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INDEX TO VOL. VII. 



Abnormal Cbrasticm, 259, 279. 



Abnormal Rubus, 186. 



Absinthe, 116, 189, 



Absorption of Air by Plant-ticsues, 91. 



Abundance of Insect Lite in the Tropics, 



66. 

 Acorns, 83. 



JEridiiim statices, 156, 188. 

 JEcophylhi xmnragdinu, 127. 

 African Diamonds, 11. 

 Air, Absorption of, by Plant-tissues, 91. 

 Albinism in Plants and Animals, 2S1. 

 Albino Blackbirds, 208. 

 Algre, preserving:, 20. 

 Algeria, Bash-fires in, 281. 

 A likely Story. IS. 

 Along- the Shore, 253. 

 American Moth-trap, 216. 

 America, Sparrows in. 215. 

 American Workshop, Chips from an, 85. 

 Amplification of Microscopic Objects, 



236, 260. 

 Anchovies, 17- 



Anecdotes, twice-told, 192, 212, 237. 

 Anemone Infusoria, 115, 142. 

 Anguis fragilis, 160. 

 Animals, Kindness to, 136. 

 Ant Guests, 231. 

 Ant, the large Wood-, igs. 

 Ant. the Yellow, 183. 

 Antheu cereus, 212. 

 Ants, 17, 127,245. 

 Ants and their Slaves, 273. 

 Ants, Robber, 270. 

 Ants, White, 1,90. 

 Apparatus for Sounding, 117, 137. 

 Apple. Germinating, 279. 

 Aquaria, Marine, 196, 256, 281. 

 Aquarium, a Turbid, 93. 

 Aquarium Query, 46, 93. 

 Arabia. Butterflies of, 137. 

 Arge Galathe.a, Parasites on, 233, 25S, 



262. 

 Artificial Swarming of Bees, 15. 

 Ascent of Man, 165. 

 A Shark's Meal, 17. 

 August, May in, 210. 

 Awbe, 119, 143. 



Baby Hippopotamus, 88. 



Baby Spiders, is. 



Badgers, 41. 



Bait for Soles, 237, 261. 



Barbel, Scale of, 188. 



Barnacles, 112. 



Bath, Insects at, 229. 



Bath White, the, 263. 



Bat in Sunshine, 161, 215. 



Bat, the Vampire, 233, 277. 



Bats, 41. 



Bats, out in Winter, 66. 



Beaks of Insectivorous Birds, 226. 



Bee, Fish-tail hairs on Humble, 140. 



Bee Orchid, 215, 239, 259, 279. 



Bees and Soot, 71, 11 6. 



Bees, Artificial Swarming of, 15. 



Benzole 0. Camphor, 93. 



Big Trees in Missouri, f 7. 



Big Vines at the South, 67. 



Birch, the, 46. 



Bird-music, 233. 



Bird Prognostication, 159. 



Birds ! Birds! 10. 



Birds and Flowers, 63. 



Birds, Beaks of Insectivorous, 226. 



Birds ' Nests, Extraordinary Position for, 



161. 

 Birds of Europe in New Zealand, 209. 

 Birds, the Song of, 92, 150. 

 Birds, to Clean, 214. 

 Blackbirds, Albino, 208. 

 Bleaching Zoophytes, 143. 

 Blind-worm, the, 160. 

 Blister-fly, 232. 

 Blood, Shower of, 45. 

 Blue-bottles once more, 261. 

 Blue Butterfly, Scarcity of the Common, 



277- 

 Boilers, Lime Deposit in, 23, 47. 

 Bone and Teeth. Sections of, 14. 

 Books, New, 226. 



Borase, Foreie-n Names of, 238, 281. 

 Borax and Cockroaches, 11 7, 142, 166, 



168,214. 

 Borrago, 139. 214, 239. 

 Bosphorus, Cormorants in the, 42. 

 1 Botanical Exchange Club, London, 96, 



ill, 117. 

 Botany, Prize Competition, 274. 

 Bother the Pigs ! 47- 

 Boulder, the Story of a, 5, 94. 

 Brazil, Night-flies in, 90. 

 Brazil, the Cicada in, 71 . 

 Brighton, Deinpeia pulchetta at, 234. 

 British Butterflies, 133. 

 British Butterflies in India, 209. 

 British Caterpillars, Horned, 193. 

 British Cluster-cup, New, 156. 

 British Coleoptera, Books on, 191. 

 British Desmids, New, 44. 

 British Diatomacea;, 6S, 188. 

