CONTENTS. 
Sericomya borealis, 387; 
(lappona), 387 
Sex, Mr. L. Doncaster on recent work 
on determination of, 357 
Sexual selection in birds, 191 
Shearwater, Manx, in Oxfordshire 
and Gloucestershire, 396; Septem- 
ber movements of, 429 
Shipley district, ornithological notes 
from, 234 
Shore-birds, migratory movements of 
certain, 360 
Shrew, Common (fig.), 180,—in Skye, 
189; Lesser (fig.), 180; Water (fig.), 
180, 181, 189,—eregarian occur- 
rence in Yorkshire, 189 
Shrike, Great Grey, near York, 82; 
Red-backed, eggs of, 30, 74 
Sipheniscus demersus, 214 
Siphonostoma typhle, 15 
Sipunculus, 44 
Siskin in Norway, 66 
Smelt, deformed (fig.), 446 
Smew in Northumberland, 73 
Snake, Rat, 263; Smooth, in Devon- 
shire, 34 
Snipe, ‘‘ drumming ”’ of, 271 
Snow, effect of, on bird-life, 192 
Solea variegata, 103 
Songs of Chiffchaff and Willow-Wren, 
190, 226, 227, 230, 268, 313 
Sorex araneus, 180, 189, 412, 461, 
463; fodiens, 189; minutus, 180, 
412 
Spawn, Alytes, 472; Hyla, 472 
Sparrow, Hedge, in Norway, 66; 
House, in Norway, 66 
Spheromide, 47 
Spheniscus demersus, 214 
Sphex arenaria, 385 
Sphinx ligustri, proboscis or tongue 
of (fig.), 435 
Spiders, Myrmecophilous, a few notes 
on, 419 
Staines district, birds of, 137 
Starling in Norway, 67; early flocks 
of, 312, 350 
Sterna cantiaca, 161, 351; fluviatilis, 
110, 141, 161, 352; fuliginosa, 212; 
minuta, 110, 164 
Stoat, note on, 462 
Stonechat, 143 
Strepsilas interpres, 109 
Strongylocentrotus drobachiensis, 43 
Struthio camelus, 248, 245 
Sturnus vulgaris, 67, 164, 242, 312, 
350 
Sunfish at Ilfracombe, 105 
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Sussex, East, rough notes in, 345 
Swallows at Avignon, 175 
Swan, Whooper, 145 
Swift, Alpine, at Avignon, 176,—at 
Lynmouth, North Devon, 269; 
Common, at Avignon, 175 
Sylvia cinerea, 1983; nisoria, 393 
Sympetrum fons-colombii, 10 
Syngnathus acus, 16; rostellatus, 16 
Synotus barbastellus, 178 
Syrphus baleatus, 387; bifasciatus, 
3887; ribesii, 387 
Syritta pipiens, 385, 389 
Syrrhaptes paradoxus, 312 
Tabanus bovinus, 888 
Tadorna cornuta, 139, 163 
Tenia ccenurus, 97 
Talegallus, 245 
Talicada nyseus, 264 
Talpa europea, 98, 179, 412, 461, 463 
Tatusia septemcincta, 393 
Teal breeding in North Devon, 100 
Teredines, 50 
Teredo, 44; arenaria, 52; cornifor- 
mis, 52; navalis, 52 
Tern, Arctic, 230, 264; Black, 112; 
Common, breeding habits of, 169, 
361, 3868,—with chick and egg 
(Plate II.); Lesser, breeding 
habits of, 172, 8638, 867; Sand- 
wich, breeding habits of, 166, 230, 
351 
Ternery at Wells-by-the-Sea, a visit 
to the, 361 _ 
Terns at Avignon, 175 
Tetrao urogallus, 67 
Tetrilus aretinus, 422 
Tettigia orni, 379, 380, 382 
Thahash, 256 
Thalassema, 44 
Theridium riparium, 423 
Thracia convexa, 49 
Thrush, Mistle, in Norway, 64; Song, 
in Norway, 64 
Thyreosthenius biovatus, 419, 421 
Tibicina hematodes, 879, 383 
Tinea vulgaris, 17 
Tipula oleracea, 434 
Tit, Great, in Norway, 66, 113 (var.), 
—at Avignon, 174; Marsh, at 
Avignon, 174; Northern Marsh, in 
Norway, 66 
Tits feeding on maize, 155 
Toad, Sumatran, interesting feeding 
habits of, 265 
Toads, swarms of, in the Crimea, 11 
Torpedo nobiliana, 26 
