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HAKDWICKE'S SCIENCE-GOSSIP. 



[Dec. 1, 1866. 



Rats, 41.140, 167, 183,231. 



Rats, Plague of, 41. 



Rats, Water, 167. 



Ravages of Shipworm, 279. 



Reaction of lodme in Lichens, &c, 42, 67. 



Recent Earthquakes. 158. 



Recipe for Murder, 261. 



Red-breasted Flycatcher, 15. 



Red-breasted Pipit, 277. 



Red House Ant, 272. 



Red Lobsters, 143. 



Redpole, nest of Lesser, 161. 



Reflection on the retina, IP. 



Reptiles,new Labyrinthodont, 43. 



Reptiles of the North Wales, 115. 



Retina, Reflection on the, 19. 



Rhubarb Wine, 190. 



Ribbon Fish, the, 89. 



Ringdove, the, 138. 



Robin, the, 3, 88. 



Robin, the " Bird of Death," 166. 



Robin, Want of Instinct in the, 254. 



Ronron and Ziricote, 47. 



Rook, Habits of the, 137, 159. 



Rooks, London, 213. 



Rooks resting on the Ground, 159. 



Rook stealing Eggs, 159. 



Roosting of Sparrows, 40, "1. 



Rose Centres and Pin Centres, 106. 



Rose of Jericho, 94, 114. 



Rotifers, to Mount, 94. 



Rural Natural History, 83, 163. 



Sabell.e, Gill-Fans of, 29. 

 Salamander, Japanese, 130. 

 Salicine, 94. 



Sand-Piper, Bartram's, 64. 

 Sandstone Markings, 258. 

 Sanguinaria, 239, 263. 

 Saw- Fly, the Great, 181. 

 Scalariform Ducts, 280. 

 Scales of Insects, 55, 91, 112. 

 Scales of Perch, 13. 

 Scarcity of Lepidoptera, 260, 282. 

 Science, Dependency of, 135. 

 Science-Gossip, 1. 

 Science, Honour to, 158. 

 Scilly Anemones, 45. 

 Scorpions, Suicide among the, 159. 

 Scrawl, the, 283. 

 Sea-Anemone, Ancient, 23. 

 Sea, Phosphorescence of the, 1". 

 Seaside Diatomacese, 162. 

 Seaside Microscope, 162. 

 Section-Machine, 208. 

 Seeds of Foxglove, 212. 

 Seeds of Poppy, 119. 

 Seized by a Pike, 21. 

 Self-heating Box Iron, 236. 

 Serpents at Meals, 244. 

 Sexton Beetle, Strength of, 279. 

 Shale-heap, 18, 258. 

 Shamrock, Four Leaved, 232. 

 Sheep, Birds upon, 118. 

 Shell Money, 283. 

 Shells, Transmission of, 142. 

 Shipworm, Ravages of, 279- 

 Snooting Stars, 274. 

 Shore Collecting, 'i/8. 

 Short-finned Tunny, 21. 

 Shrimp, the Common, 278. 

 Siberian Mammoth, 158. 

 Silk Cocoons, 17". 

 Silurus eleciricus, 270. 

 Silvering Glass, 119, 140. 

 Simple Objects, 13, 58, 87, 132, 156. 

 Skipjack, the, 69. 

 Sky, Colour of, 134. 

 Slaughter of Birds, 15. 

 Slugs, Curious Food of, 185. 

 Slugs, to Kill, 22, 47, 214, 238. 

 Snails and their Houses, 195, 230. 

 Snails in Aquaria,.215. 

 Snakes, Large, 264. 

 Snake, Scotch, 214. 



Snake, the Common, 167, lgi, 214, 254, 

 261. 



Snipe-ground, 46. 



Snipes without a Toe, 63. 



Snow, Under the, 25. 



Solar Spots, 94. 



Somerset, the Lower Lias of, 90. 



Sparrows, 22, 40, 71, 159, 161. 



Sparrow-hawk, the, 63. 



Sparrows, Tree, 159. 



Spawn of Doris, 22. 



Species Makers, a Hint to, 136. 



Spectrum Microscope, 52. 



Speedwells, 121. 



Speedwells, Drying, 164. 



Sphoeria Herbarum, 59. 



Sphinx Convolvuli, 23, 93. 



Spider-crabs and their Parasites, 178,211. 



Spider, Fossil, 279- 



Spider, Ingenuity of, 138. 



Spider, Poison Fangs of, 119, 141, 189, 



201, 229. 

 Spiders at Work, 277- 

 Spiders, Little, 189, 213. 

 Spider's Nest, Pensile, 255. 

 Spiders, Visitation of, 22, 40. 

 Spider, the Diadem, 63, 138. 

 Spider, the House, 7. 

 Spleen woit, the Green, 275. 

 Sponges, Freshwater, 137, 183. 

 Spores, Ferns from, 46, 6y. 

 Spores of Fungi, 23. 

 Spotted Woodpecker, 6. 

 Spring, 97. 

 Spring Clips, 44, 65. 

 Spring Notices, 118. 

 Squirrel, a Mycophagous, 138. 

 Stanhopescope, the, 162, 187, 209, 234. 

 Starch, 34. 



Star of Bethlehem, 1 15, 136, 163, 186. 

