Starlings, delinquencies of, 268, 370; nesting in fir trees, 370
Stenorrhynchus longirostris, 536
Stercorarius catarrhactes, 76; crepidatus, 68, 76
Sterna arctica, 32; dougallii, 83; macrura, 67, 74; minuta, 32, 182
Stipiturus malachurus, 140; rufipes, 371
Stoat, white, 79, 131, 179
Stonechat in Malta, 257
Storms and song-birds, 43
Stray bird in Kent, 221
Strigops habrobtilus, 307
Strix delicatulus, 141
Stromatopoda, 290
Sturnus unicolor, 256; vulgaris, 64, 73, 85, 159, 162, 268, 370
Sula bassana, 73
Suricata tetradactyla, 516
Suricate in the Transvaal, 516
Swallows and Hobbies, 476, 517
Swan, Whooper, in Malta, 255
Swifts fighting, 418
Sydney, a ramble near, 407
Sylvia atricapilla, 60, 154, 161; cinerea, 72, 132, 154, 161, 508; hortensis, 154, 161; locustella, 221
Syrnium aluco, 86, 160
Tabanidæ, 309
Tachonidæ, 454
Tait, Lawson, and animal life, 336
Tanganyika, Lake, fauna of, 42
Tanager, Superb, on sexual differences in, 325
Tapirus indicus, 818
"Taxidermist," derivation? 96
Taxus baccata, 310
Tern, Little, in Ireland, 182; Roseate, habit of, 83
Terns in Isle of Man, 32
Tetrao tetrix, 557
Thomisus, 533; onustus, 538
Thrush in Malta, 257; nest of, piled up with ivy berries, 320; Mistle, nesting of, 180; Song, variety, 417,—abundance near Bradford, 554
Titanophasma fayoli, 292, 293
Toad in nest of Titlark, 87; Common, observations on, 97
Todirhamphus pyrrhopygius, 141; sanctus, 139
Totanus calidris, 65; hypoleucus, 66, 74
Trachypetes aquila, 308
Trek-Bokke of Cape Colony, 213
Tremella, 463
Tremellodon gelatinosum, 463
Tres Marias Islands, Nat. Hist., 286
Trichogaster fasciatus, 318
Tringa alpina, 66, 74, 271; striata, 66; temmincki, 66
Triton alpestris, 318; taeniatus, 318
Troglodytes parvulus, 72, 85, 157, 162
Tryngites rufescens, 475
Tuberculosis among animals in Zoological Society's Gardens, 336
Tubifex rivulorum, 852
Turdus iliacus, 7, 58; merula, 13, 85, 152, 161, 181, 267; musicus, 85, 151, 320, 417, 554; pilaris, 58, 557; torquatus, 59, 198, 271, 403; viscivorus, 1, 180
Turnix velox, 140
Turnstones in Malta, 255
Turtle in dry mud, 431
Turtur communis, 160, 163
Typhlopsylla hexactenus, 58
Uria grylle, 68, 76; troile, 76
Ursus torquatus, 316
Utriculariæ, 456
Vanellus cristatus, 74; vulgaris, 225, 271
Vanessa atalanta twenty miles from land, 422
Varanus albigularis, 226, 272, 421; niloticus, 226, 272, 421
Variety of Stoat, 89, 131, 179; Rook, 118; Partridge, 126; Squirrel, 132; Helix ericetorum, 143; Beaver, 220; Starling, 256; Song-Thrush, 417; Green Woodpecker, 419
Vertebrates of Berkshire, 143
Vespertilio serotinus, 131, 266
Vesperugo leisleri, 266
Viper feeding in confinement, 518; killed by a mouse, 519
Vipera verus, 518
Wagtail, Blue-headed, in Cumberland, 267; Pied, abnormal occurrence, 268; White, in Co. Cork, 418 Wagtails (Blue-headed, Grey, and White) in Malta, 255, 256
Wales.—Crossbill, 28, 182; Flamingo, 29; Polecat, 79; Pied Flycatcher, 134; Grasshopper Warbler, 221; Cirl Bunting, 322
Walton's 'Compleat Angler,' sale of first editions, 48
Warbler, Grasshopper, in Breconshire, 221; Icterine, in Norfolk, 475
Wasp, Great Wood-boring, in Ireland, 184, 421
Weldon, W.F.R., new Linacre Prof, at Oxford, 144