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HAHDIVICKE'S SCIENCE- GOSSIP. 



Dec. 1, 1SG7. 



Ribbon-fish, Great, 208. 

 Rib-grass, Divination by, 65. 

 Robin's Punishment, 160. 

 Rocks of the Aqueous Deposit, Cairo, 138. 

 Rose, Bedeguar of the, 71, 94. 

 Rose-chafers, 88. 

 Roses, Feast of, 145. 

 Rose, the Moss-, 42. 

 Rose-tree, Ancient, 163. 

 Rose, Under the, 152. 

 Rotation of Embryo in Gastropods, 261 . 

 Rue, 278. 



Ruins, Amidst the, 31. 

 Rural "Fclk-lore," 17/. 

 Rural Natural History, 86, 117, 118. 

 Rush, Germination of the Toad-, 150. 

 Russia, the Poisonous Spider of, 40. 

 Rust and Smut in India, 137. 

 Hutu graveolens, 2/8. 



Sugartia lellis, 46. 

 Salamander, 281. 

 Salamandrine, 104. 

 Salicuria locustella, 186. 

 Salix JEgyptiaea, 2 1 . 

 Salmon or Parr? 62. 

 Sandstone, Markings in, 20. 

 Sanguinaria Root as an Object, 22. 

 Santonin, 94, 119. 

 Saw-flies, 22. 



Scales of Fish, to Mount, 19. 

 Scarcity of Insects, 23. 

 Scientific Knowledge, value of, 142. 

 Sea-anemone, a Baseless, 136. 

 Sea-anemone, a Curious, 134. 

 Sea-fish in fresh water, 1 13. 

 Sea-horse, £64. 

 Sea-marks, Ancient, 92. 

 Sea, Relations at, 45. 

 Seeds, Jumping, 257. 

 Seeds, Winged, 137- 

 Selenite, 281. 

 Self-denial of Cats, 20. 

 Sensitive Plants, 94, 114, 119- 

 Separation of Vegetable Cuticles, &c, 43, 



115. 

 Serpents, Boy Charmed by, 70, 93. 

 Shadow, Halo of a, 23, 46, 95. 

 Shell-fish, Diatoms in, 115. 

 Shell Money, 70. 

 Shells, Foraminifera from, 263. 

 Shipworm, the, 88. 

 Shooting Rare Biids, 69, S3, 94, 160. 

 Shrew, Died of a, 186. 

 Shrike, the, 64, 212. 

 Silk, 64. 



Silkworm Gut, 143. 

 Skeleton Leaves, 22, 117, 141,246. 

 Skeleton of Purple Urchin, 82. 

 Skipjack, the (fish), 20. 

 Skylark, the, 167. 

 Slides, Cement for, 21 . 

 Slides, Confervoid Growth in, 22. 

 Slough of Anobiuni, 211. 

 Slow-worm, Climbing, 112, 161. 

 Slow-worm or Blind-worm, 179, 260. 

 Small Birds for the Antipodes, 113. 

 Smell, Analogy of, 59. 

 Snails, 280. 



Snails, Invading Army of, 215. 

 Snails' Tongues, Preservation of, 277. 

 Snail, Torpidity of the, 40. 

 Snake and Mouse, 186. 

 Snake-charming, 190. 

 Snakes, 273. 

 Sociable Mites, 124. 

 Soiree of the Quekett Club, 43. 

 Solvent lor Caoutchouc, 66. 

 Something to do, 99. 

 Sonchus palustris, 210, 235, 257, 281. 

 Song of the Lark, 191. 

 Soundings, Examining, 161. 

 South Alrica, a Ramble in, 154. 

 Sparrows and Martens, 233. 

 Spawning of the Frog, 63, 8 9, 1 17, 119- 

 Spermaceti as an Object, 1)5. 

 Spider, a Neighbourly, 255. 

 Spider, Cheating a, 135, 162, 189. 

 Spider, Great American, 213. 

 Spider, Nest of the Trap-door, 40. 

 Spider Poison, 16, 237, 270. 

 Spiders, Fangs of, 270, 276. 



Spider, the Cardinal, 64. 88. 



Spider, the Jamaica black, 88. 



Spider, the Poisonous Russian, 40. 



Spiders, Domestic, 64. 



Spiders' Nests, 37, 40. 



Spiders, Preserving, 262. 



Spirogyra, 60. 



Spoiige, Freshwater, 247. 



Sponge-spicula in Chalk, 236. 



Sponge-washings, 228. 



Spongilla fluviatilis, 247. 



Squirrels, 69. 



Squirrels, Perforating, 141, 165. 



Stag-Beetle, 89- 



Starling, Value of the, 88. 



Starling, Voracity of the, 26. 



Star Showers, 45. 



Stephanops, &c, 19- 



Stereoscopes, Revolving, 118. 



Sterna Himndo, 17. 



Stickleback, Fifteen-spined, 68. 



Sticklebacks in Seawater, 38, 87- 



Sticklebacks out of water, 1 19. 



Stick without an end, 187, 210. 



Sting and Poison Gland of Wasp, 60. 



Stinkhorn, the Lattice, 187. 



Stone-mite, Eggs of the, 210. 



Stone Standard, a, 67. 



Striped Hawk-moth, 136, 162. 



Struck by Lightning, 165. 



Study of Mosses and Microscopic Fungi, 



188. 

 Study of Nature, 266. 

 Study of Natural History, 73. 

 Submergence and Emergence, 276. 

 Swallows, 50, 101. 



