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[Dec. 1, 1S68. 



Death's Head Pupa;, &c, 23, 185. 



Death Watch, the, 87, 113. 



Deep, a Monster of the, 222. 



Deep sea Dredging in the Gulf Stream, 



260. 

 Defence, a Kestrel's, 16. 

 Deilephila lioornica, 65, 233. 

 Dendritic spots on paper, 282. 

 Dentalium, 166, 185, 212. 

 Deposits of Maine, 85, 131 . 

 Destruction of Birds, 185. 

 Devonshire Ferns, 238, 281. 

 Devonshire Mosses, 261. 

 Diatomaceous Deposits of America, 85, 



131. 

 Diatoms in Whiting:, 39. 

 Diatoms, Type slide of, 188, 216. 

 Difficulties of Botany, 46. 

 Digitaria humifusa, 224. 

 Dipping Tube, 260. 

 Discovery of Fossil Oysters, 1 67. 

 Diseased Gladioli, 239. 

 Disease of Silkworms, 188. 

 Disease of Sticklebacks, 263. 

 Dissecting Needles, 67. 

 Dog-fleas, 92, 118. 

 Dogs, origin of, 65. 

 Dogs, sagacity of, 186. 

 Double Eggs, 117, 226. 

 Down of Feathers, 215. 

 Dragon-fly, the Pupa of a, 245, 

 Dragon tree of Teneriffe, 42. 

 Dredging, deep Sea, in the Gulf Stream, 



260. 

 Dreissena polymorpha, 166, 189, 1 91> 212, 



238. 

 Drosera rotundifolia, 11 7. 

 Duck-weeds, 19, 162, 187, 210, 262. 

 Dwarf Palm of Italy, 66. 



Eagle, a Retired, 208. 



Early Season, an, 94, 95, 189. 



Early Spring Flowers, 115, 189, 259- 



Earthquakes Phenomena of, 217. 



Eastern Nevada, Silver Mining in, 193. 



Echinoderms, Spicules of, 1/5. 



Edible Fungi, 20. 



Edible Spring Fungi, 115, 259. 



Eel Babbing, 258. 



Eel, Freak of an, 189. 



Effects of Cold, 45. 



Egger Moth, the Oak, 41. 



Eggs, Double, 117, 151, 226. 



Eggs, how a Rat Stole, 259. 



Eggs, Monstrosities in, 151. 



Eggs of Insects, 191,214. 



Egg Tester, Schafer's, 143. 



Egyptian Goose, 64. 



Elephant Hawk-moth, 39, 215. 



Embedded Lizard, 238. 



Entomologist, a Feline, 233. 



Entomostraca, 117. 



Epidemics, Onions and, 19O, 215, 239. 



Encampia Zodicatus, 231. 



Euthemonia russulia, 278, 



Evidence of Insanity, 16. 



Exhibition of Insects in Paris, 158, 225. 



Expansion, &c, of Fluids, 68, 93. 



Extinct British Pelican, 40. 



Fairy Rings, 221. 



Fairy Shrimp, the, 117. 



Fall of Thermometer, 22, 45. 



Fangs of Spider, 24, 47. 



Fan-tailed Carp, 138. 



Fasting Caterpillars, 64. 



Feather Down, 215. 



Fecundity of the Queen Bee, 209. 



Feline Entomologist, a, 233. 



Ferns, Bifurcated, 187, 213, 231, 237, 238, 



240. 

 Ferns, Devonshire, 281. 

 Fern Seeds, Formation of, 183. 

 Ferns, Insects on, 213, 237, 261, 263. 

 Ferns, Metropolitan, 187. 

 Ferns of the Cornish Coast, 1 62. 

 Fern, the Royal, 1 87, 236, 238. 

 Ferns of Bucks, 43. 

 Ferocity of a Sow, 113. 

 Fever Plant, the, 46. 

 Field Club, the West London, 114, 143. 

 Figs, what are they? 284. 

