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287 



Nettle Beer, 165, 215. 



Nettle, Folk-lore about the, 47, 93. 



New Books, a Gossip about, 149. j 



New Cross Microscopical Society, 87. 



New Forest, Fauna and Flora of, 47. 



New Forest, the Lepidoptera of the, 227. 



Newt, Tadpoles of, 21, 95. 



Newts, 22, 213, 2S1. 



Nicaraguan Ants and their Food, 183. 



Nilsson's Goby, 88. 



Norfolk and Norwich Naturalists' So- 

 ciety, 185. 



Northamptonshire Naturalists' Society, 

 138. 



Northamptonshire Notes, 277. 



Northern Holy Grass, 162, 277. 



Notes and Queries, 21, 44, 69, 92, 118, 

 143, 164, 188, 213, 236, 259, 278. 



Notices to Correspondents, 24, 48, 72, 96, 

 120, 144, 192, 216, 240, 264, 284. 



Obituary, 19, 185, 255. 



Object-glasses, Fitting High-power, 15. 



Oblique Illuminator, the Bramhall, 159, 

 231. 



Oblique Light Illuminator, a New, 136, 



Octopus, the, 66. 



Ocypus oleus, 69. 



Oldham Microscopical Society, 138. 



Old Naturalist, an, 80. 



Opaque Objects, a New Method of 

 Mounting, 2/5. 



Orchid, Popular Names of, 167. 



Organic Remains in the Metamorphic 

 Rocks of Harris, 141. 



Origin of Common Plant Names, 161. 



Origin of Life, 183. 



Origin of the Greensand, 30, 81, 170, 



Origin of the Plant IS ames of the Warren, 

 130, 249. 



Origin of the Primary Rocks, 43. 



Ornithological Visitors, near Shrews- 

 bury, 165. 

 Omithopus ebracteatus, 162. 



Oyster-catcher, Nest of, 281. 



Pakefield Forest Bed, 20. 

 Palaeolithic Implements, intra- Glacial, 



258. 

 Papuans in America, 2. 

 Parasitic Vorticellse, 135, 165, 190, 262. 

 Parasitic Worm in a Fish, 668. 

 Parietaria officinalis, 19- 

 Parnassiu palustris, the Floral Glands of, 



116. 

 Petasites fragrans, 42. 

 Pet Birds, 190. 



Phalacrocorax graculus, 126. 

 Pheasants, Disease in, 281. 

 Phosphate Beds of South Carolina, 258. 

 Phosphorescence, 167, 238, 262. 

 Photo- Micrography, 59. 

 " Physiology, Practical," 138. 

 Pimpernel, Scarlet, 70. 

 Pittosporum Tobira, 186, 276. 

 Plant Crystals, 257. 

 Plant Growth, Direction of, 210. 

 Plant Life, the Lowest Forms of, 183. 

 Plant Names of the Warren, Origin of 



the, 130, 249. 

 Plant Names, Origin of Common, 161. 

 Plants and Rocks of Aran Islands, 222. 

 Plants discovered in the Lower Old Red 



Sandstone, near Callander, 235. 

 Plants, Folk-lore of, 116, 118. 

 Plants, How to take Impressions of, 258. 

 Plants, Local Names of, 39, 67, 116, 191, 



238. 



Plants of Great Britain, the Doubtful, 



146, 

 Plants of the Burren, 169. 

 Plants of Whiteley Dean, 42. 

 Plants, Rambles after Fossil, 243. 

 Plants, Sudden Appearance of, 162, 238, 



242. 

 Plants, Varieties of Colour in Wild, 211. 

 Plants, White, 277- 



Pleomorphism, Notes on, 6, 33, 93, 163. 

 Pleurobranchus membranaceus, 209. 

 Polariscope Apparatus, 231. 

 Polarization of Living Tissues, 88, 114. 



Polecat, the, 70, 213. 



Poppy Flower, Curious, 19. 



Popular Names of Orchids, 167. 



Popular Natural History Books, 17. 



Popular Notions on Irish Natural His- 

 tory, 166. 



" Popular Science Review,'' 185, 256. 



Porphyrio hyacinthinus found in Somer- 

 set, 89- 



Potato Disease, the, 116, 1"9, 256. 



Prehistoric Irish Antiquities, the Jews, 

 55. 



Primary Rocks, Origin of, 43. 



Primrose, the First, 70. 



Proceedings of Societies, 21, 40, 87, 136, 

 138, 160, 183, 184, 185, 209, 232. 



Processionary Caterpillars, 224. 



Pronunciation of Names, 282. 



Pteromvs volucella, 131. 



Puff-bails, 71, 213. 



Pulmunaria officinalis, 191. 



Quekett Microscopical Club, 183. 

 Quill- worts, Notes on, 12. 



Rabbit, Habits of, 17. 



Raphides in Enchanter's Nightshade, 89. 



Rare Plants, Destruction of, 233. 



Rare Birds, 41. 



Rats, Water, 167, 189, 260. 



Reflex Illuminator, 16. 



Reptile, Carnivorous, about the size of a 



Lion, 91. 

 Reptile Vivarium, 266. 

 Rheetic Beds, near Leicester, 117. 

 Rocks and Hants of Aran Islands, 222. 

 Rock Structure, History of, 101. 

 Rocks, Structure of Igneous, 118. 

 Rodriguez, Flora of, 43. 

 Royal Microscopical Society, 40, 136, 183. 

 Ruppia spiralis, 257. 



Sagacitv of Birds, 215. 



Salicylic Acid as a Preservative, 256. 



Salix alba, 107. 



