HARDWICKE'S SCIENCE-GOSSIP. 



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Notices and Reviews — continued. 

 The Herefordshire Pomona, 259 

 Dictionary of Plant Names, 259 

 Nuthatch, the, 165 

 Norfolk, the Fauna of V R. Lubbock), 



277 

 The Tourists' Flora (J. Woods\ 278 

 Carboniferous Limestone, and Lefn-y- 



Fedw Sandstone of North Wales 



(Morton), 278 



CEnophila v-flava and Corks, 191' 



Onion Crops and Caterpillars, 95, 131 



Oolitic Limestone Holes, 17, 70 



Ophrys apifera, 187 



Orange, a Double, 47 



Orchis Morio, 164 



Organisms, Delicate, Notes on Preserving, 



49. 



Ornithological Essays, 218, 246 

 Ornithosaurian from Stonefield Slate, 209 

 Oscillatoria decorticans, 9 



Page, David, the late Professor, 115 



Palaeocoryne, 225, 247 



Palm in Full Bloom, a, 212 



Parasites on Pigeons, 43 



Parasites on House-fly, 46, 88, 94 * 



Parasites on Fish, 79 



Parasites (see Hedgehogs). 



Parrot, an Old, Two Eggs laid by, 119 



Parrot, Anecdote of a, 28r 



Parrots and their Eggs, 165 



Parsnips, Stinging Properties of, 18 



Pear, Mistletoe on the. 66 



Pecten maximus, Pearls in, 161 



Fhyllactidium pulchellum, 16 



Physalia pclagica (Portuguese Mar-of- 



war), 15 

 Pigeons, Parasites on, 43 

 Pigments, Arrangement of, in Lepidoptera, 



36 

 P.ke and Tench, 191 

 Piping Bullfinch, 21 

 Plague the, in England, 90 

 Planet, the Hj'pothetical, 146 

 Planorbis marginaius, 87 

 Plants, Marsh, Strange Places for, 16 

 Plants, British, 16 

 Plants, Second Growth of, 21 

 Plants, Monstrosities in, 40 

 Plants, Interesting at Kew, 43, 70, 199, 



142 

 Plants, Functions of Nectaries in, 137 

 Plants, Canadian, Notes of an Amateur on 



some, 50 

 Plants, Common, Unnoticed Differences 



in. 173 

 Plants, Fly-catching, 1S6 

 Plants, Commensalism in, 187, 208, 333, 259 

 Plants, Medicinal Indigenous, 214 

 Plants, Life, Duration of, 258 

 Plants, Postage of, to Foreign Countries, 



282 

 Pleistocene Deposits on the Cornish Coast, 



Polecat, the (Mustela futonus), 59 

 Pollen, in 



Pollen, a Shower of, 138, 187, 238, 239 

 Polyporus, Varieties of, 5 

 Polytrichum undulatum, 21 

 Polyzoa, Mounting of, 87 

 Pony, Sagacity of a, 262 

 Post-glacial Animals in London, 138 

 Prawns, Ancient ( Anthrapala-mon), 139 

 Primrose, Derivation of Name, 119 

 Pteropoda, Divisions of, 63 

 Pygidium, the, in Insects, 36 

 Pyrola, the, Winter Green, 90 



Quadra lithosia, 250 



Quartz, Sections of, 13 



Quartz, Cavities in, 61 



Quillwort, the (Isoetes lacustris), 17 



Rabbits Suckled by a Cat, 19 

 Ranatra linearis, 252 

 Ranunculus Jicaria, 41 

 Ranunculus ficaria, Plurality of Petals 64 

 Ranunculus Jicaria, British Batrachian, 

 107 s 



Raptores, British Marking, &c., of, 55 



Rat, a r ishing, 129 



Rat, Reared by a Cat, 164 



Reptiles, How to Preserve, 18, 65 



Reptiles, Gigantic, in Colorado, 163 



Rhampkocephalus Presiwichi, 209 



Rhizopods, New Species of, 87 



Rhinoceros tichorinus, 278 



Rhubarb, History of, 82 



Rhubarb, Leaves of, 214, 238 



Rkynchopora Geinitziana, 43 



Rhynchopora Youngii, 43 



Robin, the, 263 



Rocks, Effect of Chemical Action on, 6 



Rocks, Oolitic Holes in, 70 



Rocks, Pre-Cambrian, of Carnarvon, 163 



Rocks, Metamorphic, of Scotland, 234 



Rook, a White, 22 



Rookery, How to Establish a, 162, 17s, 



207 

 Rotifer, a New, 200, 256 



Saint Paul's Cathedral, Colour of, 



134 . 



