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embrace natural history, in common with agriculture and gardening; and a magazine has been commenced in Australia, in which natural history forms a prominent feature.

So congenial are natural history pursuits to the human mind, and so much do they tend to the progress of civilisation, to increased domestic comfort, to peace between nations, and to human happiness, that to us it appears that it would be treason to nature to assert that this state of things will not be progressive, and will not go on increasing, till the condition of mankind every-where is improved to an extent of which we can at present form no idea.

The more frequent appearance of this Magazine, as well as the considerable addition to the quantity of matter which will be given in the course of the year, demands corresponding exertions on the part of its Editor and Conductor; but our readers and contributors may safely rely on these being made. In conclusion, we cordially thank our contributors for their past assistance, and earnestly invite them to continue to add to the common stock of knowledge through the medium of our pages.

Bayswater, Nov. 10. 1834.

J. C. L.

CORRECTIONS.

In p. 78. line 4. from the bottom, for "Apo-
crinites" read " Apiocrinites."

In p. 137. line 29. for" Witton" read" Wilton."
In p. 158. line 20. for "him" read " it."

In p. 161. line 10. from the bottom, for "they
were" read "it was."

In p. 161. line 11. for " octanfrácti" read "octanfracta."

In p. 176. lines 3. and 14. from the bottom, for "Lindegret " read "Lindegren."

In p. 180. affix the b to figure 36.

In p. 191. line 11. place inverted commas after the word "plants": in line 17. for "Rel. ham's" read " Relhan's."

In p. 228. last line but one, for " His loss" read
The loss of him": in the last line, for
"allowed" read "had allowed."

In p. 232. line 19. from the bottom, for "p. 233"
read "
p. 231,"

In

p. 246. line 6. from the bottom, for " speaks" read "speak."

In p. 251. line 6. from the bottom, for "1833"
read" 1832."

In p. 260. line 10. from the bottom. for "Va-
néssa, Antiopa" read " Vanessa Antropa."
In p. 262. line 20. for "1133" read" 1833,"
In p. 269. line 28. the treatise on ants referred to
as in the Spectator, is in the Guardian, Nos.
156, 157.

In p. 347. note +, line 7. from the bottom, for
"field flycatcher" read "pied flycatcher."
In p. 369. line 5. from the bottom, for "para-
sites" read " epiphytes."

In p. 378. the antenna in fig. 49. a should have
been shown broader at the tip than in any
other part.

In p. 382. lines 3. and 4. obliterate "subsequently raised to 18. 6d. each."

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In p. 383. line 10. to appertain "add "to plants."

In p. 429. line 22. for "grub" read "grubs." In p. 448. line 6. from the bottom, for" reaches to A" read "reaches to B."

In p. 454. line 30. for "Nov. 18." read "Nov.
16.;" in line 35. for "could be" read "could
not be."

In p. 492. lines 12. and 13. from the bottom, for
"Halichondra" read "Halichondria: " the
word is from chalis, flint, and chondros, car-
tilage; the cartilaginous skeleton of the crea-
ture is strengthened by siliceous spicula.
In p. 506, the first word, for "rabbits" read
"rabbit."

In p. 559. line 7. from the bottom, for "570."
read " 510."

In p. 567. and p. 636. for "W. H. Y." read "W. H. H."

1832 and 1833, 52; the names of a few rather rare birds which have been met with in the neighbourhood of Charmouth, Dorsetshire, 513; a notice of the occurrence of certain less common species of birds in Lexden and its neighbourhood, in Essex, 18, 19; "In 1833, birds increased prodigiously, and, in consequence of the drought, were driven to desperate measures," 197: see also Poultry; and, for other kinds of birds, see their English generic names. Bittern, the, occurs at Maldon, Essex, 511. Blackbird, a notice of its agency in consuming grubs in the soil, 459. and note; blackbirds in white plumage, noted, 596.

Boat flies, Notonéctæ, facts on the habits of, 258. Bombus terrestris will perforate flowers to make way to their nectar, 571. Bombyx menthastri, a pupa of, six pupas of the Ophion vínulæ, and a pupa of Bombyx vinulus, all found in company within, and bred from the hard cocoon of the Bombyx vinulus, 60.

Booby, the, identified, 74; it acquires wariness in places frequented by man, 75. Brambling, or bramble-finch, a description of the song of, 487; a note on the variation in the plumage of, 489.

