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INDEX TO VOL. VIII. 



Ab.vormal Ckrastiuji, Q3. 

 Abiiormal Chenies, 1-13. 

 Abnormal Ericas, 6j. 

 Abnormal Tulip Stamens, 63. 

 Abundance of the Camberwell Beauty in 



1872, 2-1.0, 26.1. 

 Abundance of the large Heath Butterfly, 



261. 

 Achcrontia atropos, 20, 40, 46, 181, 238. 

 Agassiz Expedition, the, 186, 211, 260. 

 Age of Ferns, 166. 

 Alaud'i itrhorea, 44, 6s, 70, 93. 

 Alexander tlie Great, 2.j4. 

 Alps, the, 8S. 

 Amber, Origin of, 43. 

 American Fossil Lion, 279. 

 American JNIastodon. 114. 

 An Aurora by Daylight, 546. 

 Ancient Serpent- worship, 21. 

 Ancient Stone Implements, 227. 

 Animal Nature of the Spongiad<e, 17. 

 Animals, Notes on Common, 232. 

 AnneUd, Fly mistaken for an, 277. 

 Anobium, Ravages of, 208, 216. 

 Another *■' Pharaoh," 206. 

 Ants, 261, 263, 264. 

 Ants, fighting, 214. 

 Ants in India, Jottings on, 109. 

 Ants, Instincts of, 201. 

 Ants, White, 44, 69. 

 Aphrodc.di'rus sayiniim, 151. 

 Aquaria, Marine, 112, 165. 

 Aquarium at the Crystal Palace, 63. 

 Aquari\ini, my, II. 

 Aquarium, the Naples, 233. 

 Aquariums, Rockwork for, 215. 

 Afubis stfictit, 232. 

 Arachnid, a New, 260. 

 Arborescent Silver, 17, 47, 62. 

 Arbutus Berries, 113. 

 Archaeology of Rare Plants, 153. 

 Arctic Circle, Fossils of the, 18. 

 Art in its relation to Natural Science, 



126. 

 Association, French.'for the Advancement 



of Science, 258. 

 Auditory Capsules of MoUusca, 256. 

 Auk, the Great, 65. 

 Aurora by Daylight, 5, 46. 



Bacteria, 211. 



Balaniform Oak-galls, 139. 



Banded Sunfish, the, 29. 



Bats, 18, 36. 



Battledore Scales, Markings on, 42. 



Beale's Carmine Solution, 136. 



Beauty, the Camberwell, 234, 239, 2S2. 



Beech-trees and Lightning, 283. 



Bee Orchis, the, 233, 259. 



Bees, 189, 212, 238. 



Bees in a strange place, 212. 



Bees in the Himalayah Mountains, 56. 



Beei' Nests, 239- 



Bees, Stings of. 282. 



Bees, the Food of, 3S. 



Beetles, preserving, 145. 



Beetle, the Stag, 45. 



Belemnites, 252. 



Belfast Naturalists' Field Club, 64. 



Berkshire, Flora of, 64. 



Berries of the Arbutus, 113. 



Bird-fly, 139. 



Bird-life, Curiosities of, 165. 



Birds, Cretaceous, 235. 



Birds, Distribution of, 53. 



Birds eating Shells of their Etrgs, 140, 



167. 

 Birds' Eggs, Collecting and Preserving, 



73. 

 Birds, Geographical Range of, 184. 

 Birds imitating Sounds, 263. 



Birds ir. Winter, 6j. 



Birds, Little, 174. 



Birds, Mice and, 116, 214. 238. 



Birds, New Fossil, 114, 162, 18". 



Birds, S igacity of, 280. 



Birds, two new Species of European, 18 



Blackcap Warbler, Gossip about the, 79. 



Blood-corpuscles, Vertebrate, 256. 



Bom/i/j.r Quercus, 46. 



Bony Excrescences in Tarbot Skin, 47. 



Books, New, 34,83, 129, 200, 242. 



Borrago, 2 1 . 



Botanical Difficulty, 214, 25g. 



Brawls of Sparrows, 154. 



" Brimstone," a White, 95, 117. 



Brimstone Butterfly, the, 117. 



British Association, 181, 233. 



British Fauna, Books on the, 232. 



British Gentianacea;, 162. 



British Turtle, a, 112. 



Broom-rape Picris, 23. 



Bullfinch, a one-legged, 214. 



Bullfinch, talking, 45. 



Bull-frog, the, 95. 



Bunt of Wheat as a Lens, 276. 



Burnets, New British, 23). 



Butterflies and Jloths, Collecting, &c., 



121,241, 280. 

 Butterflies and Moths, why scarce after a 



damp Winter, 89, 139, 2,(6. 

 Butterflies, Destruction of English, 31. 

 Butterflies of the Channel Islands, 65. 

 Butterflies, Scarcity of, 1 89. 

 Butterfly, New Fossil, 114. 

 Butterfly, the Brimstone, 95, 1 17. 



CABnAcE, A Nest in a, 166. 

 Cage-birds and Saffron, 166. 

 Calamite, Fruit of the, 80. 

 Camberwell Beauty, the, 234, 239, 2i9, 



263, 282. 

 Camphor in Paratfln Lamps, 186. 

