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Scoters in summer, 414; in Hants 
and Isle of Wight, 505 
ScotLtanpD—Corncrake, 25; Wagtails 
eating Trout, 82; Cuckoo, 270; 
Migrants in Aberdeenshire, 275; 
Cuckoos in Aberdeen, 359, 481; 
Scaup-Duck, 361; Bird-notes from 
Northern Cairngorms, 362; Sco- 
ters, 414; Ivory Gull on Solway, 
414; Birds of Moffat, 507 
Scutigera coleoptrata, 489 
Scylla serrata, 204 
Seal and Whale Fishery (1897), 69 
Seleucides nigricans, 379 
Sesamopteris pentaphylla, 256 
Sesarma erythrodactyla, 206 
Shark, remarkable, 41 
Sharks on the Cornish coast, 451 
Shells, abnormal scalariformity in, 
191 
Shrike, Red-backed, ‘‘ Horse-match”’ 
a name for, 188, 266; Woodchat, 
in Sussex, 267 
Singing of birds during thunderstorm, 
322 
Sitta czesia, 480 
Skua, Great, in Notts, 485 
Smelts in the Upper Thames, 449 
Societies, Natural History — Sear- 
borough Field Naturalists’ Society, 
140; Marlborough College Natural 
History Society, 375 
Socotra, scientific expedition to, 491 
Solea vulgaris, 219 
Song of Chaffinch, 195, 269, 270; 
autumn, of birds, 410 
Sorex araneus, 100; minutus, 100; 
pygmeus, 264 ; vulgaris, 264, 303. 
Sparrow, House, early nesting, 128 ; 
wing, figured, 243 ; variety, 482 
Spatula clypeata, 219 
Spharageomon, 457 
Sphenodon punctatus, 488 
Spider versus Wasp, 29, 44 
Spiders, African, stridulation in some, 
14; South African Social, notes on, 
417; Social, nest figured, 253 
Spiders’ webs manufactured into bal- 
loon net, 45 
Sprats, extraordinary catch at Shore- 
ham, 517 
Spurn lighthouse, eee at (1897- 
98), 345 
Squilla levis, 211 
Starling, variety, 482 
Starlings, brood of young, in mid- 
November, 24; breeding in Buck- 
ingham Palace, 287 
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Stegodyphus, 417; gregarius, 251, 
252, 258, 417 
Stegostoma tigrinum, 467 
Stenorhynchus rostratus, 181; tenui- 
rostris, 181 
Sterna dougalli, 83 
Stoats turning white in winter, 122, 
187, 198, 213, 261 
Strepsilas interpres, 321, 435 
Stridulation in some African Spiders, 
Strix flammea, 215 
Sturgeon, Royal, in Ireland, 144 
Sturnus vulgaris, 24, 190, 508 
Sula bassana, 319 
Sunfish, Short, near Scarborough, 
439 
Sus africanus, 250; salvanius, 176 - 
Swallow versus Flycatcher’s peculiar 
nesting site, 429 
Swift, late stay, 436, 485 
Swordfish, monster, 45 
Sylvia cinerea, 190; nisoria, 504 
Syrnium aluco, 508 
Tadorna cornuta, 321 
Talorchestia quadrimana, 212 
Talpa europa, 100, 264, 303 
Tapirus bairdi, 463; indicus, 176 
Taraxacum dens leonis, 406; palus- 
tre, 407 
Taxidermy for museums, 330; cor- 
rect attitudes for birds, 331 
Technical names of British mam- 
mals, 97 
Teracolus, 259; achine, 259 ; agoye, 
259; auxo, 259; celimene, 255; 
eris, 259; evenina, 259; phlege- 
tonia, 259; subfasciatus, 259 
Tern, Roseate, eggs of, 83 
Tetrao tetrix, 508 
Thalamita admete, 204; sima, 204 
Theraphoside, 14 
Thrush, Song, immigration of, 264 
Thymallus, 463 
Tibicen carinatus, 275 
Tineide, 292 
Toad attacked by Frog, 328, 365 
Tortoise, giant, 44 
Tortricina, 292 
Totanus calidris, 821; canescens, 
863 ; hypoleucus, 321, 363 
Trachyphonus caffer, 256 
Transvaal, zoological rambles in, 249 
Trichechus rosmarus, 808 
Trigla lineata, 219 
Trimerorhinus triteniatus, 259 
Tringa alpina, 321; maculata, 25, 480 
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