 Figures, Unfaithful, 65. 



Finder, a Pocket, 188. 



Fire-fly of North America, 15/. 



Fish in the Dead Sea, 238. 



Fish, Parasite, 65. 



Fish Remains from the Coal Measures, 



104, 142, 167, 214. 

 Flea- cage, 67. 

 Fleas, 244. 



Fleas in Dogs, 92, 118. 

 Flies, Plague of, 236. 

 Flora of Bucks, 42. 

 Flowers, Early Spring, 115, 189, 2:9. 

 Fluids, Expansion, &c. of, 63, 93. 

 Fly, a House, 260. 

 Flycatcher's Nest, 40. 

 Fly, Eggs of the House, 92, 117. 

 Flying Spiders, 51, 58. 

 Folk-lore, 232, 239. 



Folkstone Natural History Society, 11 9. 

 Funtinalis Antipyretica, 259. 

 Food of London, 212. 

 Foraminifera, 18. 

 Foraminifera in Whiting, 39. 

 Forcing Pupa?, 88. 

 Forget-me-nots, 97. 

 Formation of Fern Seeds, 183. 

 Fossil Oysters, Discovery of a Bed of, 



167. 

 Fossils at Walthamstow, 23S. 

 Fossil Ribs Repaired, 280. 

 Fossil Teeth, the, 53. 

 Fowls, Killers of Mice, 65, 88, 95. 

 Foxglove, Abnormal, 210. 

 France, the Heron in, 214. 

 Freak of an Eeel, 189. 

 French Scientific Dictionary, 118. 

 Fresh-water Actinia, a, 247. 

 Friendships, Novel, 119. 

 Frogs, 41. 



Frogs, Hybernation of, 94. 

 Frogs, Upland, 213. 

 Frog's Spawn, 69. 

 Frog, the Green Tree, 206. 

 Fungi, Early Spring, 115. 

 Fungi, Edible, 20, 259. 

 Fungi in Winter, 90. 

 Fungi, Prizes for, 239. 

 Fungi, Puffballs and, 259. 

 Furze-mites, 49, 114, 160, 209, 271. 

 Fuschia and Bees, 262. 

 Fusus berniciensis, 143, 165, 212. 



Gall Insects, 47, 140. 



Gallinula crex, 114. 



Galls, British and Foreign, 140. 



Garden Vermin, 21, 45. 



Gasterosteus uculeutus, 263. 



Gems of the Cabinet, 61. 



Gentians, 190. 



Giants, Traces of the, 55. 



Gibbs' Snail, 70. 



Gill of Sword Fish, 279. 



Gladioli, Diseased, 239. 



Glass Slides, how to clean, 113, 166. 



Glow-worms and Wasp's nest, 71. 



Godwit, the Black-tailed, 95. 



Goldfinches, 191. 



Gold-fish, 143, 189, 212, 239. 



Gold-fish, Dorsal fin of, 239. 



Gold-fish Fins, 278. 



Gold-fish Hatching, 165, 190, 238. 



Goose, Migratory Instinct in the, 258. 



Goose, the Egyptian, 64. 



Gossamer, 51,58, 124, 143. 



Gossip about Spiders, 82. 



Grasses, on the Study of British, 197. 



Grasshopper, the Large Green, 196, 236. 



Grass, the Smooth-finger, 224. 



Gratis, 23. 



Greene's Insect Hunters, 143. 



Greenstone of New Zealand, 7", 92, 117- 



Green Tree Frog, the, 206. 



Growth in a Lemon, 261 . 



Growth of Insects, 70, 92, 93. 



Gulf Stream, Deep Sea Dredging in the, 



260. 

 Gum Tabanuco, 71. 

 Gunpowder Plant, 43. 

 Gyrinus natator, 142. 



Hackney Microscopical Society, 22. 



Hailstorm, 94. 



Hairs of Anthrenus, 20. 



Hairs of Indian Bats, 26. 



Hairs, uses of Vegetable, 1 1. 