Búccinum undatum, a description of the ana. tomy of the proboscis of, 410; B. palustre Müller, synonymes of, 380; figure of a truncated variety of, 161. 380.

Bullfinch, a poetical notice of the, 148. note*; instances of the bullfinch in white plumage, noted, 593, 594; an amendment in names for the bullfinch proposed, 593.

Bustard, information on the great, 458; an individual of the little bustard has been killed near Chatham, 458. Butterfly, see Insects.

Canine animals, facts suggesting to man his fittest mode of defending himself from the attacks of, 1.

Caprimulgus, see Nightjar. Carex heleonastes Ehrhart, the circumstances of the discovering it in Switzerland, and a description of its habitat there, 499; Carex Gaudiniana Hoppe, characteristics and notice of a Swiss habitat of, 500.

Cat, the domestic: one of its acts resembles, it is suggested, one of the lion's, 139; sportsmanlike deeds of certain cats, 159. 502; an instance of a cat's cognizance of the sound of a door-bell, 502; the cat can, it is stated, imitate the voice of birds, and this to the end of enticing them, 540; instances of an extraordinary capability of abstinence in cats, 140; notices on the history of the tailless cats of the Isle of Man, 1:9. 142; zoological recollections on the cat, 35; notices of certain omens connected with the cat, 545. Catbird of N. America, Wilson's defence of, from the prejudices prevalent against, 562. Catocala elocata, stated to be not indigenous to Britain, 177.

Cerambyx bajulus has eaten way through sheet lead, 456. note +.

Cerùra vínula, remarks on the colour of its eggs, 532.

Chameleon, see Lizards.

Char, a fact on the habits of the, 657.
Chélifer cancroides, facts on the habits of, 162.
Chough, the red-legged, occurs in Jersey, 462.
Cicada, a notice of the note of a species in St.
Vincent, 371.

Cicindela, synonymy belonging to, 78.
Classification: remarks on the conditions ne-
cessary to be complied with in consociating
species into subgenera, genera, families, and
other groups, 62. 64. 97.
Climate, see Volcanic emanations.
Clytus Arletis, facts on, 254.

Coccidæ of the West Indies, a note on, 602. Colias Hyale and Edusa, notes on the conditions which affect the periodical abundance and scarcity of, 260; notes on C. Edùsa, as observed in the Isle of Jersey, 473; a species

of Colias has been observed to pass in an extended column across Trinidad and the Gulf of Paria, 610. note t; a profile of the human face is observable upon the upper side of the primary wings of Colias Edusa, female, 262. Conchology, British, a notice of the difficulties which at present beset, 379. Cordulia Curtis Dale, described, 60. Crinoidea: information on the structure of the fossil animals of the genera Encrinites, Cy. athocrinites, Apiocrinites, 78. 179; and Platycrinites, 180.

Crocodile, an instance of its fascinating a bird, 519; Anthony Tempesta has, in his prints, depicted the act of riding a crocodile, 354.

note.

Crossbill, facts on the habits of the, wild, and in captivity, 54. 58; an amendment in the systematic names of, proposed, 594.

Crow, the carrion, its eggs are sometimes covered, 514; a pair of crows appropriate to themselves a certain range, and beat intruders from it, 514; the crow pecks out the eyes of living sheep and lambs, 147; the crow does not distinguish rook's eggs from her own, and does not know the length of time which her own require incubating, 103. 105; crows in white plumage noted, 595.

Cuckoo, facts on the, 342. and note *; a cuckoo pursued by a meadow pipit, 348.

Curculionidæ, information on the habits of some, 459. note *.

Cuttlefish, description of the structure and office of the cup-like suckers upon the arms of, 417.

Cyathocrinites, see Crinoidea. Cynthia cárdui, notes on the conditions which affect the periodical scarcity and abundance of, 200.

Cyrena trigónula Wood, described, and figured, and its relations to C. deperdita Sowerby stated, 275.

Deathwatch, see Ptínidre.

Deiléphila nèrii and lineata, a note of the capture of each in England, 260, Délphax saccharivora Westwood, additional particulars on, 496; some of these employed in an argument on another subject, 610. Dew, facts and arguments on the causes of, 453.

