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HARDWICKE'S SCIENCE-GOSSIP. 



Respiration of Plants, 88, 114, 139 

 Rhstic Strata, Starfish Bed in the 140 

 Rimmer's Land and Freshwater Shells of | 



the British Islands, 233 

 Robinson, J. F., The Medusa Aquarium, 



i76 . , 



Rock Basins, The Formation of, 235 



Rock Sections, 63, 



Rookeries, and the Tipula Grub, 213 



Rookeries, Notes on, 44 



Rook or Raven, 191 



Rosa canina, 107 



Rose-Cutting Bee, 272 



Rose of Jericho, 15, 57. 1T 4, io 1 * 2 34> 2 44 



Roses, British, 90 



Rustic Botanist, 124 



Sagacity in a Dog, 14 2 



Salix caprea, Bisexual Catkins of, 90 



Salmon Disease and its Cause, 129 



Sand, Phosphorescence of, 68 



San Monica Earth, 208 



Sarg-odon Tomicus, 279 



Saunders, J., Alternate Dehiscence of 



Anthers, 52, 114 

 Saxifraga granulata, 239 

 Science -Gossip Botanical Exchange 



Club, s , , . -a- . 



Scientific Societies and their Effect upon 



our National Character, 123 

 Sea Anemones, 236, 256, 281 

 Sea-bird, Steering Power of 68 

 Section Cutting of Rock, A Simple Flan 



for, 63 

 Section of Fossils, 281 

 Sense-organs of the Hydroids, 40 

 Sheet Lightning, 263, 280 

 Shells of Derby, Land and Freshwater, 



Shells (Land and Freshwater) of the 



British Islands, 233 

 Shrewmice, Mortality of, 21, 57, 71, 116, 



142 

 Silk-Worms and Wasps, 5 81 

 Silk- Worms, Notes on, 282 

 Silver Ammonite, 43 

 Sivalik Hills, Undescnbed Fossil Car- 



nivora from the, 43 

 Skin Preserving, 53, 88, 142 

 Slides, to finish, 230 „_..,_, 

 Smallness (Unusual) of B.rds Eggs, 143 

 Societies' Proceedings &c. :— 



Belfast Naturalists' Field Club 160 



Birmingham Microscopical and Natural- 

 ists' Union, 208 



Botanical Exchange Club, 259 



British Association, 184, 226 



Cumberland Association for the_ Ad- 

 vancement of Literature and Science, 



207 

 Doncaster 



Microscopical Society, 86, 

 Natural History Society, 



277 

 Eastbourne 



278 „ • ,. 



East Kent Natural History Society, 207 

 Epping Forest and Essex Naturalists 



Field Club, 40, 113, 212 

 Geologists' Association, 67, 261 

 Hackney Microscopical and Natural 



History Society, 183 

 Highbury Microscopical and bcientinc 



Society, 159. 2 77 . , , XT . , 

 Highgate Microscopical and Natural 



History Society, 112 - . 



Isle of Man Natural History Society, 



88, 209 . c 



Literary and Philosophical Society ot 



Liverpool, 207 _.,.„, , 



Liverpool Naturalists' Field Club, 270 

 Manchester Microscopical, 86 

 Microscopical Society of Liverpool, 16, 



63. 87, 112, 2<;6 276 

 Microscopical Society of Victoria,2 7 7 



Societies' Proceedings, &.<z— continued. 

