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INDEX TO VOL XIIL 



Aberdavine (Siskin), 71 



Acaridcr, Researches among the, cog 



JEcidiiiin dejiau/ieraiis, T25 



^'EsiinoiiiJis iVciilt'Sy 46 



African Geographj', the latest Discovery 



in, 279 

 Alkanet, 263 



Allium anipclofj-nsnin, 233 

 Alliiiiu po>-niin{'L^<t\C), Crystal Prisms of, 



65, 90 

 Altluen hirsuta, 1S7 

 American Antiquities, 45 

 American Palaeontology, 258 

 Amphibians, JMetamorphoses of, 114 

 AinJ>hitetras aiitediluviana, 15 

 Anemone, Cluster-cup, 162 

 Anglo-Saxon Herbal, an. 49 

 Animals, Destruction of Rare, 143 

 Animals, the Hard Parts of, 241, 265 

 Animals of the Miocene Period, 279 

 Animals, Names of, 143 

 Anthropoid Ape, Conjecture as to Existence 



of in South America, 47 

 Ants in South America 41 

 Ants, Intelligence of, 89 

 Ant-eaters in South America, 41 

 Apocytitiin androsteini/oliuiit, 18, 44, 60, 



70, 92 

 Aquarium, Notes on the, 6, 66, 8g, iiS, 



166, 214, 215, 282 

 Aquarium, Marine, 38, 250 

 Aquarium, a Public, 89 

 Aquarium at Tynemouth, 232 

 Archaeopteryx. 211 

 Arctic Expedition, Collection of Insects 



by the, 38 

 Aictic Expedition, Collection of Fishes by 



the, 113 

 Argas ^;V/i?r/V(Blyborough Tick', 104 

 Ascidians, new, observed on Cruise of 



Challenger, 67 

 Atlantic Right Whale, 257 



Bat, the, 166 



Bathybius, 38, Sg 



Bees attracted by Paint, 189 



Bees, Conduct of, in a Shower, 237 



Bees and Flowers, 20, 44 



Beetles, Strength of, i8q, 281 



Birds, Albinism among, 14, 23, 164, i66, 

 238 



Birds, brevipennate, 261 



Birds, Instance of Charity among, 191 



Birds' Eggs, Collection of, 139, 191, 213, 

 215. 281 



Birds' Eggs, Colour of, 277 



Birds' Eggs, Effect of Corrosive Sublimate 

 on, 190 



Birds of Lincolnshire, 261 



Birds, Local Names of, 46, 261 



Birds, Migration of, 142, 190 



Birds, Nests of, Instance of Trust in Build- 

 ing, 191 



Birds of New Guinea, 106 



Birds, New Species of, in India, 2og 



Birds, Pairing, Instinct of, 247 



Birds, Shooting of Rare, 22, 92 



Bird, an Unidentified, 21 



Blackbird, Pairing with Thrush, 263 



Blackbird, Pied, Variety of, 257 

 Blister-beetle, the, 166, 259, 261 

 Blyborough Tick : see Aigas Fischerii, 



104 

 Botany, 18, 39, 67, 90, 114, 140, 161, 186, 



2og, 232, 257, 278 

 Botanical Notes in Neighbourhood of 



Cader Idris, 173, 210, 233 

 Botanists, Death of Celebrated, 140 

 Bournemouth, Notes on Insects at, 256 

 Bowerbank, Dr., n6 

 Boxtree, the, 40, 71 

 British Association, Notes from the, 183, 



222 

 British Botany, Field Notes on, 39 

 Brittle Plants, Modes of Drying, 211 

 Butterfly-boxes, Directions for Lining, 164 



Cader Idris, Botany of, 210, 233 



Cage-birds, Remedy for Sick. 260 



Calderon, Professor, as to Absorption of 

 Organic Matter by Plants, 18 



Caiiiieosauriis sitjireiiiiis, 279 



Canadian Notes, 225 



Canadian Phologophite, no 



Carboniferous Plants, 190 



Carboniferous Polyzoa, 108, 220, 271 



Cat, the Domestic, 43, 95, 215 



Cat, remarkable Vitality of a, 280 



Caterpillars, Victims of Larva; of Ichneu- 

 mons, 239 



Cave-hunting, 236 



Centrine Shark, the, 139 



Cetoitia aurata, early Appearance of, 113 



Challenger, Ascidians observed during 

 Voyage of the, 67 



Challenger, Zoological Results of Expedi- 

 tion of, 185 



Cheetah, new Species of, from .South 

 Africa, 184 



Chelidciniiini juagus. Alkaloids of the, 141 



Claytonia perfoliata, 163 



Clubs, see " Societies " 