Salpidre, Embryology of the, 256. 



Sand-pit, Charlton, 23. 



Scarlet Thorn, 281. 



Scorzonera Hispanica, 74. 



Scilly Islands, a Botanical Trip to the, 



162. 

 Sea-kale, 73. 

 Sear Lamp, 100, 208. 

 Sea-serpent, the, 260. 

 Sea Water, Density of, 237, 280. 

 Section cutting Machine, 65. 

 Sections and Section-cutting, 248. 

 Sections of Algse, How to cut, 145. 

 Seeds, Germination of, 210. 

 Seeds of Coitomia coccinea, 40. 

 Sesida;, 133. 



Shells, Carboniferous Land, 212. 

 Shells, Land, 279. 

 Silkworms, 119, 165, 167, 189. 

 Silkworms' Eggs, Hatching, 137. 

 Silvery Hair-tail, 137. 

 Singing Mouse, 47. 

 Sirenia, 56, 75, 88. 

 Skeletonizing of Starfish, 239. 

 Slit Windows, 45. 

 Slow-worm {Anguis fragilis), 275. 

 Snake-eating Snake, 161. 

 Snakes and Deer, 238. 

 Snapping Turtle, 32. 

 Snowdrops, 190, 257. 

 Societies, Proceedings of: — 



Belfast Field Naturalists' Club, 160. 



British Association, 184, 232, 233, 235. 



Chichester and West Sussex Nat. Hist, 

 and Microscopical Society, 186. 



East Kent Natural History Society, 21. 



Glasgow Natural History Society, 21. 



Hastings University School Naturalists' 

 Field Club, 16o. 



Lewes and East Sussex Natural His- 

 tory and Micmsc' pical Society, 186. 



Liverpool Naturalists' Field Club, 186. 



Manchester Field Naturalists' Society, 

 160. 



New Cross Microscopical Society, 87. 



Norfolk and Norwich Naturalists' So- 

 ciety, 185. 

 Northamptonshire Naturalists' So- 

 ciety, 138. 

 Oldham Microscopical Society, 138. 

 Quekett Microscopical Club, 183. 

 Royal Microscopical Society, 40, 136, 



183. 

 Watford Natural History Society, 21, 



209. 

 Wellington College Natural Science 

 Society, 160. 

 Sparrow, Anecdote of the House, 262. 

 Sparrow, Variety of the House, 6ft, 213. 

 Sparrow-hawk and Crow, 239, 283. 

 Sparrows and Peas, 18. 

 Spawn of Frogs and Toads, 21. 

 Speedwell {Veronica), 23. 

 S/i/iagnacers of Europe and Ncrth Amer- 

 ica, 141. 

 Sphinx (Convolouli), 66, 115. 

 Spiders and their Webs, 251. 

 Spiders: Do they make a Noise? 119, 



215, 239. 

 Spiranthes aestivalis, 280. 

 Spontaneous Generation, 114. 

 Squirrel, the Flying, 131. 

 Stag-beetle, 28 1. 



Staining of Muscular Tissue, 275. 

 Staining Vegetable Tissue for Micro- 

 scopical Investigation, 97. 

 Starch, the Microscopy of, 219. 

 Stones near Tichbome, Singular-looking, 



263, 283. 

 Structure, History of Rock-, 101. 

 Structure of Igneous Rocks, 118. 

 Surirella, Gemma, 159, l60. 

 Sussex Heronries, 88. 

 Swallows, Early, 143. 

 Swallows in November, 23. 

 Swallow-tailed Butterfly, 238, 261, 280. 

 Swiss Alps, the Old Glaciers of the, 



164. 

 Symphytum tzeberosum, 210, 277- 



Tadpoles of Newt, 21, 46, 95. 

 Tails of Caterpillars, 44. 

 Tea, Cold, for Watering Plants, 280. 

 Teeth of a Fly, 69,92, 115, 167. 

 Tennyson and His " Sea-blue Bird of 



March," 282. 

 Tetanocera Hieracii, 104. 

 Teucrium chamcedrys, 282. 

 Ticks on Dormouse, 47. 

 Ticks on Mice, 46. 

 Tiger-moth, the Large, 191. 

 Tissues, Polarization of Living, 88, 114. 

 Toad, Brown, 119, 143, 188. 

 Toads lound at Troy, 190. 

 Toads, Spawn of, 21. 

 Tomato, or Love-apple, 154. 

 Tortoise, Fresh- water, 119. 

 Tortoiseshell Butterfly, Small, 262. 

 Trees, Decaying, in Hyde Park, 186, 237. 

 Turn-table, Ingenious, 15. 

 Turtle, the Snapping, 32. 

 Twin Birds, 95. 



Unicellular Alg.b, Parasitic within 

 Silurian and Tertlary Corals, 68. 



Vanessa urtictB, 191. 



Varieties of Colour in Wild Flowers, 257. 



Varnish for Finishing, 15. 



Varnish, White, for Microscopic Cells, 

 15, 46, 77. 



Vegetables, History of our Cultivated, 

 25, 73, 74, 154. 



Vegetable Tissue, to Stain, 97. 



Veronica Buxbaumii, Ten., 138. 



Veronica (Speedwell), 23. 



Viper-grass, 74. 



Viscum album, 273. 



Vitality of «Kgs, 255. 



Vivarium, Reptile, 266. 



Volcanic Dykes, Mechanism of Produc- 

 tion of, 258. 



Voloox gtobator, 191, 208, 234, 282. 



Voracity of Fish, 11 9. 



Vorticella?, Parasitic, 135, 165, 190, 262. 