 New Cross Microscopical and Natural 



History Society, 86 • 



Norfolk and Norwich Naturalists so- 

 ciety, 207, 233, 277 

 North Staffordshire Field Club and 



Archaeological Society, 161 

 Nottingham Literary and Philosophical 



Society, 207 

 Oxford Natural History Society, 160 

 Ottawa Field Naturalists' Club, 232 

 Postal Microscopical Society, 86, 231 

 Quekett Microscopical Club, 17, 86, 158, 



256 

 Royal Microscopical Society, 137 

 St. Mary, Lambeth, Field Club, 281 

 Science-Gossip Botanical Exchange 



Club, 5 

 Smithsonian Institution, 278 

 South London Microscopical and Natu- 

 ral History Club, 207 

 Watford Natural History Society and 



Hertfordshire Field Club, 162, 257 

 Winchester and Hampshire Scientific 



and Literary Society, 161 

 Yorkshire Naturalists' Union, 258 

 Socotra, Exploration of the island of, 113, 



139 

 South Australia, The Naturalised Plants 



in, 89 

 Sparrows and Sparrow-hawks, 20, 46 

 Sparrows and Sparrow-hawks, Errors of 



Calculation, 215 

 Specific Names of Plants, 89 

 Sphinx Ligustri, 279 

 Spider-killing Wasps, 214, 280 

 Spider using its Reason, 45 

 Spiral Curves, the Designation of, 162 

 Sponge, the Fresh-water, 3 

 Sponge, Ovaiium of Fresh-water Sponge, 



64 . , 



Sponges, Microscopical preparation of, 231 



Spongilla fluviatilis, 3 

 Staining Vegetable Tissue (double-stain- 

 ing) 6 

 Starfish Bed in the Rha:tic Formation, 56 

 Starfish Beds in the Rhstic Strata, 140 

 Steering Powers of Sea-birds, 68 

 Steinheil's New Combined Achromatic 



Triplet Magnifying Lenses, 39 

 Stenopora fibrosa, 37 

 Sting of Bee, 31 

 Stock Doves, 165 

 Stone Arrow-heads, 42 

 Stratigraphical Position of the Various 



Formations, 211 

 Sunshine and Frost, 239 

 Sutton Park, 161 



Swallows, Late Appearance of, 47 

 Swallow's Nest, A Curious Place for a, 26J 

 Swansea and the Neighbourhood, Geology 



of, 171, 198, 260 

 Swarms of Insects, 21 

 I Swifts, Flight of, 213 

 1 Swine, Sudden Death of, 282 

 Swinton, A., H., Development of the 



Primulas, 157 _ . 



Syers, H. W., Notes on Phyllotaxis, 27 

 Synapta and the Frost, 87 



Taylor, J. E., F.L.S., &c, Our Com- 

 mon British Fossils and where to 

 find them, 12, 36, 197 



Temperature (The Probable) of the Pri- 

 mordial Ocean of our Globe, 19 



Tertiary Period Classified by Means of 

 the Mammalia, 140 



Thalassidroma Buhuerii, 18 



Toad, Climbing Powers of the, 23, 165, 

 213, 238, 263 



Toad, Climbing Powers of the Common, 

 64 



Toad, Natural History of, 58, 75. 98 



Toads (Living) in Stone, 183 

 Tomtit's Nest, 21 

 Topographical Geology, 141, 187 



Torula, 8 



Torrubia, 97 



Tourist's Flora, 42, 65 



Trap-door Spiders, Notes on the Nests of 



European, 60, 127 

 Tree (The Largest) in the World, 93 



Trichia, 7 



Trichinium Manglesii, 231 



Turritis glabra, 260 



Tusks of the Fossil Walrus, 163 



Typhula erythropus, 9 



Typhula filiformis , 9 



United States Territories, Geologi- 

 cal and Geographical Survey of 



THE, 90 



Unripened Figs, 20, 70 



Urticating Moths, 45, 94, 142 



Urticating Properties of Hairs, 23 



Vanessa Antiopa, 238, 257 



Vanessa Cardui'm 1879, 21 



Vanessa Cardui'm Hawaii, 18 



Varieties of L. sibylla and A. paphia, 209 



Variety of Succinea elegans, 277 



Vesuvius during an Eruption, a Visit to, 9 



Violets and Primroses, 34 



Viper Swallowing its Young, 91, 118, 165, 



190, 237 J hi J 



Volcanic Cones, their Structure, and Mode 



of Formation, 220 

 Volcanic Rocks of Dartmoor, 66 



Wading-Birds, Some Common, 151, 174, 



214 

 Wagtail, Migration of, 236 

 Warwickshire, the Flora of, 42 

 Wasps and Silkworms, 281 

 Wasp Devouring Flies, 263 

 Wasp Preying on Larva, 237> a6 3 

 Water-Beetle, Parasite of the, 195 

 Watercress, 69, 94, 117 

 Water-Fleas, 17 



Water-Snails, Noise made by, 118 

 Water-trap, &c, 235, 236 

 Water-Thyme, Notes on the, 227 _ 



Watson's Province No. 4, the Distribution 



of Mosses in, 18 

 Weather Folklore, 167, 189 

 Weather of 1879, 138 

 Weaver-Birds and their Nests, 215 

 Webless-footed Duck, 210 

 Wighton, J., On the Combs of Bees, 127 

 Wild Flowers, and their Names, 186, 218, 



Wild 'Flowers (British) by Natural Analy- 

 sis, 234 . , , . 



Williams, C. F. W. T.„ Botanical Ramble 

 round Bath, 229, 274 . 



Wolfe, the late Thomas B., of Brighton, 

 235 



Woodcocks, Flight of, 21 



Woodcock's Nesting in Cumberland, 190 



Woodcocks v. Goatsuckers, 47, 190 



Woodcocks or Goatsuckers? 70, 118 



Woodpecker's Eggs, 236 



Woodward, H. B., On the Geology of 

 Swansea and Neighbourhood, 171, 19 8 



Wood Pigeons and Rooks, 190 



Wren Nesting at Christmas, 47, 118, 167 



Yellow Fever and the Microscope, 



208 

 Yew Berries, 93 

 Yew Poisoning, 44 

 Yew Tree Poisonous, 116 



Zoology, 17, 64, 88, 113, 138, 160, 183, 



209, 232, 257, 277 

 Zoophyte Trough, A New, 112 

 Zoophyte Troughs, How to Make, 276 



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