Rat, Black, in Cornwall, 388
Rat seizing a Snake, 128
Razor back, 5
Redshank, Spotted, in the County Mayo, 28 ; on Breydon, 44
Redstart, Black, in Somerset, 27
'Riding Recollections' (review), 310
'Rodents of North America' (review), 187
Rookery, how to form a, 255
Rooks and Rookeries of London, past and present, 193, 441
Rorqual, Common, 5
„ Lesser, id.
„ Rudolphi's, id.
„ Sibbald's, id.
Sanderson, G. P., 'Thirteen Years among the Wild Beasts of India' (review), 356
Sandpiper, Wood, at Scilly, 391
Scientific research in the 17th cen- tury, 301
Scolopax rusticola, 154
'Scottish Naturalist' (review), 151
Scyllarus arctus at Plymouth, 107 ; off Penzance, 136
Sea, summer, destructive, 392
Seal killed in a sluice, 389
Shearwater, Great, &c, at North Berwick, 436
„ Manx, 43; in Oxfordshire, 135 ; and Northamptonshire, 220
Shell, Common Chrysalis, 122
„ Common Varnished, 125
„ Dark Close, 124
„ Dwarf Whorl, 123
„ Elegant Circle, 126
„ Folded Closed, 124
,, Fragile Moss, id.
„ Glossy Trident, 125
,, Laminated Close, 124
„ Little Sedge, 125
,, Margined, 123
„ Marsh Whorl, id.
„ Needle Agate, 125
„ Rolph's Close, 124
„ Striated Pointed, 125
„ Toothless Whorl, 123
„ Umbilicated, id.
Shell-fish, destruction of by sea birds, 223
'Shooting, Yachting, and Sea-fishing Trips at Home and on the Con- tinent' (review), 145
Shrike, Great Grey, 41, 45 ; nesting near Salisbury, 56
Shrike Red-backed, nesting near Lon- don, 297 : in Ireland, 437
Skua, Pomatorhine, in Berkshire, 134
„ Richardson's, 44
Skuas in the Estuary of the Moy, 26
Slow-worm, hybernation, 135
Slug, Black, 85
„ Field, 86
„ Great, 87
„ Sowerby's, 86
„ Yellow, id.
Snail, Amber, 87
„ Bristly, 92
,, Carthusian, 91
„ Cellar, 88
„ Cheese, 94
„ Clear-shelled, 88
,, Common Garden, 90
., Crystalline, 88
„ Dusky, 92
„ Edible, 89
,, Garden, 86
„ Garlic, 88
,, Glossy, id.
„ Heath, 93
„ Kentish, 91
,, Little-rayed, 88
„ Little Wall, 93
„ Neat, 92
„ Pigmy, 93
„ Prickly, 89
„ Rock, 98
„ Rounded, id.
,, Rufescent, 92
,, Shining, 88
,. Shrub, 91
„ Silky, 92
,, Slender Amber, 87
,, Tawny, 89
,, Transparent Glass, 87
„ White, 93
„ Wood, 91
., Wrinkled, 92
,, Zoned, id.
Snail, Land, a New Zealand, ab- normal growth of, 61
Snake seized by a Rat, 128
Snipe, Common, albino specimen, 29