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Puffins, normal and abnormal, 8331, 

 8332 



Pygsera bucephala, ichneumoned eggs 



of, 8470 

 Quail shot near Beverley, 8826 

 Rail, water, nest of, 8681 

 Rattlesnake, rattle of, 8773 

 Razorbills in Devonshire, 8832 

 Redshank, 8829 ; breeding in Shetland, 



8725; spotted in Cornwall, 8827 

 Redstart, black, in the Isle of Wight, 



8327; in the County Dublin, 8445; 



value of in a garden, 8680 ; black, at 



Winchester, 8844 

 Redstarts, scarcity of, 8819 

 Redwing, white, in Norfolk, 8484 ; sing- 

 ing in England, 8766, 8842 

 Reeves in the Isle of Wight, 8827 

 Reguloides superciliosus, 8329, 8757 

 Regulus, firecrested, off St. Leonard's, 



8446 



Reptile, young vipers entering the mouth 



of the parent, 8856 

 Reptiles, distinctive character of, 8450; 



list of the Formosan, with notes on a 



few of the species, 8852 

 Rhinoceros, memoir on the living Asiatic 



species of, 8506 

 Rhinoceroses and elephants, note on, 



8518 



Robin, query respecting the, 8326, 8523, 

 8843 ; food of, 8764 ; nest of, in a car- 

 penter's basket, 8842 



Roe and red deer, enormous and deformed 

 horns of, 8520 



Roller, garrulous, in Suffolk, 8721 



Rook, food of, 8762 ; nest and eggs of, in 

 October, 8846 



Ruff shot near Beverley, 8827 



Sabella, vitality of, 8416; jbuilding its 

 tube, 8643 



Salamanders, sexes of the, 8449 



Salamandra maculosa, breeding of in 

 captivity, 8526 



Salticidae, 8561, 8597 



Salticus citus, 8561 



„ cocco-ciliatus, 8562 

 „ scenicus, 8597 



Sandpiper, a diver, 8447, 8493, 8524, 

 8632,8691, 8770; purple, at Dalkey, 

 8447 ; green, near Beverley, 8771 ; 

 curlew, near Yarmouth, 8827 ; green, 

 8829 ; wood, id. ; common, id. ; dun- 

 lin, 8830 



Sapsucker, 8767 



Saturnia Carpini, pyriform cocoon of, 



with two tubes, 8529 

 Savignia frontata, 8599 

 Sawrlies, life-histories of, 8409, 8473, 



8653, 8789 



Scops semitorques, 8741 



Seotosia undulata, economy of, 8469 



Scytodida?, 8599 



Serpent, great sea, 8727 



Serpula contortuplicata throwing off its 

 operculum, 8736 



Shrike, great gray, at Leyton Marsh, 

 8325; near Taunton and near New- 

 market, 8444 ; aud yellowhammer, 

 8484 



Shrimps — are they nocturnal ? 8643 

 Sirex Gigas an enemy of the hive bee, 



8343 

 Siskin, 8502 



Sketches, Transatlantic, 8419 



Skua, pomarine, in the Orknevs and in 

 the Isle of Wight, 8332; off Beachy 

 Head, 8333 ; in Shetland, 8494 ; Buf- 

 fon's, near Wellington, 8448; arctic, 

 feeding on worms near Newry, 8692 ; 

 Richardson's, in Kent, 8726 



Skuas, on the coast of Dublin, 8332; 

 pomarine, on the English coast, 8333 



Skylark, 8499; food of, 8763 



Skylarks congregating in October, 8326 



Snake, poisonous, bite of cured by am- 

 monia, 8526; with a red mark on the 

 head, 8857 



Snipe, solitary near Leeds, 8330 ; Ameri- 

 can, 8446; common, 8494; five eggs 

 in the nest of, 8691 ; jack, shot on the 

 River Hull, 8770 



Spawn, trout, destruction of by the 

 parents, 8463 



Sparrow, early egg of, 8446 ; house, 

 white variety of, id.; food of, 8500, 

 8764 



Species, mutation of, 8341 



Sphaerium ovale, 8341 



Sphinx Convolvuli near Derby, 8775; at 



Hackney, 8776 

 „ PiDastri, 8605 

 Spiders, descriptions of twenty-four new 



species of, 8561 

 Sponges, acclimation of, 8345 

 Spoonbill, white, near Plymouth, 8330 

 Spoonbills on the Suffolk coast, 8691 

 Starling, food of, 8762 

 Sterrha sacraria near Banstead Downs, 



8784 



Stint, Temminck's at Scilly,8827; little, 



8830 ; Temminck's, id. 

 Stonechat, a word for the, 8819 

 Swallow, early occurrence of, 8524; ir- 

 regular appearance of, 8681 ; chimney, 

 slate-coloured variety of, 8824 ; turn- 

 ing pirate, id. ; white, near Beverley, 

 8825 



Swallows, alleged scarcity of, 8767; 

 scarcity of, 8824 



