286 



HARDWICKE'S SCIENCE-GOSSIP. 



Fagus, 19 



Fagus, Caesar's, 45 



Falcon, Peregrine, the, 20 



Falcon, Iceland, 256 



Fauna, Coral of Upper Greensand, 17 



Fauna of the Cuckmere District, 277 



Fenestella, 50, 225, 247 



Fenestellidae, Carboniferous, 114 



Fermentation, Professor Lowe on, 65 



Ferns, Fossil, 45 



Field Mouse and Bees, 83 



Figs, Unripened, 281 



Fish, Longevity of, out of Water, 19 



Fish, Parasites on, 79 



Fishes, Loves of the, 125 



Fish-Ponds Frozen-Over, 267 



Fitchet (Polecat) the, 59 



Fleas on Moles, 282 



Flies and Pedestrians, 212 



Flora of the New Forest, 150 



Flora of the Cuckmere District, 277 



Flower, a Query as to, 94, 118 



Flowers, Insects Destroyed by, 164 



Flowers, Nutrition in Relation to, 164 



Flowers, Blue, Notes on, 178 



Flowers, Why do they turn White 1 245 



Flustra membranacea, 51 



Folk-lore, Science-Gossip, 15 



Fossils, Marine, in Gannister Beds, 17, 42 



Fossils, Crocodile, a Dwarf, 17 



Fossils, Entomology, 43 



Fossils, Brachiopod, Peculiar, 43 



Fossils, Silurian, in Girvan District, 43 



Fossils, Ferns, 45 



Fossils, Preservation of, 45 



Fossils, Reptiles related to Mammals, 64 



Fossils, Upper Ludlow, in Lower Carbon- 

 iferous Strata of North Wales, 91 



Fossils, Common British, where to find, 

 156, 179, 271 



Fossils at Folkestone, i3g 



Fossils, Starfish, Localities for, 189, 209, 

 261, 266 



Fossils, Corals, Varieties of, 271 



Fox Moth, the (Bombyx rubi) breeding of, 



*9 

 Frog's Spawn, Development of, 18 

 Frogs, Notes of, 214 

 " Friends in Council," 270 

 Fruit and Birds, 39 



Fungus, a Ramble, in Epping Forest, 4 

 Fur on the Tongue, 136 



GAMASUS OF HuMBLE BeE, MlTE ON, 8l 



Gannister Beds, Marine Fossils in, 17, 42 

 Generations, Alternations of, 78 

 Generic Names, Repetitive, 207 

 Geologist, Adventures of a, 268 

 Geology, 17, 42, 64, 91, 114, 138, 163, 18S, 



2°9. 534, 260, 278 

 Geology of Arran, 65 

 Geology, Limestone, an Index of Time as 



regards, 77 

 Geology of Cardiff, 99 

 Geology at Ware, 164 

 Geology of Sheffield, 169 

 Geology of Hayes Common, 217 

 Geology of Lincolnshire Marshland, 242, 



26 5 . 