Dog, the, zoological recollections on, 321; instances of dogs' feeding upon unusual food, 137; an instance of a dog's feeding upon fishes just caught, 210; dogs are remarkably fond of the alpine mouse, 181; facts suggesting to man his fittest mode of defending himself from canine animals, 1.

Dormouse, the common, an individual of, cats, of its own choice, certain insects, 143. Dorónicum Pardaliánches L. a British habitat of, 273.

Dove, a notice of a hybrid, 154; zoological recollections on the dove, 406.

Drosera rotundifolia L., occasionally exhibits its flowers in an expanded state, 273. Ducks, certain, thought to have proceeded from a union between the domestic duck and the domestic fowl, characteristics of, 516; a mention of an individual of the ferruginous duck shot, 151.

Dungfly, the, facts on, 61. 530. Dytiscus glaber, and minutus, facts on, 260; D. marginalis, see, Limnócharis.

Eagle two cinereous or white-tailed eagles have been taken on a rabbit-warren, near Thetford, Norfolk, 52; Mr. Waterton's analysis of Mr. Audubon's account of an aerial encounter of an eagle and a vulture, 69. Eel, the, sometimes breeds in isolated ponds, 601; a habitat of, 538; a clew to information on the mode of propagation and on the habits of, 283.

Eggs of anomalous structure, facts and remarks on, 335; facts and considerations on the conditions which appertain to birds in their producing of their eggs, $36.

Empires, some of the natural boundaries of, | Grain, notes on some species of insects which
noted, 95.

Encrinites, see Crinoidea.

Entomologia rustica, hints for a, 423.

consume, 255.

Grakle, the purple, incidents in the history of,

102.

Entomological Society of London, a notice of Granite, see Switzerland.
the first meeting of the, 59.
Entozda, a clew to information on, 94.
Eristalis tènax, information on, 184.
Falcónidæ, the, return, by the mouth, the
indigestible remains of the food they have
swallowed, 514; instances of the falcons
grasping their prey with remarkable tenacity,
S34; a notice of localities for certain species
of Falco, and facts on the habits of these
species, 333.

Grenada, information on an insect which ra.
vages the sugar cane in, 496.

February the second, adages on, relatively to
the weather on, 539.

Feline animals, facts suggesting to man his fit-
test mode of defending himself from the at-
tacks of, 1.

Fieldfare, a notice of the song of, and facts on,
a caged one, 151.
Flies: notice of a mode of deterring house flies
from entering apartments, 271; flies have been
observed to feed eagerly on the extravasated
sap of elm trees, and have been found dead
afterwards, 527; flies, of various species, dead
in the posture of life, facts and remarks upon
several instances of, 530.

Fox, facts on the habits of the, 134; circum-
stantial evidence in proof that the fox will
capture fishes for food, 240; some of the fox's
observances when hunted, 401. note ; a
chained fox has spread some of its food within
the range of its chain, to tempt poultry within
its reach, 401. note †; zoological recollections
on the fox, 401.

Freshwater formations at Copford, near Col-
chester, Essex, an account of the strata of,
and of their fossil contents, 436; some notice
of the lacustrine formations at Stutton, by the
side of the river Stour, about six miles south
of Ipswich, and of some of the fossil shells
within them, 274.

Frost, see Hoarfrost.

Fucoides alleghaniénsis Harlan, a description
and figure of, and notices of the geological
relations of the places and strata in which it
is found, 27. 163.

Fungi, a description of a mode practised, by M.
Klotzsch, of drying specimens of, for preserv-
ation in herbariums, 131; a brief notice of
several species of epiphyllous Fungi which
have been observed in the neighbourhood of
Oxford, and have not been hitherto generally
known to occur in Britain, 24; Ecidium Ber-
béridis Persoon, and Puccinia Gráminis Per-
soon, can never inhabit the same species of
plant, 26, 27.

Fisus Turtoni Bean, a figure and description
of, 493.

Gall-bladder, a list of animals which have not
a, 317.

Geology: illustrations, by figures and remarks,
of the dissimilar appearances presented by the
dead stem of Sempervivum arboreum L., dur-
ing the successive stages of decay, to the end
of reconciling the dissimilar appearances of
specimens of stems of fossil species of plants,
32; a notice of some important geological
discoveries at Billesdon Coplow, Leicester.
shire, with observations on the nature of their
relation to the modern system of geology, 38.
See, also, Freshwater formations, Fucoides,
and Switzerland. The geological museum of
G. Mantell, Esq., is about to be removed to
Brighton, 49.

