals, reptiles, and am- 

 phibians of, 31 



Sula bassana, 307, 461 



Sus cristatus, 99 



Swallow, involuntary capture of a, 

 227 



Swans, Wild, at Bainworth, 28 



Swift, late occurrence in Scotland, 350 



Swifts in South Hants, 266 



Sydney, zoological notes from, 234 



Sylvia atricapilla, 363; cinerea, 262, 

 363, 464 ; curruca, 226, 262 ; hor- 

 tensis, 262 ; nisoria, 363 ; undata, 

 349, 423 



Tadorna cornuta, 367 



Talpa europaea, 78 



Tapes pullastra, 184 



Tasmania, Goldfinch in, 191 



Tectura virginea, 186 



Tellina balthica, 184; fabula, 185 



Tenodera superstitiosa, 293, 295, 303 



Teredo navalis, 185 



Tern, Black, in Cheshire, 393,— in 

 Isle of Man, 460; Common, 212; 

 Sooty, in Suffolk, 393 



Theopropus elegans, 297, 299, 302 



Thetford Warren, birds, &c, of, 100, 

 155 



Thrush, Mistletoe, strange nesting- 

 place for, 226, 312 ; Song, nesting- 

 sites of, 69 ; White's, in Yorkshire, 

 116 



Tit, Coal, 210; Long-tailed, 208,— 

 nesting-habits, 350 ; Marsh, 158 



Toad attacked by larvae, 74 ; Natter- 

 jack, in Suffolk, 278 



Totanus calidris, 219, 275, 370, 450 ; 

 canescens, 370; fuscus, 370, 436; 