Cockroaches, Colour of, 144 



Coffee, Use of for watering Window-plants, 

 2(note) I 



Coli'as edusa, 185, 223 



Colias editsa. Massacre of, 262 



Colorado Beetle, 175 (note), 201 



Coloration, causes of, 45, 94 



Coloured Butterflies and Flosvers, 139 



Convoh'olus ar^ensis, 47 



Cooked Meat, Discoloration of, 40 



Corals, cleaned by Chloride of Lime, 192 



Cormorant, the, 1S8 



Cornelian Cherry, 90, 140 



Cornish Plants, 235 



Corphyodon, 284 



Cotoneaster, the, 233, 278 



Coioneaster vulgaris, 258 



" Creep " in unworked Coal-mines, 240 



Cresswell Crags, the Bone Caves of, 163 



Cribella rosea, 16, 38 



Crow, Animosity of, to Sparrow-Hawk, 

 21, 44, 71, 143 



Crow, the Nut-cracker, or Black and 

 White, 70 



Crucifem, Origin of Long Stamens in, 

 186, 233, 278 



Cruci/ertp, Teratology among, 162 

 Crustaceans, Preservation of, 166, 185, 209 

 Crj'stals, Fluid Cavities in, 37 

 Crystals o^ Allium porrtiin (Leek), 65, 90 

 Cuckoos, Habits of, 21, 22, 23, 43. 192, 2(10 

 Cumberland and Westmoreland, I'lor.i of, 



162 

 Cyclas cornea, 93 



Daffodils, 55, 119 



Damar, as a Mounting McUiniii, 16, S7, 



112, 159, 183 

 Damar, Crystal Forms in, 14S 

 Danais Archippus, 89 



Darwin's Theory, Facts in Siippon of, 117 

 Death's-head ISIoth, Use of Cotton-wooL 



by the, 21, 44 

 Delphinium, Arrangement for Cro.':s- 



Fertilization in the, 248 

 Diatomaceae, on Cleaning. 145 

 Diatomacese, on Mounting, 217 

 Diatoms, 16, 37, 88, 277 

 Dinosauria, Discovery of, 269 (note) 

 Dispar, 45 

 Dogwood, 118 



Domestic Cat, the : see " Cat" 

 Doubleday Collection, the, 17 

 Double Orange, a, 239 

 Double Refracting Substances, 277 

 Dry Mounting, 160 

 Dublin New Sluseum, 209 

 Duckweeds, a Chapter on, 34 

 Dytisctcs marginalis, 96 



Eared Seals, 79 



East Anglia, Geology of, ig 



Echidna in New Guinea, 66 



Edelweiss, 186, 210, 233 



Edusa and Hyale, 161, igi 



Eel, Longevity of the, 261 



Eggs of Birds, Colour of, 22, 277 ; and see 



''Birds" 

 Eggs, intra-oval, 17 

 Eggs of Yama-lSIai Silkworm, iiS 

 Electric Plant, 116 

 Endive, 165 



Entomologj', Notes on, 67 

 Entomology of Epping Forest, 75 

 Entomology, Metropolitan, 161, 215 

 Eolis postulaia, 113 

 Epiphytal Plants, 186 

 Erica Rlediterranea, 209, 257 

 Erica vagans, 18 

 Eurypterus, a New Species of, 40 

 Evolution, 259 



Faded Leaves as Decoration's, 278 



False Light Excluder, the, 112 



Ferns, a Few Words on, 7, 115 



Ferns, Modes of Bleaching. 44 



Fish, certain Genera of Living, and their 



Fossil Affinities, 225, 249, 274 

 Fish, Embryology of, 38 

 Fleas, Vitality of, 191 

 Flies, Plague of, 46, 93 

 Flies, Fungus on, 190 

 Flowers, Change of Colour of, 24, 70 