Hairs, Vegetable, 100. 



Hanging Plants, 47, 69. 



Harvest Mites, 237, 263. 



Hastings, Plants of, 19. 



Hatching Gold-fish, 165, igo, 238. 



Hawfinch, the, 109, 1G0. 



Hawk, a Daring, 63. 



Hawk-moths, 60, 208, 215, 216, 233, 236, 



258, 259, 263. 

 Hawk-moth, the Elephant, 39, 215. 

 Hawk-moth, the Humming-bird, 216. 

 Hawk-moth, the Privet, 208, 215, 263. 

 Hawk-moth, the Striped, 65, 233. 

 Hawk-moth, the Unicorn, 233, 258, 259. 

 Hawthorn blossom in October, 267. 

 Hawthorn, Variation in the, 267. 

 Heart of Daphnia, the, 227, 279. 

 Hebony, 142, 163, 190. 

 Hedgehogs, 23, 69, 81, 100. 

 Hedge-sparrow and Cuckoo, 113, 143. 



I6r. 

 Helix cartliusiana, 70. 

 Helix pomtitia, 185. 

 Helix pomatia in Yorkshire, 160. 

 Herbarium Insect, the, 45, 69. 

 Heron in France, the, 214. 

 Herring, Dead as a, 45. 

 Herrings and Shads, ISO. 

 Highest Mountains, the, 3S. 

 Hippocampi, 186. 

 Histology, Quekett on, 10. 

 Hobby, the, 229. 



Holly- berries Poisonous, 68, 90, 11 9. 

 Holly tree, the, 107. 

 Honey, 189. 

 Hoopoe, the, 160. 

 Hops, male, 215. 

 Hornet's Nest, 21. 

 Horse chestnut, 283 

 House Ant, the Red, 213, 234, 261, 263. 

 House Flies, 92, 117. 

 House Fly, a, 260. 

 House Spider, Alimentary System of, 128, 



195. 

 How a Rat stole Eggs, 259. 

 How Birds and Insects fly, 9. 

 How to preserve Spiders, 8. 

 Hugh Miller, 18. 

 Humble Bee, 95. 



Humming Bird, Hawk Moth, 216. 

 Humming Birds, to shoot, 65. 

 Hybernation of Frogs, 94. 

 Hybernation of the Toad, 71, 94. 

 Hybernation of the Natterjack, 166. 

 Hybrid Pheasant, 70, 93, 94. 

 Hypnum Bambergeri, 62. 

 Hypotriorchis asulun, &c, 156, 229. 



Ichneumon and Cobra, 137. 



Improved Thermometer, 22. 



Increase of Animal Life, 64. 



Incubation of Ostriches, 212, 237. 



Incubation of the Cuckoo, 239. 



Indelible Ink for Labels, 95. 



Indian Bats, Hair of, 26. 



Infusoria, new, 44, 125, 155, 164. 



Ink, an Indelible, 95. 



Insanity, an Evidence of, 16. 



Insecticide, Petroleum as an, 190. 



Insects at Folkestone, 281. 



Insects and Birds, how they fly, 9. 



Insects, Eggs of, 191, 214. 



Insects, Exhibition of, In Paris, 158, 225. 



Insects, Gall, 47, 140. 



Insects, Metamorphoses of, 35. 



" Insects never grow," 70, 92, 93. 



Insects on Ferns, 213, 237, 261, 263. 



Insects, rare, 233. 



Insect, the Herbarium, 45, 69. 



Instinct of the Goose, Migratory, 258. 



Ireland, Colias edusa in, 17. 



Irritability and Sensation, 25. 



Isolation of Plants, 235. 



Ivy again, 20, 43, 66, 72. 



Journal of Quekett Club, 44. 

 Journal of the Royal Microscopical 

 Society, 260. 



Kent, Rare Birds iv, 41. 

 Kestrel's defence, a. 16. 

 Killingworth, the Birds of, 191- 