 Geranium pusillum, White, Varieties of, 41 



Geum rivale, 187, 208, 258 



Girvan District, Silurian Fossils in the, 43 



Glaciers in Saxony, 235 



Gladstone, Mr., on Teaching Natural 



History, 162 



Glen Callater, A Holiday Ramble in, 145 



Glycerine, Cement for, 86 



Glyciphagus plumiger, 47, 63, 69 



Cloose, Egyptian, at Evercreech, 94 



Gossamer, 119 



Gordius aquaticus, 281 



Graphidei of the New Forest, 152 



Grubs, How to get Rid of, 191, I92 



Guinea Pig, The, 277 



Halitherium, the, in British Waters, 



112 

 Haldon (Devon), Coral Fauna in Upper 



Greensand, 17 

 Hartstongue, Singular Variety of, 209 

 Harvest Mice, Rearing of, 283 

 Hayes Common, Geology of, 217 

 Health Primers, 15 

 Hedgehogs, Notes on, 122, 123 

 Hedgehogs, Parasites on, 205, 232, 258, 282 



Helix lajiicida, 161 



Hemiptera, Rare Species of, 9, 39 



Hempseed for Bullfinches, 66, 119 



Hobson, Bernard, 208 



Holiday Rambles, 145 



Honey Stalks, 118, 143 



H ornera frondiculata, 51 



House Fly and Parasite, 7, 21, 39,46, 88, 94 



Humble Bee, Mite on Gamasus of, 81 



Hyalophora Cecropia (Bombycide Satur- 



nia), 46, 66 

 Ilydratina Senta and Euglena viridis, 



136 

 Hydrophilus piceus, 69, 132 

 Hypericum calycinum (St. John's Wort), 



234 



Iceland Falcon, The, 256 



Ichthyosaurus, Viviparous Species of, 188 



Iguanodon in Kimmeridge Clay, 163 



India, Birds of, 162 



Infectious Diseases, Germ Theory of, 12 



Inflorescence, On the Study of, 147 



Inflorescence, Notes on, 203 



Infusoria, New Mode of Preserving, nr, 



J S9 



Insects, Pygidium of, 38 



Insects, Preparation of, for Microscopic 

 Examination, 101, 121 



Insects in New Forest, 123, 124, 125 



Insects, Simulation of Death by, 160, 207 



Insects Destroyed by Flowers, 164 



Insects, Blight, 191 



Injects, Mimicry in, 207 



Insects, Swarms, 233 



Insects, Mode of Killing, 257 



Instinct, Mistakes made by, 88, 112, 137, 

 160 



Intelligence in Animals and Men, com- 

 parison of, 19, 47, 68 



Intelligence of Animals, 92, 93, 94, 115, 

 116, 117, 139, 140, 165, 166, 167, 189, 

 190, 210, an, 236, 237, 261, 262, 279, 

 2S0, 281 



Ireland, Geology of, n 



Ireland, North, Miocene Flora of, 235 



Isle of Wight, Aphalopida in, 204 



Isoetes, New Species of, 41 



Ivory-Nut Palm, the, 31 



Japanese Deer fCervus sika), in 

 Jersey, Testacella Mangel in, 90 

 Jersey, Rare Plants in, 113 



Kalmia latifolia and Bees, 282 



Kentish Hills, Ramble on the, 2 



Kestrel, Nest of, 20 



Kestrel, Depredations committed by, 215 



Kitten and Dog, 46 



Knots in Straw of Wheat, 16S 



Laburnum, v - Biennial Flowering at 



Tlxford, 71 

 Laburnum in Autumn, 118 

 Larks and Starling, 22 

 Larvae of Butterflies and Moths, Mounting 



of, 58 

 Larvae, How to Preserve, 256 

 Lead Cells, 160 

 Ledum palustre, 50 

 Ledum latifolium, 50 

 Leiih, the Boulder Clay of, 32 

 L*euzitcs betulina, 4 

 Lepidoptera, Mounting of, 239 

 Lepidosteus osscus (the Bony Pike), 15 

 Lcptodora hyalina, 256 

 Lettuce, the Sea (Ulva latissima), 40 

 Lichens and a Polluted Atmosphere, 217 

 Life below the Ice, 193 

 Limestone, as an Index of Geological Time, 



77 

 Lincolnshire Marshland, Geology of, 242, 



265 

 Lizard, a Two-tailed, 232 

 Lopliiuus pahnatus, near Eastbourne, 186 



Magpie, Sagacity of the, 281 

 Mammals, Fossil Reptiles related to, 64 

 Mammaliferous Deposit near Cambridge, 



188 

 Manatee, Death of the, 112 

 Manatee, The, i36 

 Mandrake, the (Podophyllum peltatum), 



66 

 Marsh Plants, Strange Location of, 16, 142 



Matter, the Ultra-Gaseous State of, 42 



Mutthiola incana, 187 



Mayflowers in Wales and Salop, no 



Micro-fungi, Mounting of, 3 



Micro-palaeontology, 235 



Microphone, Curious Effect with, 71 



Micro-photographs, How to Restore, 194, 



255 

 Microscope, Improvements in, 86 

 Microscope, Preparation of Insect's Brains 



for, 103 

 Microscope, Cleanliness in Use of, 159 

 Microscopical Examination, Preparation 



of Insects for, 101, 121 

 Microscopical Specimens, Mode of Stain- 

 ing, 160 

 Microscopical Preparations, Scientific 



Value of, 250 

 Microscopical Analysis, 281 

 Microscopist, the Young, Hints for, 32 

 Microscopy, 12, 13, 38, 61, 86, in, 134, 



159, 184, 206, 231, 255, 276 

 Mineral Veins, History of, 139 

 Miocene Ape, an Indian (Palceopithecus), 



138 

 Miocene Flora of the North of Ireland, 235 

 Mistletoe, Cultivation of, 44, 64 

 Mistletoe on the Pear, 66 

 Moa, the, not yet Extinct, 40, 95 

 Moles, Fleas on, 282 

 Mollusca, Dr. Gwyn Jeffreys on, iSS 

 Monstrosities in Plants, 191 

 Morbid Sensations, 282 

 Moss British, New Species of, 41 

 Moss, Exceptional Fruitfulness of, 41 

 Moth, the Death's Head, 283 

 Moth-Trap, a Vegetable, 15 

 Moths, Urticating Properties of, 25 

 Mouse, a Singing, 239 

 Mouse, the Harvest, 283 

 Mudie, Robert, 212 

 Muse a vomitoria, 8 

 Mushrooms, 259 

 Music, Dog affected by, 165 

 Musk Ox, the, in England, 235 



Names, Scientific Pronunciation of, 



45 



Natal, Microscopy in, 13 



Natterjack Toad, the, 19, 165 



Natural History, Mr. Gladstone on Teach- 

 ing, 162 



Naturalists, a List of Assisting, 270 



Nest, Query as to a, 213 



Nests of Birds, Curious Sites for, 66, 67 



Nests of Birds, Design in, 88 



Nests of Sparrowhawk, 213 



Nests of Thrush, a Curious Site for, 213 



Nests, Curious Sites for, 213, 263 



Net, Lightning, 152 



New Forest, the, 97, 123, 150 



New Forest, the, Slow Worm in, 164 



New Forest, the Diatomaceae of, 206 



Newt, the Smooth {Lissotritonpunctatits}, 



143 .,,,,. 



Nightingale, the, in Yorkshire, 44, 63, 186 



Noctiluca miliaris, Colour and Mounting 



of, 113 

 Notes and Queries, 18, 43, 65, 92, 115, 139 



164, 189, 210, 236, 261, 279 

 Notices and Reviews : — 

 Health Primers, 15 



Popular Science Review, 113, 186, 25S 

 Rainfall of the World, 114 

 Cambridgeshire, Post-Tertiary Deposits 



of, 114 

 Essex, Geology of, 115 

 Northumberland, Geology of, 115, 164 

 Blood, Microscopic Organisms in, 134 

 American Quarterly Journal of Micro- 

 scopy, 135 

 The Science Index, 136 

 Nature, Cared for, and Uncared for, 



162 

 Lake District, the English Physical 



History of, 163 

 Geological Survey, and its Relations to 



Agriculture, 1S9 

 Microscopical Quarterly Journal, 206 

 Students' Catalogue of British Plants, 



208 

 Geological Time, Chemical Denudation 



in Relation to, 235 

 United States Geological Survey Report, 



235 



