CONTENTS. 



XV11 



Song, mimical, of Blackcap, 108 ; of 

 Cuckoo, at night, '235 ; local varia- 

 tion of, 269 



Sorex araneus, 171 ; minutus, 171, 

 187, 429 



Sparrow. Hedge. 246 ; House, 250 ; 

 Tree, 250 



Spine of Bull-Dog, anchylosed, 311 



Spoonbill, 302 



Staines district, birds of, 179, 230, 

 307, 386 



Starling, 251, 296, 336; utility of, 

 135 



Stenorhynchus phalangium, 333 ; 

 tenuirostris, 333 



Stercorarius eatarrhactes, 91, 152 ; 

 crepidatus, 92 



Sterna cantiaca, 277 ; macrura, 91, 

 94, 96, 154 



Stilt, Black-winged, 123, 127 



Stint, Little, 340 ; Temminck's, 340 



Stoat and Ferret hybrids, 468 



Stoats in winter dress in South- 

 western Hants, 187 



Stonechat, 243 



Stork, 66, 67; Black, 302; White, 

 123, 127, 131 



Strix flammea, 309 



Sturnus vulgaris, 85, 231 



Sub-species in Ornithology, a plea 

 for the further recognition of, 62 



Sula bassana, 114 



Surrey, ornithological notes from, 

 114 



Swallow, 138, 249, 267 



Swan, Bewick's, 303 ; Mute, 303 ; 

 Whooper, 303, — in Islay, 74, — at 

 Carlisle, 193; Wild, in Norfolk, 

 138, 236 



Swift, 67, 267, 297 ; late stay of, 30, 

 31, 392 ; notes on, 30, 314 



Switzerland and Germany, bird- 

 notes in, 65 



Sylvia atricapilla, 108, 181 ; cinerea, 

 180 ; curruca, 181 ; hortensis, 181 



Syrnium aluco, 34, 114, 309 



Talpa europsea, 170 



Teal, 304 



Tern, Arctic, 91, 94, 96, 154, 343; 

 Black, 342; Common, 343; Gull- 

 billed, 342 ; Lesser, 154 ; Little, 

 343 ; Roseate, 96, 343 ; Sandwich, 

 342, — new Irish breeding haunt, 

 277; Sooty, 343; Whiskered, 342 ; 

 White-winged Black, 342 



Terns fishing on the Aare, 66 



Tetrax tetrax, 67 



Therms orientalis, 78 



Thrush, 268 ; Mistle, 103, 242, 336 ; 

 Song, 336, — laying twice in same 

 nest, 312 ; Water, 270 ; White's, 243 



Tit, Bearded, 246 ; Blue, 77, 246 ; Coal, 

 246 ; Continental Long-tailed, in 

 Yorkshire, 149 ; Crested, 68 ; Great, 

 246, — two broods of, 28 ; Long- 

 tailed, 246, — curious nesting habit 

 of, 28 ; Marsh, 246 



Totanuscalidris,90,469 ; hypoleucus, 

 388 ; melanoleucus, 470 ; ochropus, 

 141 



Trachurus japonicus, 144 ; trachurus, 

 457 



Tringa alpina, 21 ; canutus, 152 ; 

 minuta, 141 ; striata, 89 ; sub- 

 arquata, 141 



Troglodytes borealis, 84; parvulus, 

 27, 182, 391 



Turdus iliacus, 179 ; merula, 179, 

 235, 274, 312, 349 ; musicus, 179 ; 

 pilaris, 179 ; torquatus, 36, 196 ; 

 viscivorus, 179 



Turnstone, 104, 154, 337 



Tursiops tursio on Sussex coast, 390 



Turtur communis, 386 



Twite, 29 ; breeding range of, 29, 71, 

 112, 150, 189, 472 



United States, mammals, birds, and 

 eggs, imported into (in 1904), 160 



Upupa epops, 191, 235, 392; grylle, 

 92 ; troile, 91, 92 



Vanellus vulgaris, 388 



Variety of Blackbird, 138,238 ; Bunt- 

 ing, 190; Chaffinch, 138, 190; 

 Hedge-Accentor, 138 ; Kestrel- 

 Hawk, 77 ; Moorhen, Partridge, 

 Rook, Sand-Martin, Sky-Lark, 

 Swallow, Wheatear, Yellowham- 

 mer, 138 ; Wren, 391 



Vesperugo noctula, 26 ; pipistrellus, 

 169 



Vole, Bank, melanism in, 108 



Wagtail, Blue-headed, 247 ; Grey, 

 103, 247; Pied, 247; White, 247, 

 — in Co. Mayo, 275, — in Isle of 

 Man, 275 ; Yellow, 247, 270 



Wales — Whiskered Bat, 70 ; Lesser 

 Horseshoe Bat, 70 ; Kestrel-Hawk, 

 77 ; Corn-Bunting, 350, 430 



Warbler, Bonelli's, 65 ; Garden, 65, 

 244, 268 ; Grasshopper, 245, — in 

 Midlothian, 468 ; Great Reed, 246, 

 269 ; Icterine, 65, 68, 268 ; Marsh, 



