INDEX. 



Shoveller, the, description of * ic i'VP 7 . $12 



,<U s .i . . difference of the cock and the hett . 213 

 Sfitnpson, Mr. anecdote by> of a contest between two ter- 



tins- and a wren -. . 'C'V ; ' ; 60- 



Smeathnidii, Mr. Jiis account of a gigantic crane . . 125 



Sinew, the, description of . >i')J/; . . 257 



Snipe, the, description of . . fy '' 1 . 150 



migrations of . i?' . 15 



* * . two sorts of . . ^ n?<|j"j . 151 

 Soland goose. See Gannet. 



Solitary, the, description of . . . .87 



Sonnini, M. on the manakin . . .75 



Sparrraan on the -crested penguin ::<*' p *>./;. 26S 



Spoonbill, the European . .171 



deformed figure of . . 172 



. . . splendid plumage of . . ib. 



Staunton, Sir G. his account of the cormorant . ^.' , 891 



Stork, the, description of . , u , . , 107 



^.-n .. mild disposition of - ft , t , .,* - 108 



, . peculiar habits of ,4 ( .. ; ( . 110 



remarkable affection of . . 107 



Swallow, the common house, or chimney . . 43 



f ....... anecdotes of 51 54r 



f t , j industry and affec- 

 tion of . 52 



migrations of . 46 



rapid flight of . 44 



wonderful adroit- 

 ness of . 53 



the esculent, description of . '''' '" . 68 



j . . manner of takmg the nests of . 70 



Sir George Stannton's account of . 69 



the sand, or sand ' martin . . .60 



the sea. See Tern, great. 



. the wirtdow, or martin . . .55 



. . . . curioos nest of . 56,57 



manners of the yttung . 5S 



.- peculiar habit* of * 89 