 Star-shaped Hairs, 218. 

 Stars, Shooting, 274. 

 Stepkanrrfis fioribunda, 119. 

 Stephanops lamellaris, 276. 

 Sticklebacks, 5, 45, 153, 165. 

 Sticklebacks' Nests, 5, 45, 153. 

 Stinging Power of Actinia, 70, 143, 



159, 190. 

 Stones on Mountains, 167, 185, 235. 

 Store-Keeper, the, 2. 

 Storing Woodpeckers, 41, 95, 119. 

 Stormy Petrel, the, 93. 

 Strength of Sexton Beetle, 279. 

 Study of Nature, 66. 

 Substitute for Clips, 112. 

 Suicidal Jackdaws, 189. 

 Sultana, the Purple-winged, 69, 93. 

 Summer Migrants, 116 

 Sunflower, 164. 



Swallows, 16, 17, 142, 160,263, 283. 

 Swallows and Cholera, 283. 

 Swallows, Hybernation of, 118. 

 Swallows, Migration of, 263,283. 

 Swift, the, 64, J 42. 

 Sword-grass, 119, 142, 160, 166. 

 System, Linnaeus', 67. 



Tables, Micromktric, 113. 



Taxidermy, 260, 282. 



Teachings of Natural Science, 251. 



Tealia crussicornis, 69, 94. 



Temperatures, High, 188. 



T?redt> navalis, 279. 



Tertiary Flora of Brognon, 232. 



Than-hmo, 256. 



Thing of Beauty, 73. 



Thin Glass, Cleaning, 91. 



Thistle Galls, 215. 



Thrush, the, 89. 



Thrush, the Pagoda, 213. 



Ticks on Puffin, 261, 282. 



Toads and Frogs, 47, 69, 94, 11", 141, 1 i 



213, 214, 261. 

 Toads changing their Skin, 214. 

 Toads, Hybernation of, 213, 26 1. 

 Toad-stone, 117, 149. 

 Tones of the Cuckoo, 161, 214. 

 Torpedo, the, 268. 



Tortoises, Land, 191. 



Toxonidea, 112, 135, 143, 166. 



Track of the Pygmies, 154, 203, 239, 261. 



Transmission of Shells, 142. 



Tree- Frogs, 189, 211. 



Trieerutium favus, 69. 



Trichina spiralis, 69- 



Trichinosis, a Suggestion, 23". 



Tulip, the, 136, 212. 



Tumuli, Objects in, 18, 47, 90. 



Tunny, the Short- Finned, 21. 



Turtle, the Edible, 247. 



Under the Snow, 25. 

 Uses of Canada balsam, 175. 

 Uses of Petroleum, 90. 



Vandalism, Prussian, 190, 213. 

 Variations in British Plants, 232. 

 Varnish, Asphalte, 238, 263. 

 Vegetable Caterpillars, 176. 

 Vegetable Fibres, 10. 

 Vegetable Origin of Coal, 19. 

 Veined White Butterfly, 95. 

 Venom, Rat-tail, l4t). 

 Venus, Observations on, 110. 

 Vervain, 163. 

 Veteran, a Lost, 162. 

 Violet, the Wood. 163. 

 Vipers in Company, 138. 

 Virgil on Bees, 47, 70, 71. 

 Visitation of Spiders, 22, 40. 

 Vivarium for Insects, 80, 118, 207. 

 Viviparous Fish, 241. 

 Volvox Globator, 119. 



Wanted to Kill, 238,260. 



War-Bird, the, 46. 



Ward's Cases, Ferns in, 173. 



Warning, a Neces>.ary, 259. 



Wasp, Audacity of the, 88. 



Wasp, Keyhole, 276. 



Wasps and Bees, 22. 



Wasps' Nests, 78, 116. 



Water-Beetles, 183. 



Water- Fleas, 156. 



Water-Rats, 167. 



Welsh Fungi, 212. 



What is Jute? 8*. 



What is the Object? 151, 192. 



Wheel Animalcule, 276. 



Whelks' Eggs, 238. 



White Puffin, the, 255. 



Wilkin, Local Name of Frog, 118, 142, 167. 



Willis' Aniline Printing Process, 210. 



Wings of British Butterflies, 27. 



Winking Marybuds, 163, 215. 



Wintergreens, 28D. 



Winter Martin, 46. 



Winter, Insects in, 93. 



Wood-Acid as a Preservative, 22. 



Wood-Anemone, the, 164. 



Wood-Ant, the Large, 150. 



Woodbury's Photo- Relief Printing, 210. 



Woodcocks, 40, 89. 



Wood, Fossil, 250. 



Woodpeckers storing, 41, 95, 11 9. 



Woodpecker, the Spotted, 6. 



Wood Pigeon, the, 231. 



Wood-violet, the, 163. 



Worm-Mushroom, 256. 



Wren, Pugnacity of the, 115. 



Wien's Nest, 63. 



Yorkshire Reptiles, 191, 

 Yorkshire, Snakes in, 191, 214, 261. 

 Young Birds, Cats and, 260. 



Zambesi, Falls of the, Gl. 

 Ziricote and Ronron, 47. 

 Zoophyte, new, 281. 

 Zoological 'Gardens, 40. 