Swallows and Martens, lateness of, 17. 

 Swallows and the Cholera, 17. 

 Swallows, Hyhernating, 183, 214. 

 Swallows in Algeria, 64. 

 Swallow, the First, 11 7. 

 Sweet Pea, the, 42. 

 Submarine Action, 67. 

 Suspended Judgment, 132. 

 Sylvia titfiys, 276. 



Tadpoles in Aquaria, 167. 



Tail of Locust, 165, 189, 190. 



Tales of Travellers, 25. 



Talipat Palm, 18. 



Tamarix Oriental's, 80. 



Tea-tree, the, 257. 



Temperature of Lakes, 272. 



Tenacious Anemone, 23. 



Tenacity of Life in Flea, 21 . 



Tench, Fine, 17. 



Teredo navalis, 88. 



Terns, Inland, 47. 



Tern, the Common, 17. 



Testacella Mangei, 89. 



Texan Honey Ant, 118. 



Than-hmo, 136. 



The Genus Amphitetras, 271. 



The Rhythm of Flames, 49. 



The Viper, 280. 



Thrush, the Pagoda, 20. 



Ticks, West Indian, 71. 



Tide, Left by the, 217. 



Timarcha Icevigata, 27. 



Timber-borers, 212. 



Toad-flaxes, 201. 



Toad-rush, Germination of the, 150. 



Toads and Frogs, 234. 



Toads and Frogs, Climbing, 234. 



Toome-bridge Earth, &c, 138. 



Torpidity of the Snail, 40. 



Tortoises, 234. 



Tourmaline, 65. 



Travellers' Tales, 25. 



Trees, Lopping, 46. 



Triple Pear, 62. 



Trombidivm phalangii, 211. 



Trout, Twin, 70. 



Trout, Voracity of the, 186. 



True Papyrus, 42. 



Tulip, the, 18. 



Turdus pugodarum, 20 



Turntable, a cheap, 115. 



Twin Trout, 70. 



Under the Rose, 152. 

 Unity Controversy, 267. 



Unity of Mankind, 110, 152, 173,245, 269. 

 Unknown Object, 68. 

 Up-hill Work, 13. 

 Upper Test Valley, 282. 

 Use of Fossils, 92. 



Value of Scientific Knowledge, 142. 



Value of the Starling, 88. 



Varieties of Butterflies, 232. 



Varieties of Ferns, 187. 



Varnish as an Object, 19. 



Varnish from Marine-glue, 23. 



Vegetable Cuticles, separation of, 43. 



Venom of the Rat's tail, 260. 



Vespa holsatica, 247- 



Vibrio Tritiri, 19, 66. 



Violets, Yellow, 239, 258. 



Viper, Bitten by a, 175, 199, 213. 



Viper, Child bitten by a, 237. 



Viper, the, 22, 175, 199, 280. 



Viper's Poison : is it fatal? 237, 280. 



Volcanoes in the Cameroons Mountains, 



215. 

 Volvox query, 215. 

 Voracity of the Starling, 26. 

 Voracity of the Trout, 186. 

 Vorticella and Cyclops, 81. 



Wagtail, Nesting of tub Grf.y, 64. 



Wagtail, Nesting of the Pied, 17. 



Walking-fern, the, 1 87. 



Wanted: a Book, 142. 



Wanted: a Cement, 191. 



Wanted : a Medium, 214. 



Wanted : Lepidoptera, 135. 



War-bird, the, 20. 



Washings from Sponges, 228. 



Wasp, Early, 94, 117. 



Wasps, 70, 254. 



Wasp, Sting and Poison Gland of, 60. 



Water Boatman, the, 89, 117- 



Water Filters, 192. 



Waterton's Process, 68, 95, 96. 



Weasel, Hawk and, 256. 



Weasel, the, 255. 



Weather-wise, 166. 



West-Indian Ticks, 71. 



Whalebone, to Mount, 19. 



Whale, the, 275. 



What is Dermestes ? 28, 206. 



What's in the Honey? 30, 68. 



What's the Bird doing? 191,215. 



What to do, and How to do it, 164. 



Wheat Eels, 19, 66. 



Wheat Mildew, 16. 



Whelks' Eggs as an Object, 91 . 



Which Bangor ? 143,213. 



White Dodo, the, 5, 52. 



Who are you? 281. 



Wilderness, at Home in the, 122. 



Willow, Napoleon's, 71. 



Wind Courses, 93. 



Winged Seeds, 137. 



Wings of the Male Cockroach, 71. 



Winter Butterflies, 89. 



Winter greens, 18. 



Winter Work, I. 



Winter, W., of Mulbarton, 47, 71 . 



Wintry Fleas, 113. 



Wood-boring Beetles, 255. 



Woodlice, 213. 



Woodpeckers' Eggs, 68. 



Woodpecker, the Great Spotted, 4 1 . 



Wood Wasp, Nest of the, 247. 



Word for Hastings, 281. 



Work, 53. 



Work, Up-hill, 13. 



Work, Winter, 1 . 



Worms, Hair-, 162, 190, 221. 



Worms in Cockroaches, 238. 



Worms, to get rid of, 261, 279, 281 . 



Wrentham and Bangor, 213. 



Yankee Receipt for Cockroaches, 



113. 



Yellow Violets, 239, 258. 

 Yew-Tree, the, 235. 



Zoological Society of Hamburg, 166. 

 Zoophyte, a Fight about a, 47. 

 Zoophyte Trough, a Clip for, 105, 168. 



