286 



HARDWICKKS SCIENCE-GOSSIP. 



Growing Cell for Minute Organisms, S 



Guildford, Mammoths at, 21 



Gum Styrax as a Mounting JNIedium, 66 



Haschisch, The effects of, 63 



Hail-stones, peculiar, 281 



Hawk-moth, Striped, iiS 



Hedgehogs, 3, 45, 46, 70, zSo 



Helices, reversed, 213 



Helix asfcra, reversed, 141 



Helix capcrata, 3 



Helix pisa7ia, 161, igo 



Herbarium, A Live, 133 



Herring, Cultivation ot", 19 



Hibiscus, " Sport" in, 1S8 



Highgate, The Entomology of, loi 



Holly, The, 47, 



Hoplophoya.Jemi^inea, 56, 166 



Horse's leg, Swelling on, 118 



House-fly, The 163 



House-fly, as a Propagator of Disease, 211 



House-fly, The Teeth of, 176, 225 



House-Martin, 44, 70 



Humming Bird, Taming, 191 



Hyalina D7-aparnaldi, 115 



Hydrogen, generated, but not consumed, 



215, 262 

 Hydrogen, liquefaction of, 235 

 Hydrozoa and Polj'zoa, 277 



Incrustation in a Water-Fife, 261 

 Infernal Machines, Detection of, 183 

 Influence of High Pressure on Living 



Organisms, 112 

 Infusoria, Mounting, 1S3 

 Insectarium at Crystal Palace, 186 

 Insects' Eggs, 278 



Insects, Early Emergence of, 45, 281 

 Insects, Mounting, 186 

 Instinct in Animals, 223 

 Instinct, Darwin on, 10, 94 



Jersey, Animals and Birds in, 93 

 Jersey, Notes on Natural History of, 177, 

 202 



Keeping Gold-fish, 22 

 Keeping Marine Aquaria, 74 

 Keeping Serpulje, 22 



Lady-Bird, 167. 215 



Lake District, The Mineral Veins of, 239 



Lapwing, Pied, 190, 215 



Lathrica sqjiamaria, 4, 44 



Leaves, Skeleton, 166, 188, 238, 261, 262 



Life, Strange Tenacity of, 282 



Lily of the Valley, root action of, 100 



Liinncsa pcregcr, var. pictn, igo 



Lincolnshire Geology, an interesting bit 



of, 105 

 London, The Oolitic Rocks under, 189 



Madagascar, Geology and Minera- 

 logy of, 182 

 Magnetism, Prof. Hughes on the Theory 



of, 87 

 Malformation of Hedge-Sparrow's Egg, 



167 

 Mammoths at Guildford, 21 

 Mantis, The Praying, 263, 283 

 Marine Aquaria, 74 

 Marine Borers, 259 

 Marine Denudation, 126 

 Marine Zoology, Slides Illustrative of, 42 

 Markings on 'lest Diatons, 136 

 Medicinal Plants, 23 

 Medium for Hard Sections, 91 

 Metamorphic Rocks of South Devon, 6g 

 Mice, Climbing, 190 

 Microscopy, 17, 41, 67, 89, 115, 136, 162, 



185, 212, 235, 260. 275 

 Microscopy, Graphic, i, 25, 49, 73, 97, 



121, 145, 169, 193, 217, 241, 265 

 Microscope, Drawing from the, 17, 41 

 Microscopic Objects, Photographing, 17 

 Microscopic Slides, Improvement in, 136, 



162 

 Microscopic Holder, a Cheap, 260 

 Microscopic Slide Ccntrercr, 260, 276 

 Microtome, a New, 137 

 Middlesbrough District, Shells in, 91 

 Migration of Geese, ig, 74 

 Mildness of Last Season, i86 

 Mimicry of Mint, by Dog's Mercury, 1S8, 



238 



I iMind in the Lower Animals, 22 

 Mineral, A New British, 141 

 Mineralogical Studies in the County of 



Dublin, 75, 2ig 

 Mineral Veins of the Lake District, 239 

 Minnow, The, 282 

 Miscellaneous Notes, 215 

 Mites, British Fresh-Water, 80 

 Mole Castles, 167 



Mollusca of Brentford District, 138 

 Mollusca, Classification of, 184 

 Mollusca of Derby, 277 

 Mollusca of Kent, Surrey and Middlesex, 



258 

 Mollusca of Maidenhead, 277 

 Mollusca of Margate, 43, 67 

 Moon, Peculiar Appearance of, 140 

 Mosquitos, about, 85 

 Mosses, 83 



Mounting the Anthers of Flowers, 186 

 Mounting Chitine, 114 

 Mounting, Difficulties in, 185, 212 

 Mounting Infusoria, 162, 185 

 Mounting Insects, 186 

 Mounting Medium, Gum Styrax as a, 66 

 IMounting Medium, Tolu as a, 260 

 Mounting Sections stained with Picro- 



carmine, 275, 276 



Name of Plant, Odd, 94 



Names on Trees, 23g 



Narcissus, Peculiar, 140 



Natterjacks at Wimbledon, 236 



Natural History Clause in Railway Bill, 



283 

 Natural History of Jersey, Notes on, 177, 



237 



Natural History Lists, 278 



Natural History Transactions of North- 

 umberland, &c., 236 



Naturalists, Local, 23 



Navicula cnspidata, 276 



Nests, Domed, 26, 142 



New Labryrinthodont Amphibian, 112 



Newt, The Crested, 138 



Newt, Curious action of, 262 



Nightingales in York, isg 



Northampton, Underground Geology of, 

 189 t 



North Wales, At the Gate of, 156 



Notes, Christmas, 35 



Notes, Miscellaneous, 215 



Notes from Rotterdam, 282 



Notes and Queries, 22, 45, 70, 94, 118, 

 141, 166, 190, 214, 239, 262, 280 



Notes for Science Classes : Mosses, 83 



November Nosegay in Worcestershire, 20 



Obituary : 



