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Rh Sea-pie, Quavering note of, 1

— Doctrine of metempsychosis in relation to, 37

— Bill of, how explained, 37

— A sleepy bird, 38

— Feeding habits of, 218–22

— May become a swimmer, 220

— Has some notes like the stone-curlew's, 222, 223

— Gatherings of, on beach, 222, 223

— Love-pipings of, 223, 224

— Aerial nuptial antic of, 224

Sexual Selection, Nature and origin of prejudice in regard to, 280–3

Shags, Use feet, alone, in diving, 50

— Disturbed in caverns, 50

— Unwillingness of young, to re-enter water, 50, 51; suggested explanation of this, 51–4; possible analogy in conduct of lizards of the Galapagos Islands, 52–4

— Conduct of a female alarmed for her young, 54

— Brilliant colouring of buccal cavity in, 55, 130, 131; but less brilliant in the young bird, 56; above facts explained by sexual selection, 55, 56, 129–31

— Apparent habit of continually drinking, of, 61

— Flying out of caves in the morning, 82–6

— Bellowing of, 84, 85

— Nuptial actions of, 129–31

— Young fed by parents after leaving nest, 148, 149

— Looking like heraldic eagle, 169, 170

— Young, how fed, 173

— Manner of diving, of, 173

Shark, Luminous appearance of, under water, 205

Sheep, A, and lamb, picturesque morning call from, 138

— A little harm done by, 138

Sheepskins in Manchuria versus sealskins in England, 337

Shetlands, Sunrise in the, 81, 82

— Summer in the, 167, 168

— Night out in the, possibility of, 167

— The wind in the, less interesting than in England, 170, 171

— Persecution of ravens, etc., by land-owners in the, 191–3

— Effect of climate in, on paraffin, 232

Shetlands, More lonely than "the great lonely veldt," 257

Sin, the way of, may be better than that of virtue, 206, 207

Snakes, Killing of prey in captivity by, defended by author, 354–64

Solitude, Sense of not diminished by animal life, except through human associations, 3; above opinion reversed, 297

— True, should imply no fleas, 257

Sport, What it does for observation, 370, 371

Sportsmen, An unobservant race, 142, 143

— Their one channel of observation, 143; and way of observing in this, 143

— Actuating motive of, to kill, 143

— Little of the naturalist in, 144

— Hasty inferences made by, 304, 305

— Interested opinions of, 304, 307

— Their intellectual competitions with geese, etc., 305

— Compliments paid to themselves by, 307

— Statements of, accepted as though from heaven, 307

Stone Curlew, Habit of crouching of, 6

— Possible origin of some antics of, 71

Sunrise, In the Shetlands, 81, 82

Swifts, Flight of, compared with that of bats, 134

Sympathy, The nature and origin of, 184, 185, 291, 292

— In relation to civilization, 292–5; Heine's views as to, 293, 294

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Terns, Breeding-ground of, on the island, 1, 9

— Canopy formed by, 1

— Sharp cry of, 1

— A "shrieking sisterhood," 2

— One's presence resented by, 4

— Crouching habit of young, 6

— Special relations of, with arctic skua, 9–13; suggested origin of these, 11

— Not often actually attacked by arctic skua, 11; some more persevering against than others, 11, 43; suggested explanation of this, 11, 43