 British Fungi, Handbook of, 188, 226. 

 British Insects, Defensive Resources of, 



248. 

 British Jelly-fi>hes, 237. 

 British Moss, New, 199. 

 British Tortoises, 263. 

 Brittany, Notes on the Fauna of, 244. 

 Broad, on The, 49, 94. 

 Broom-rape, Picris, 119. 

 Budget of Queries, 143, 166, 167. 

 Bullets in Mounting, 140. 

 Bullfinches, Captive, 154, 1S3. 

 Bunt of Wheat as a Lens, 92. 

 Bush-fires in Algeria, 281. 

 Bustard, the Great, 42, 66. 

 Butterflies, British, 133. 

 Butterflies, British, in India, 209. 

 Butterflies of Arabia and Egypt, 137. 

 Buxbaum's Speedwell, 114, 139. 



Cala-witks, 202. 



Calceolaria gracilis, 279- 



Cammocke, 114, 142. 



Campanula, Double, 186. 



Camphor v. Benzole, 93. 



Canada Goose, 156. 



Canada, the Firefly in, 232. 



Canary, Peculiarity of a Hen, 238. 



Candle-snuff Fungus. 77- 



Canine Predilection for Fruit, 263, 283. 



Captive Bullfinches, 154, 183. 



Carp, Scales of, 20, 140. 



Carrier Pigeon and Plover, 229. 



Carrion Crow, 158. 



Cat, an Intelligent, 8S. 



Catalogues of Insects, 138. 



Caterpillar, Transformation of a Hairy, 



65, 95. 

 Caterpillars, Horned British, 193. 

 Cat-ology, 185. 

 Cats in Great Britain, 162. 

 Cause of Sleep, 1 19. 



Cells, 20, 22, 23, 44. 



Cells in Coleus, 237. 



Cement, Foulkes's, 142. 



Cerastium, Abnormal, 259, 279. 



Cheerocampa celerio, 209. 



Chanting Mice, 274. 



Chicken with four legs, 258. 



Chips from an American Workshop, 85. 



Cholera, the Minaand the, 87. 



Chrysanthemum, the, 91. 



Cicada in Brazil, 7\. 



Cladodus mirabilis, 21 . 



Clay, Story of a Lump of, 125. 



Cleaning Birds, 215. 



Cleaning Diatoms, 105. 



Cleaning Shells, 118. 



Cleaning Skeletons, 165, 191, 213, 239, 



262. 

 Clever Tomtit, 82. 

 Clifden Nonpareil, 263. 

 Cliffs, Swallows building on, 233. 

 Climbing Rats, 47,66. 

 Cluster-cup, New British, 156, 188. 

 Cockchafers and their Larvae, 167, 184. 

 Cockroaches and Borax, 117, 142,166,214. 

 Cockroaches, Destruction of, 190, 212, 



168,214. 

 Cock Robin, 18, 46, 70, 94. 

 Coleoptera, Books on British, 191. 

 Coleus, Cells in, 237. 

 Collecting-case, Ireland's, 125. 

 Conservatory, Stove for, 167. 

 Coral, Cleaning, 94, U7- 

 Coret/ira plumicornis, 283. 

 Cormorants in the Bosphorus, 42. 

 Cornish Sucker, 206. 

 Cornwall, Depth of Soil in, 70. 

 Correction of Lenses, 117. 

 Cotssold Lion, 119, 142. 

 Covering Objects, 115. 

 Cowslips and Primroses, 133. 

 Cows, Musical, 22. 

 Crab and its Claws, 95. 

 Crab, the Hermit, 64. 

 Crags, Story of the, 271. 

 Crass, My, "l3, 42. 

 Crass, the Locomotion of, 65. 

 Crimson-speckled Footman, 234, 239, 282, 



277. 

 Croydon Microscopical Club, 141. 

 Crustacea, Moulting of the, 112. 

 Cuckoo, Early Appearance of the, ill. 

 Cuckoo, the, 158. 

 Cultivation influencing the Insect World, 



66. 

 Cuphen platycentrn, 81. 

 Curious Friends, 118. 

 Curious Wood, 23. 

 Currants, Home-grown, 67. 

 Cyclostoma elegans, 42, 85, 

 Cypress of Lomma, 71. 

 Cyrenu fluminalis, 162. 

 Cystea monfana, 26 1. 

 Cystopus Lepigoni, 259. 



Dahlia, the, 46. 



Daisy, the Michaelmas, 67- 