Geotrupes Bannàni Bromfield, characterised,
183.

Gern, see Salt.

Glowworm, localities in which the, has been
seen, and various facts in contribution to the
natural history of the glowworm, 250.
Goèrius òlens, facts on the habits of, 253, 254.
Gold, instances of the occurrence of, 647.
Goldfish with a double tail-fin, an instance of,
159; an opinion on the cause of, 283.

Guernsey and Jersey, the rook is rare in, and
does not build in, 462; the reputed origin of
the Guernsey lily's inhabiting Guernsey, 271;
the red-legged chough occurs in Jersey, but
is rare there, 462; notices on lepidopterous
insects observed in Jersey, 473.
Gull: some of the habits of an individual of the
lesser black-backed gull in partial.confine
ment, 511; notice of an attack of a large sea-
gull, in the manner of a species of rapacious
bird, upon a kittiwake gull, 512; the kitti-
wake is common on the coast of Dorsetshire,
513.

Hare: white hares, 504; a two-coloured hare,
505; black hares, 505; instances of sagacity
in the hare, 506; an instance of monstrosity
in a hare, 506; an omen connected with the
hare, 546. note t; zoological recollections on
the hare, 402.

Hawfinch, a notice of instances of persons find-
ing, in Britain, the nest and eggs of the, 156;
suggestions on the English and systematic
names of the hawfinch, 594.

Hawks, a fact suggesting the question, Have
they such power of sight as is usually ascribed
to them? 333; zoological recollections on the
hawk, 406.

Hedgehog, the, is subject to persecuting preju-
dices, 559. 654; pleas for it against these, 559.
Hèlix octona Pennant, synonymes of, 161. 379;
a contribution towards the synonymy of H.
octòna L., 380.

Henharrier and ringtail are identical, 335.
Heron, the common, facts on, 513.
Hespèria Actæ on has been taken in plenty at
Lulworth, 499.

Hipparchia Janira, a profile of Chancellor
Brougham is, it is said, observable on the
reverse of the wings of, 262.

Hirundinidæ, those which visit Britain, dates
when first seen in spring, and last seen in
autumn, 337. and note t; their habits of
flight described, 346. See Swift.
Hoarfrost, facts and arguments on the causes
of, 453.

Hog, zoological recollections on the, 397.
Hoopoe, facts on the habits of, as observed near
Bordeaux, 155; instances of the occurrence
of the hoopoe in Britain, 155.
Hornet, facts on the habits of, 529.
Horse, zoological recollections on the, $15.
Humming-birds, a notice of the structure of the
tongue of, of its fitness to collect the nectar of
flowers, of the manner in which they take this,
and of some of their habits, 569; directions for
preserving the eggs of, for cabinets, 572; Mr.
Waterton's analysis of Mr. Audubon's ac-
count of the precocious flying of the young of
the ruby-throated humming-bird, 71; and of
his account of the nest of this species, 72;
notes on the habits of the red-throated species
(Trochilus Colubris), 510; some information,
and a clew to more, on humming-birds, 91.
Hydráchnadæ, information on the, 161.
Ice and icebergs, remarks on the causes of the
colour of, 440; facts on the conditions of ice
in various places, 618-630.
Ichneumons, a notice of certain, which, in a
winged state, devour the larvæ of other in-
sects, 266; a note on the power of stinging in
ichneumons, 266.

Ignes fatui, views on the origin of, 580.
Insects: essays in explanation of the structure
of insects, and of its relation to their eco-
nomy, 121. 235; an explanation of the process
of the circulation of the blood, and of that of
respiration, in insects, 235; a case in which
life in an insect's eggs is thought to have been
very persistent, 250; extreme cold does not
destroy life in insects' eggs, 246 522; notices

