XVI 



CONTENTS. 



Scamandra lacbesis in Borneo, 



423 

 Sciurus ephippium, S. hippurus, and 



S. tenuis, in Borneo, 418 

 Scomber vars. concolor and scriptus, 



11 

 Scopelus punctatus, 270 

 Scotland — Gannet choked by a 



Gurnard, 150 ; Earthworms, 155 ; 



Bird-life on Island of Eigg, 226-234 

 Seals, Norfolk, 18 ; reputed destruc- 



tiveness of, 19 

 Serixia modesta in Borneo, 424 

 Setaria cinerea in Borneo, 419 

 Shooter's note-book, some extracts 



from, 421 

 Shrew, Water, an albino, 36, 147 

 Shrike, Red-backed, as a breeding 



species, 37 

 " Silk- weed " as food for Roach and 



Swans, 7 

 Simia satyrus in Borneo, 364 

 Simotes purpurascens in Borneo, 



368 

 Sirex gigas, 388 

 Smelt, 11 

 Sminthocoris singularis in Borneo, 



369 

 ' Snakes of Europe,' 77 

 Somateria mollissima, 232 

 ' Some South Indian Insects and 



other Animals of Importance,' 466 

 Spatula clypeata, 58 

 Species, relationship of, 28, 91, 245 

 Sprat, 3, 10, 11 

 Squirrel, decrease of, 236 

 Starling and Mouse, 274 

 Stephanops lamellaris (fig. 18), 459 

 Sterna fluviatilis at Eigg, 232 ; ma- 



crura, 56 ; minuta, 56 

 Stigmatium dilatum in Borneo, 425 

 Strangalia virescens in Borneo, 424 

 Strix flammea, 231 

 Sturgeon, 5, 17 

 Sturnus vulgaris, 46, 230 

 Sula bassana at Eigg, 231 

 Suracarta tricolor basinotata in 



Borneo, 423 

 Swallow, 37, 230, 234 ; in Belgium, 



38 

 Swift, a tame, 152 



Sylvia atricapilla, 237 ; cinerea, 229 

 Synchaeta pectinata, 211 ; tremula 



(figs. 7, 8), 210-11 

 Syrniurn aluco, 46 

 Syrrhaptes paradoxus, 377 

 Svrrhopeus agelastoides in Borneo, 



416 



Tadorna cornuta, 58 



Tseniocerus bicanthatus in Borneo, 



366 

 Talitrus locusta, 60 

 Tanvlecta brevicaudata in Borneo, 



425 

 Taxonomy and evolution, 468 

 Teal, united broods of, 433 

 Tephrodornis frenatusin Borneo, 419 

 Terias hecabe in Borneo, 415 

 Terinos Clarissa (?) in Borneo, 426 

 Tern, Common, 175, 234, — feeding 



young one (fig.), 175, 275 ; Roseate, 



in Norfolk, 167, 173 

 Thalaspidosoma dohrni var. limbata 



in Borneo, 424 

 Thauria aliris in Borneo, 426 

 Therates batesi and T. erinys in 



Borneo, 426 

 Thrush swimming, 319 ; Mistle, 229, 



234 ; Song, 38, — notes on song of, 



147 

 Thymallus vulgaris, 267 

 Tillicera sp. in Borneo, 425 

 Tillus birmamicus in Borneo, 425 

 Timomenus vicinus and T. sp. in 



Borneo, 422 

 Tit, Bearded, 171 ; Blue, 38, — curious 



nesting-sites of, 274 ; Marsh, 38 

 Tituria borneensis in Borneo, 423 

 Toad swallowing young Grass- 

 Snake, 358 

 Tolumnia maxima in Borneo, 423 

 Totanus calidris, 46, 56, 232, 275, 



319 ; hypoleucus, 56, 232 ; ochro- 



pus, 56 

 Triarthra longiseta, 344 

 Trigla gurnardus, 5 

 Tringa alpina, 56 

 Trithemis aurora in Borneo, 370 

 Troglodytes parvulus, 230, 378, 432 

 Tropidonotus natrix, 358 

 Turdinus atrigularis in Borneo, 419 

 Turdus merula, 46, 229 ; musicus, 



46, 147, 229 ; viscivorus, at Eigg, 



229 

 Turtle, Leathery, 1 

 Tyriobapta torrida in Borneo, 370 



Unio tumidus, 240 

 Uria grylle, 233 ; troile, breeding 

 near Eigg, 233 



Vanellus vulgaris, 56 ; breeding near 



Eigg, 232 

 Varanus sp. in Borneo, 420 

 Varieties — Crabs, 15-17 ; Ducks 



(hybrids), 76, 151; Rat, 378; 



