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Sparrow, tree, at Penzance, 6329; tree, 

 6598; house, id. ; singular nest of, 

 6638 ; song, 6702, 6783 ; field, 6707; 

 Savannah, 6708 



Sparrows, niditication of, 6535 



Species, teudency of to form varieties, 

 6357,6474 ; imported, on the propriety 

 of including in the list of British in- 

 sects, 6385 



Specific names, 6337, 6338 



Sphinx Convolvuli, notes on the food of, 

 6337, 6382 ; reason for the specific 

 name of, 6337 ; a ray of light on the 

 food-plant of, 6693 ; general appear- 

 ance of, 6732 ; larvae of, 6788 



Spider, scorpion, 6399 ; and wasp, 

 6732 



Spoonhill, 6377 



Squilla Desmarestii, 6565 



Starling, 6631 ; redwinged, 6705 



Starlings, late hrood of, 6328 



Sterna Hirundo, 6747 

 „ nigra, 6378 



Sterrha sacraria, another specimen of, 

 6693 ; at Croydon, 6789 



Strix nyctea, 6702 

 „ virginiana, 6748 



Strophosomus limbatus feeding on Rho- 

 dodendrons, 6772 



Sturnus vulgaris, 6631 



Swallow, barn, 6705, 6785 ; green or 

 whitebellied, 6706, 6785; chimney, 

 6708 ; Canada or whitefronted, 

 6747 



Swallows, in November, 6328 ; late, 6492 ; 



disappearance of, 6779 

 Swans, black, breeding at Carshalton, 



6330; occurrence of in Somersetshire, 



6379 ; on the South coast, 6447 

 Sylvia Blackburniae, 6748 



„ canadensis, 6746 



„ citrinella, 6745, 6784 



„ pennsylvanica, 6747 



„ pusilla, 6746 



„ sialis, 6704 



„ troglodytes, 6749 

 Taeniocampa cruda, larva of, 6383 

 Tanager, scarlet, 6748 

 Tephrosia crepuscularia, note on, 6462 



„ laricaria, note on, 6462 

 Tern, black, 6378 ; great, 6747 

 Thalassema Neptuni in Torbay, 6349 

 Theridiidae, 6499 

 Thomisida?, 6495 



Thrush, ferruginous, 6746 ; wood, id. 

 Thrush and blackbird, friendly alliance 



between, 6722 

 Tiger ** Jungla " shipped for England, 



6441 



Timandra imitaria, description of the 



larva of, 6789 

 Tinker, Mr. Jethro, appeal on behalf of, 



6505 



Titmouse, blackcapped, 6705 



Toads, live, underneath a bed of clay, 



6537, 6565 

 Topsell's ' History of the Wasp,' 6465 

 Tringa macularia, 6786 

 Trinodes hirtus, 6620 

 Trochilus colubris, 6748, 6784 

 Troglodytes europaeus, 6671 

 Turdus lividus, 6747, 6784 

 „ melodus, 6746 

 „ migratorius, 6704, 6781 

 „ rufus, 6746 

 Twite, 6600 

 Upupa epops, 6672 

 Vanessa Antiopa at Torquay, 6461 

 Variety of the partridge, 6329; of the 

 common bunting, 6492; of the com- 

 mon buzzard, 6602 ; of common night- 

 jar, 6779 



Varieties of Heliothis marginata, 6339 ; 



of Colias Edusa, 6732 

 Varieties, tendency of species to form, 



6357, 6474 

 Vermin annoyances, 6402 

 Vespa arborea, capture of in Cumberland, 



5792 



Vespidae, British, contributions to the 



Natural History of, 6641 

 Violets, ants store the seeds of, 6697 

 Wagtail, pied, 6595 ; gray, id. ; Ray's, 



id. 



Wallace, A. R., extracts from a letter of, 

 6409 



Warbler, Dartford, in Norfolk, 6537; 

 blueeyed yellow, 6745, 6784; blue 

 yellowback, 6746 ; blackthroated blue, 

 id. ; chestnutsided, 6647 ; Blackburn- 

 ian, 6748 



Wasp, Topsell's History of the, 6465 ; 



and spider, 6732 

 Wasps, notes on, 6696 

 Waxwing, Bohemian, at Weymouth, 



6326 



Whales at Lynn, 6367; in the Indian 



Seas, 6777 

 Whimbrel, 6378 

 Wigeon, American, 6706 

 Wolf, how does it drink ? 6594 

 Woodcock, nest of iu Norfolk, 6562 ; 



American, 6746 

 Woodpecker, goldenwinged, in England, 

 6327 ; green, nest of, id. ; new British, 

 6444 ; greater spotted, 6670 ; lesser 

 spotted, 6671; yellowbellied, 6705; 

 goldwinged, id.; redheaded, 6782 