of instances of insects appearing in extraordi- | nary numbers at certain times and places, adduced in connection with an argument that these appearings are owing, indirectly or directly, to volcanic emanations, 193. 308, 309. 610; Gonépteryx rhamni, Vanessa urticæ, V. 1o, and Amphidasis pilosària, mentions of their early vernal appearance in Switzerland, and remarks in argument that they are individuals which have newly escaped from the pupa, not individuals which have hibernated, 246; a notice of certain species which are deemed to hibernate in England, 523; insects employ, for any merely mechanical end, any suitable mechanical object, 534; a mention of one instance, and references to others, of insects perforating the corolla of plants, to make way to the nectar contained, 571; notes on luminous insects, chiefly of the West Indies, 579; a note on insects of extraordinary configuration, 601; a list of the more rare of the species of insects found on Parley Heath, on the borders of Hampshire and Dorsetshire, and neighbourhood not exceeding five miles, 497; remarks on lepidopterous insects noticed in the Isle of Jersey, 473; criticisms on figures and accounts of certain of the species of insects figured in Wood's Index Entomologicus, and Stephens's Illustrations of British Entomology, 176; notes on, and names of, some species of insects which consume pulse, grain, biscuits, &c., 255; suggestions on the most advisable methods for discovering remedies against the ravages of insects, 425; the au. thorship of the prefixes pro, meso, and meta belongs to Mr. Newman, not to Mr. Haliday, 77, 78; criticism on Mr. Newman's nomen. clature for the thoracic appendages of insects, 178; a notice of a mode of injecting the bo. dies of the larvæ and pupa of insects, 572. Iris, the Persian, the odour of its flowers, and the idiosyncrasies therewith connected, 179. Jackdaws consort with rooks, 106; instances of anomalous plumage in the jackdaw, 595 ; anecdotes of a domesticated jackdaw, 150; notice of a tame jackdaw, so attached to its protector as to accompany him wherever he may go, 515.

Jay, a description of the song of the, 515.
Jersey. See Guernsey.

Kestrel, a, has been held fast by a magpie it had struck at, 150; a mention of the kestrel, 334.

Kite, notes on the, 334. 511.

Lacefly, the common, affixes its pedunculated eggs to almost any object, 534. Lacustrine formations.

ations.

See Freshwater form

Lark the skylark sometimes sings before dawn in fine weather, 144. Leptocéphalus Morrisi Pennant, corrections to the engraving of, 77.

Lerot, le, of Cuvier's Règne Animal, a description of, and facts on the habits of an animal believed to be identical, 182; has this animal ever been seen wild in Britain? 182. Lexden, near Colchester, Essex, and its neighbourhood, remarks on the natural productions of, 17.

Limnéa lineata Bean, a figure and description of, and of a reversed variety of, 493. Limnèi, the British, are ill-defined and ill-under. stood, 379; three synonymes of Limnèus elongatus Turton, 379; in reply to enquiry in, 161. Limnócharis Latr., a species of, parasitic upon Dytíscus marginalis Ž., 161.

Linnet, the mountain, a description of the song of, 489.

Lion, incidents on the hunting a, with sugges tions on the fittest mode of defending one's self from the attack of a, 3; zoological recollections on the lion, 320.

Lizards, notes on the voluntary changing of colour in several genera of lizards, and more especially in Chamæ leon and Anòlis, 581; lizards like music, 583.

Locusts, instances of abundance of, in various places, 195, 196. 308, 309. 610. Lumbricus? Clitéllio Savigny? pellucida, figured and described, 131.

Lycæ'na dispar has occurred in two successive summers, in a locality which was under water for a considerable time in the intervening winter, 522; an instance of difference of shape in the upper wings of two males of L. dispar, 60; L. Arlon and A`cis have been taken in plenty, 499.

Lycoris margaritàcea Lamarck, a figure and a description of, 230.

Mackerel, the common, reasons for deeming it not a migratory species, 637. Macroglossa stellatarum, facts on the habits of,

475. 532.

Magpie, instances of enmity evinced by the, to the kestrel, 149; a magpie has grasped and held fast a kestrel that had attacked it, 150; magpies have been employed to capture mag334. note; the magpie in cream-coPoured plumage, noted, 595; the magpie is termed nanpie in Yorkshire, 565. Malachius, bipunctatus Bab., and other species of, information on the diagnostics of, 178. 378. 525; with figures of two of the species, 378. Malcòmia maritima Brown, a British habitat of, 271.

Man: facts suggesting to him his fittest mode of defending himself from attacks of animals of the feline and canine tribes, 1; an instance of a high moral sentiment excited in man by the singing of birds at early dawn, in summer time, 143; a notice of a white negro, 589. Mantell, G., Esq., about to reside in Brighton, and remove his geological museum thither,

49.

Marten, facts on the, 503. Martins and swallows, a mode of preventing their affixing their nests to the surface of an object, 82.