Salicornia, 114 



Salop, Mayflowers in, no 



Sarraccnia purpurea, 50 



Saxicola stapazina, 14 



Saxicola ananthe, 14 



Saxony, Glaciers in, 235 



Science in the Provinces, 13 



Science-Gossip, Folklore, 15 



Scientific World Fifty Years Ago, the, 9 



Scotland, Metamorphic Rocks in,' 234 



Sea-Anemones in Aquaria, 21 



Sea-Birds, Oddities among, 175, 19s 



Sea-Gulls, Intelligence in, 211 



Seaweeds, Best Localities for, 191 



Seaweeds, Red, and Animalcula, 257 



Season, Abnormal Character of the, 143 



Section Cutting, 13 



Seeds, On Mounting, 131 



Shark, Position of Mouth in the, 94 



Sheatfish (Silurus glanis), 194 



Sheffield, Geology of, 169 



Shells, Tasmanian Land, 69 



Shells, Land, Local Distribution of, 282 



Shrew Mice (Sorex araticus), 190 



Skins, Preservation of, 14 



Slides, Air-bubbles in, Pump for Removing, 



61 

 Slides, How to Remove Canada Balsam 



from, 61 

 Slides, Mounted in Balsam, How to Clean, 



136 

 Slides, Centerer for, 160 

 Slides, Old, How to Clean, 256, 276 

 Slow-worm in the New Forest, 164, 212 

 Smith, the late Mr. Frederick, 89 

 Snakes, British, 19 



Snakes, Change of Colour in Skin, 167 

 Societies and Clubs : — 



Quekett Microscopical Club, 13, in, 206, 

 231 



Folk-Lore Society, 15 



Metropolitan Scientific Association, 22 



Science-Gossip Botanical Exchange 

 Club. Report for 1878, 25, 187 



Newcastle Microscopical, 38 



Watford Natural History Society, 40, 232 



Royal Microscopical Society, Journal of, 

 62 



Metropolitan Association, 71 



Royal Dublin Geological, 91 



Geologist's Association, 114 



Geological Societv, 163, 188 



Midland Union of Natural History, 163 



Mines, Royal School of Appointments 

 in, 164 



Manchester Science Association, 184 



British Association, Meeting of, 186 



Zoological Society, 188 



Liverpool Microscopical Society, 276 

 Societies, Microscopical, Inquiry as to 



Rules of, 276 

 Sparmannia Africana, Stamens of, 60 

 Sparrowhawk, Eggs of, 213 

 Sparrowhawk, Nest of, 213 

 Sparrowhawk, [Accipitcr nisus), the, 21S, 



268 246 

 Spartina stricta, 234 



Spawn, Frog's, Development of, 18 



Spectre on Mountain, a, 46 



Spiders, Webs of, 20 



Spiders, British, New Species of, 232 



Spiral Currents, 229 



Sphinx piuastri, 208 



Sponges, Structure and Distribution of, 



197 



Squirrel, Dark, at Tux ford, 92 



Stafford, a Museum for, 278 



Starfish, Fossil Localities for, 189, 209, 



261, 266 

 Starling and Larks, 22 

 Starvation, Effects of, in Animal and 



Vegetable Tissues, 134 

 Stinkhorn, ; the Common [Phallus im- 



pudicus), 258 

 Stock-Frost, 142 

 Stock Ice, 214 



Stonechat, the Black-Throated, 14 

 Stonesfield Slate, an Ornithosaurian from, 



209 

 Sturgeon at Maidstone, 191 

 Sun-Cracks, 261 

 Suspended Animation, Hoax at Brisbane, 



161 

 Swallows, Late, 19 

 Symphytum tuberosum, 64 



Tadpole, 46 



Tasmania, Land Shells in, 69 

 Tea Stains, 165, 214 

 Tealia crassicornis, 21 

 Teratological Notes, 41, 90, 113, 138 

 Teratology in a Moss, 21 

 Teratology of Clover, 41 

 Testacella haliotidea, 22 " 

 Testacclla Maugei in Jersey, 90 

 Thallus of Diatoms, the, 134 

 Thtriosnchus pusillus, 17 

 Thrushes and Blackbirds, Nests of, 23 

 Thrush, Sagacity in a, 211 

 Titanosaurus fcrox, 65 

 Toad, the Natterjack, 19, 163, 215 

 Tree Creeper [Serthia familiar is ■], sa- 

 gacity of, 167 

 Tree-Sparrow, the, 141 

 Trees, Leafless, 43 

 Trees, "Griding" of, 238 

 'J'urrilites tuberculatum, 204 

 Twigs, Branches, &c, Colours of, 95 



Umbellifer.'e of the New Forest, 151 

 " Ungka," the Ape of Sumatra, 26 

 Upper Greensand, Coral Fauna of, at 

 Haldon, 17 



Vegetable Tissues, Staining Fluid 



for, 255 

 Vegetation, Powers of, 209 

 Viper's Bugloss, 114, 208 



Wales, North, Rare Birds in, 64 



Wales, North, Lower Carboniferous Con- 

 glomerates, 91 



Wales, Mayflowers in, no 



Wales, Carboniferous Limestone of, 278 



Wallflower, Malformation of, 16 



Ware, Geology at, 164 



Wasp, Tenacity of Life in a, 20, 92 



Water, the Inhabitants of a Drop of, 276 

 i Water Shrew, the [Sorex f adieus), 70 



Whale, Capture of a, 186 



White's Thrush, 90 



Woodward, Samuel, the Norfolk Geologist, 

 189 



Worms, Can they Crawl Backwards? 119, 

 167, 212 



Wren, the Superstitious Dislike of, 20 



Yew-Trees and Cattle, 119, 13S, 165, 



214, 238, 282 

 Yews in Churchyards, 18, 69, 92 

 Yorkshire, the Nightingale in, 63 



ZiphlUS curvirostris, 14 



Zoology, 13, JS, 63, 87, in, 136, 160, 185, 



207, 232, 256, 277 

 Zoology, Marine, 112 

 ' Zoology, Modern, 23 

 Zoology, Books on British, 2S3 