Aitkin, Mr. John, 211 



Bentham, Mr. George, 238 



Brittain, Mr. Thos., 63 



Le Conte, Dr., 17 



Fullagar, Mr. J., 112 



Guyot, M., 88 



Kidd, Mr. H. W., in 



IMerrifield, Mr. C. W., 40 



Nilsson, Prof., 15 



Parker, Mr. J , 112 



Powell, Mr. H., 17' 



Thomson, Prof. Allen, n2 



Todhunter, Dr , 88 



Tolles, Mr. Robert, 39 



Watts, Mr. Henry, 183 



Wilson, Sir Erasmus, 212 



Woodward, Col. J. J-, 257 

 Observations on Domed Nests, 26, 142, 

 Odd Name of Plant, 94, 117 

 CEcidimn Ari, 140 

 Q£cidiin?i yacobieir, 164 

 Oolitic Rocks under London, 189 

 Ophiogloisum vulgaiiim, var. amligjinni , 



148 

 Orchid Flowers, 20, 69 

 Organisms, The Lower, Influence of High 



Pressures on, 112, 

 Organisms, Observations on Living, 262 

 Origin of Diamonds, 118 

 Osprey, The, 281 



Palate-Myograth, 114 



Pabidina viinpara, 213 



Parasites, Vegetarians and, 184 



Paris quadri/olia, 190, 239, 261, 278, 283 



Pectens, Fossil, in the Isle of Wight, 52 



Peculiar Appearance of the JNIoon, 140 

 Peculiar Narcissus, 140 

 Pedigree of the Elephant, 130, 146 

 Peziza Siimncria, 116 

 Pheasants, A Chapter on, 242, 266 

 Phenomena, Curious, 127 

 Phosphorous Inse cts, 262 

 Phylloxera, M. Ba Ibiani on the, 257 

 Phytological Record for March, 68 

 Plants, The Behaviour of, 116 

 Plants, Distribution of, 34, 164, 

 Plants, Fossil, in the Silurian Formation, 



28 

 Plants, Medicinal, 23 

 Plant Names, 70, 117, 141 

 Plant Notes, 149, 272 

 Plants, Rare, 23S 

 Pleasure and Pain, 67 

 Poison, Effect of, on the Hedgehog, 94 

 Polyzoa and Hydrozoa, 277 

 Polyzoa and Rotiferae, 237 

 Post-Glacial Ravines in Chalk V.'olds of 



Lincolnshire, 93 

 Potato Disease, 39 

 Potatoes, Species of, 63 

 Praying Mantis, 263 

 Pre-Historic City, -j-j'- 

 Preparation, Anatomical, 119 

 Preservation of Protozoa and Small Larvas, 



66 

 Preservation of Soft Tissues, 42 

 Preserving Cartilage, 70 

 Preserving in Glycerine, 67 

 Pressures, High, Influence of, on Living. 



Organisms, 112 

 Primeval Man, New Evidences of, 50 

 Primroses, 261 



Protoplasm, Continuity of, 93, 139 

 Protoplasm, Facts concerning, 44 

 Puccinia, Early, 140 



Ramble over the Surrey Downs, A 



Midsummer, 95 

 Ramble round Weymouth, a Botanical, 36 

 Ravines in the Chalk-Wolds of Lincoln- 

 shite, Post- Glacial, 93 

 Rays and Sharks, Fossil, 172, 227, 267 

 Recollections of Australian Entomology, ii 

 Red Hill, 86 



Redshank, Spotted, at Lynn, 19 

 Reproduction of the Zygneiriacese, 20 

 Reptiles eating their Sloughs, 280 

 Rocks of South Devon, Metamorphic, 69 

 Rook, The, 119, 142 



Root Action of the Lily of the Valley, ioo> 

 Rotifera; and Polyzoa, 1'he, 237 

 Rotifers, Free-Swimming, 124, 163, 187 



Sagittaria sagitiifolia, 188, 238 



Salmon Disease, 19 



Salmon Ova for New Zealand, 67 



Sample IMicroscopic Slides, iS 



Saurian, New Fossil, 88 



Saxifraga hircidus, 261 



Scarcity of Butterflies, 138, 187 



Science of Guide-Books, 70 



Science-Gossip, 15, 39, 63, 86, in, 134,. 



160, 183, 2IO, 233, 256, 274 

 Scilly, Ten Day's in, 98 

 Season, The Mildness of, 186 

 Seasonable Notes from Cushenden, 94 

 Sections, Hard, A Medium for. gi 

 Sections in Ribbons, cutting, 89 

 Sections, stained, 275, 276 

 Seeds, M. Duchatre's Experiments with, 64 

 Selachians, Peculiar Japanese, 88 

 Scnccio z<iclga7-is, var. radiatiis, iSS 

 Serpulae, Keeping, 22 

 Sham Fossils, 94 



Sharks and Rays, Fossil, 172, 227, 267 

 Shells, British, 163 

 Shells in Middlesbrough District, 91 

 Shrimps in Aquaria, 115 

 Silurian Formation, Fossil Plants in, 28 

 .Sinking of a Mountain, Reported, 112 

 Skeleton Leaves, 166, 188, 238, 261, 262 

 Skin-Grafts, 274 



Slides Illustrative of INIarine Zoology, 42 

 Slugs, Gloucestershire, 78 

 Soap- Bubbles, 23, 46 



Societies; meetings, transactions, &c., 

 of:— 



Belfast Naturalists' Club, 92 



Belgian Microscopic Society, go 



Botanical Exchange Club, 140 