Melolontha fúllo, the fact of the capture of one, 258; mentions of M. vulgàris, 247. 309. Membràcis, figures of three species of, and inferences on their habits, 602.

Merian, Madame, observations on most of the insects and plants figured in her work on the insects, &c., of Surinam, 355.

Meteoric phenomena, see Volcanic emanations.

Meteors, an extraordinary display of, seen in America, in the night of Nov. 13. 1833, 289; speculations on the conditions of, 289. 385. 611; luminous meteors are very common in the West Indies, 580; a notice of the occur. rence of meteors, on Nov. 13., in 1834, 654. Mirage, facts and arguments in relation to the causes of, 450,

Mocking-bird, British, see Sedge-bird. Mole: the fact of the capture of a mole of a silvery ash-grey colour, with an orange mark under the lower jaw, and a line of the same colour down the belly, 143.

Molluscous animals, an introduction to the natural history of the: their respiration, 106; their food and digestive organs, 218; the food and digestive organs of carnivorous Mollusca, 408.

Monkey: the original anecdote of a monkey's employing a cat's paw, to preserve its own from burning, 326. note*; à mention of two white monkeys, 591.

Mont Blanc. See Switzerland.

Mouse, a notice of a species of, possibly an undescribed one, which has abounded in Inverness-shire and Ross-shire, 181.

Müllèria papillòsa Johnston, a figure and a description of, 584.

Muscle, the freshwater, notice of a portion of pearly matter found within a shell of, and of the reason why it was formed there, 160. Mytilus subsaxatilis Williamson, characteristics, affinities, and habitats of, 358. Nàis L. serpentina Gmel., figured and described,

130.

Nature is an exhaustless source of means of
intelligence, 558.

Nématus capreæ F., facts on its habits, 265.
422; instances of the effects of the ravages of
the caterpillar of, 422.

Nématus ribèsii Stephens, facts on, 265.
Nightjar; facts on the migratory movements
of the species which visits Britain, 156. 347,
and note* ; certain localities of, 156. 347;
information on the habits of a species of
nightjar, in Peru, 633, and the external cha-
racteristics of it, 635; mentions of the night-
cries of the species of nightjar, 156; vulgar
prejudices against species of nightjar, 559,
560; pleas against these, 559, 560; remarks
on the unfitness of certain names applied to
the family of nightjars, 636.
Noddy, the, identified, 74.

Omens and superstitions connected with na-
tural objects, notices of certain, 545-567.
Onion-fly, the, a notice of the habits of, 425; the
fly described, 428. note*.

Ophion vínulæ, see Bombyx menthåstri.

the feelings of man, 382; a notice of supersti.
tions connected with plants, 555. See Fúngi.
Platycrinites. See Crinoidea.
Plectrophanes lappónica, a notice of the cap-
ture of, along with larks, near Preston, Lan
cashire, 56.

Pleurobranchus plùmula Flem., a figure and a
description of, 348.

Plumage of birds: the structure of the plumage
of water-inhabiting, is adapted to the resist-
ance of water, 73; conditions pertaining to
variations in the plumage of certain birds,
named, 489; instances of birds in anomalous
plumage, 593.

Polygonum Persicària, a superstition connected
with, mentioned, 567.

Polyómmatus Aléxis, l'carus, and Icàrius, in-
formation on synonymy relative to, 82; the
name P. Alexis referred to certain facts pre-
viously stated, 532.

Polypes, the, incidental remarks in distinguish-
ment of polypes from the compound Alcy-
dnia, 13.

Ophrys fucifera, a notice of a habitat of, and Polypori, a habitat of certain, 538.
notes on the plant, 272.

Origines zoologicæ, 315. 390.

Otter, notice of a mode of taking the, facts on
the otter's habits, 506. 538; the dimensions
of a fine otter, 592; a species of otter is em-
ployed by man, in India, to aid him in cap-
turing fishes, 592.

Ouzel, water, information on the song, nest,
and habits, and on habitats of, 183. 540-543.
Owls capture fishes, alive, for food, 146, an in.
stance of the barn owl's seeking its food at
midday, 146; the fur and bones of two field
campagnols found in the pellet of an owl, 147;
notes on owls, 335; a notice by Shakspeare,
of the owl's manner of flight, 593; a notice
of omens connected with the owl, 548.
Ox, zoological recollections on the, 390.
Oxycera, a notice of the discovery of unde-
scribed species of, 61.
Oyster-catcher, facts on the habits of, 151. 576.
Papiliónidæ, see Insects.