 Canaries, a Gossip about, 53. 

 Candlelight, Colours by, 212. 

 Candour, 227. 

 Canine Gyrations, 52, 95, 115, 140,163, 



188. 

 Carboniferous Fish, 176. 

 Carboniferous Reptiles, 67. 

 Carmine Solution, Dr. Beale's, 136. 

 Catalogues lor Collections, 118, 162, 175, 



212. 

 CaterpiUars' Hairs, Irritating Effect of, 22, 



137, 167, 190, 215. 



Caterpillars, Migration of Wood-boring, 



188. 

 Caterpillars, Notes on Web-weaving, 58, 



94. 115, 142. 

 Caterpillars, Tenacity of Life in, 165, 262. 

 Caterpillars, Young, in Confinement, l6l, 



183, 237, 262. 

 Cave Deposits in France, 211. 

 Caves, the Doward, 235. 

 Celandine, the Lesser, 63. 

 Centipede, Electric, 20. 

 Cerastium, Abnormal, 93. 

 Chaffinch's Nest, 236. 

 Chameleons utilized, 214. 

 Chameleon, the, 71, 92. 

 Changes in Localities of Rare Plants, T7. 

 Channel Islands, Butterflies of the, 65. 

 Charas, drying, 2 [5. 

 Charlock, the, 152, 188. 

 Chemical Properties of Fungi, 164. 

 Cherries, Abnormal, 143. 

 Chickens, Hedgehogs and, 238, 23 1. 

 Chignon, Nest in a, 26-'. 

 Chinese Animals, New, 209. 

 Chlorophyll ia Lower Organisms, 113. 

 Chrysalids, keeping, 261, 262, 281. 

 Cleaning Feathers, 191, 240. 



Cleaning Foraminifcra, 6g, 141, 183, 2'i7* 



Cleaning Skeletons, 23, 39. 



Clifden Nonpareil, 283. 



Clione, the, 115. 



Clips, Microscopical, 1 66. 



Clothes-moths, 115, 161, 16J, 190, 21 1, 



238. 

 Coal, 260. 



Coal, New Supply of, 17, 187. 

 Coal, Sections of, 87, 277. 

 Coleoptera, New British, 160. 

 Coleus, Fungoid Growth on Leaves of, 



135. 

 Collecting and Preserving, 25, 40, 73, 9", 



121, 145, 169, I9i, 199, 217, 241, 265. " 

 Collection Catalogue, 118, 162,175,212. 

 CoUins's Light-Corrector, 183. 

 Colloid Silica, 168. 

 Coloured Hawthorn, 212. 

 Colouring Matter in Fungi, 113. 

 Colours by Candlelight, 212. 

 Colours of Lepidotera, 175, 237, 26!. 

 Coluber AitsMacu,', 108, 232, 239. 

 Commerce In Pollen, 232. 

 Comparison of known and unknown 



Species, 42. 

 Compass-flower, 281. 

 j Coral, 17, 43, 163. 



Coral, Deep-sea, 163. 

 j Coral, New Species of Fossil, 43. 

 Cormorants at Home, 30, 70. 

 Corunellii Icevis, 238. 

 Cowcatcher Ride, Notes of a, 13(5, 

 Crab, a Geologist, 199. 

 Cretaceous Birds, 235. 

 Cretaceous Reptiles, 43, 235. 

 Crows, 188. 

 Cry of the Woodpigeon, 93, II6, 140, 165, 



235. 

 Cryptogamia of the Scilly Islands, 210. 

 Crystal Palace Aquarium, 65. 

 Cuckoo, the, 105, 166, 191, 261,282. 

 Cuckoo in October, 261. 

 Curiosities of Bird-life, l65. 

 Curious Animals, Laws to Protect, 39. 

 Curious British Plant, a, 249. 

 Curious Habits of Swallows, 57, 143. 

 Curious Insects, 184. 

 Curious Turbot, 215. 



Dagger-moth, the, 95. 



Dammar, mounting in, 71, "2, 256, 276. 



Daylight Aurora, 5, 46. 



Dead Flies, 236. 



Death's-head Moth, 20, 40, 46, 184, 238. 



De Brebisson, Death of, 136. 



Deep-sea Dredging. 89. 



Desert, Manna of the, 60, 186. 



Destruction of Ensjlish Butterflies, 31, 



Diatomaccre in Guano, 17. 



Diatomaceous Deposits, 22. 



Diatomaceous Frustules, 184. 



Diatoms, New, 257- 



Diatoms, how to obtain them pure, 19. 



Diatoms, Hot- water, 255. 



Diatom Test-slide, list of forms. 135. 



Dictionary, Micrographical, 276, 



Difficulties, Botanical, 214, 259. 



Difficulties, Microscopical, 164, 163. 



Disease, the Potato, 222, 254, 259, 280. 



Divining-rod, 280. 



Do Animals commit Suicide? 70, II6. 



Dock, Peculiarities in the, sg. 



Dock V. Nettle, 238, 262. 



Dodder, the, 139. 



Dogs, Gyrations of, 52, 95, 115, 140, 163, 



188. 

 Do many Swallows perish in Migrating ? 



239. 

 Double Lemon, 23. 

 Doward Cave, the*- 233. 