Paris quadrifolia, the floral conditions of cer-
tain flowers of, $78.

Partridge, the Virginian, Mr. Audubon's notice
of the comparative powers of swimming of,
criticised by Mr. Waterton, 72.

Pea fowl, facts in proof that the, is naturally an
enemy of the serpent tribe, 152.
Petrel, the storm, a defence of, from the pre..
judice extant against, 563.

Pheasant, the, has been seen with the blind
worm ('nguis frágilis) in its beak, 153; a
notice of some of the habits and anatomical
conditions of a pair of hybrid birds obtained
from the union of a male pheasant with hens
of the Bantam fowl, 153, 154; instances of the
pheasant in anomalous plumage, 595.
Phlocerus Menetrièsi Fischer, a mention of,
187, 188.

Phylline grossa Johnston, a figure and a descrip-
tion of, 587.

Phytolithus verrucosus and cancellatus, figures
of, and remarks upon, 137.

Pigeon, historical and literary recollections on
the, 406.

Pike, the, its capture of a rat and a swallow,
noted, 600.

Plants: on the altitude of the habitats of plants
in Cumberland, with localities of the rarer
mountain species, 20; a notice of the proxi-
mity of the Alpine flowers to the eternal
snows and glaciers, 249; plants and subjacent
rocks, facts in argument, on the relations be-
tween, 274; facts and considerations discord-
ant with the idea of an affinity between plants
and the rocks subjacent to their habitats, 535;
varieties with white corollas of species whose
corolla is not white, instances of, and en-
quiries and conjectures on the cause of them,
536; a notice of habitats of certain less com
mon species of plants in Lexden and its
neighbourhood, in Essex, 18; plants school

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Poultry, a few facts and investigations on dis.
eases in, expressed in the language of com-
parative morbid anatomy, 630; a notice of a
barn door hen which crowed and had plumage
like that of a cock, 103.
Pterophori, notes on, with a description of
Pterophorus similidáctylus Curt. 263.
Ptilinus pectinicórnis F. (one of the Ptínida),
facts on the habits of, 473.

Ptínidæ : the Anòbium striatum ticks as a
deathwatch, 468; the ticking imputed to the
larva's gnawing its progress through the wood
which it perforates, 470; instances of the
Ptínida consuming wood, 472.

Pulse, notes on some species of insects which
consume, 255.

Purre, the, breeds at Martin Mere, 599.
Quail, facts on the, 517.

Rabbit, domestic, some instances of depraved
appetite in the, 136.

Racodium cellare, a habitat of, 537.
Rain, a statement of the quantity of, which has

fallen at High Wycombe, Bucks, during the
last ten winters, with remarks, 239.
Rainbow, facts and arguments in relation to the
causes of a singular appearance of a, 448.
Rat, the, an instance of its impatience of thirst
impelling it to gnaw through the wall of a
leaden water-pipe, 455; and to expose itself
by day, after rain, 455, 455. note *; instances
of rats gnawing, for food, the roots of trees,
456. note t; an instance of a rat's conveying
a brood of young turkeys to a subterranean
depository, where most of them were found
alive, 457; rats will pass under water upon the
mud at the bottom of the water, 592; facts on
the habits of the water rat, 458.
Ranunculus Ficària L., an exhibition of the
floral condition of 2682 specimens of, to the
end of determining the genus of, $75.
Rattlesnakes of America, information on the,
165.

Reason versus instinct, 501.

Redpole, a second species of, is thought to exist
in Britain, 488.

Redstart, a male, has aided in sustaining and
protecting the offspring of another pair of
redstarts, 245.

Redwing, the common, is resident, throughout
the year, in the extreme north of Scotland
and in the Isles, 175. See, also, Thrush.
Ringdove, a description of the habits of the,
328; a notice of a male ringdove domesti-
cated in a good degree, 517.

Retépora cellulosa Lamarck, synonymes, figures,
and a description of, 638.
Rhine and Rhone, information on the causes of
the colour of the water of the, 438.
Robin, the, an instance of its building its nest
in the festoon of a bed, and rearing a brood
of young there, 517; the nest of the robin
sacred even to boys, 566; a pair of robins

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