HARDWICKE'S SCIENCE-GOSSIP. 



ZOOLOGY (continued). 



Armadillo vulgaris, vi. 41 



Artaxerxes butterfly, i. 66 



Artemia salina iu America, v. 113 



Arthrouomalus longicornus, v. 69 



Ascidians, ii. 30 



Asilidae, xii. 155 



Assiminea gray ana, vi. 259 



Asterina gibbosa, iii. 279 



Asterias, vi. 150 



Astinomus sedilis, xi. 278 



Athalia spinarum, iv. 232 



Atherine, ii. 254 



Atropos, iii. 41, 51 ; pulsatorius, i. Ill ; 



iii. 29, 41, 51 ; iv. 87, 113 

 Attheya decora, ii. 214 

 Atticu9 luna, ix. 252 

 Auk : the «reat, viii. 65; eggs of, i. 184; 



little, v. 279 

 Aurocorisa, or air-bags, ix. 223 

 Awbe, vii. 119, 143 



BACILLARI 4 paradoxa, v. 139, 215 

 Bacteria, viii. 211 ; aud mierozymes, ix. 



257 

 Badger, i. 63. 87, 135 ; vi. 95; vii. 41 

 Badger : iu Cornwall, v. 210 ; iu Norfolk, 



v. 166 ; and otter, v. 90, 118, 137, 258, 



262, 277 ; vi. 54 ; white, i. 118 

 Balena mysticetus, iii. 275 

 Banded beauty, xi. 215, 281 

 Barnacles, vii. 112; ix. 169, 193; aeorn, 



ii. 211 ; and corals, i. 211 ; fishes, xii. 23 



Barn owl, iii. 17 



Basse, i. 208 



Bat, vampire, vii. 233, 277 



Bath, insects at, vii. 229 



Bath white butterfly, vii. 263 



Batrachia, young of, ix. 183 



Bats, vii. 41 ; viii. 18, 86 ; xii. 95 ; bar- 

 bastelle, x. 67 ; by daylight, ix. 262 ; 

 hairs of Indian, iv. 26; hardihood of, 

 ix. 94 ; hybernation of, ix. 93 ; noctule, 

 X. 215 ; in spring, x. 118 ; in sunshine, 

 vii. 161, 215 ; terror at, iv. 263 ; iu 

 winter, vii. 66 



Beaver, gigantic fossil, i. 44 



Bed-straw hawk-moth, vi. ;209, 229, 233, 

 283; xi. 208 



Beehives, duration of, x. 22 



Bee : is it a, vi. 142 ; dammer, i. 252 ; 

 odours, v. 21, 68 ; progeny, vi. 278 ; 

 queen, ix. 44, 69, 116, 143, 189, 251, 262, 

 273; x. 46; xi. 93 ; queen, fecundity of, 

 iv. 208 ; roseleat cutter, ix. 9, 94, 211 



Bees : in birds' nests, ix. 21 ; black versus 

 Ligurian, vi. 31; in a cart-box, viii. 212 ; 

 of Cuba, iv. 47 ; deserting, v. 263, 278; 

 vi. 21, 42; feeding, ii. 71 ; food or, viii. 

 38 ; and fruit, i. 287 ; and glow-worms, 

 ix. 190,212; in Himalayan mountains, 

 viii. 56; hybernation of, v. 41, 70, 93, 

 134, 164, 166; Italian, Alp or Ligurian, 

 vi. 257 ; at large, iii. 212 ; at laurel, iv. 

 191 ; Ligurian, i. 41 ; v. 213, 237, 256, 



263, 283; vi. 21, 24, 34; nests, viii. 

 239; parasites of, ii. 115; vi. 1, 42; 

 and plants, ix. 44, 67 ; and pollen, ix. 

 67; powdered as a remedy, v. 71; 

 queries about, iv. 46, 191 ; vi. 119, 141, 



142, 167, 188, 212, 213, 215 ; remains, i. 



143, 166, 167 ; removing, i. 257 ; saga- 

 city in, vi. 65, 117; aud Boot, vii. 71, 

 116; &c, stings and poison-glands of, 

 i. 65, 142 ; iv. 148, 205 ; ix. 44, 50, 69, 

 89, 93, 116, 113, 251; strange, vi. 



141, 143, 161 ; suffocation of, i. 185 ; 

 superstitions about, i. 34; iv. 283; 

 swarming early, ii. 119 ; Bwarming of, 

 v. 183, 191, 213, 237,248; x. 280; Virgil 

 on, ii. 47, 70, 71 ; and wasps, i. 263 ; ii. 

 22; x. 112; and wasps, stings of, ix. 44, 

 46, 50, 69, 89, 91, 93, 116, 143, 273; 

 white, xi. 263 ; why did they go ? i. 93 ; 

 wild, i. 137 ; zinc troughs for, vi. 142, 

 167 



Beetle : Colorado potat", x. 89, 90; xi. 92, 



142, 161, 200, 230; diamond, iii. 64; 

 musk, ix. 266; rare, ix. 233 ; sexton, 

 strength of, ii. 279; stag, viii. 45; x. 

 69 



Beetledom, story of, i. 98 

 Beetles : and ants, ii. 89 ; vii. 231 ; brown, 

 xi. 235; chirping, ii. 41, 71, 83; collect 



ZOOLOGY (continued). 



and mount, iv. 73 ; eye of, ix. 262 ; light- 

 giving, vi. 112; metallic markings, iii. 

 275; mortality among, ii. 190; mum- 

 mied, vi. 113; preserving, viii. 145; to 

 remove from cardboard, xi. 238 ; scaven- 

 ger, vi. 143 ; something like, v. 191 ; 

 swarm of, vi. 233, 263; water, ii. 183; iv. 

 142; wood-boring, iii. 255 

 Bird: dentigerous, ix. 179; destruction, 

 iv. 185 ; fly, viii. 139; large struthious, 

 X. 213 ; life curiosities of, viii. 165 ; 

 music, vii. 233; New Guinea, xii. 133; 

 notes, vi. 184 ; nut-stowing, ix. 33 ; para- 

 sites, eggs of, vi. 132; pets, xii. 19 >; 

 prognostication, vii. 159 ; slaughter, ii. 

 15; iii. 93, 94 

 Birds : Abyssinian, v. 184 ; Act for pro- 

 tection of wild, xi. 87 ; affection in, vi. 

 65 ; albinism in, v. 22 ; anecdotes of, i. 

 181; arrival of migratory, ii. 116; x. 

 162 ; xi. 257 ; for an aviary, vi. 113, 159 ; 

 beaks of insectivorous, vii. 226 ; of 

 Berks and Bucks, iv. 41, 160 ; Birds ! 

 vii. 10 ; book of, vi. 84; British, v. 39, 

 85, 107, 113, 156. 179, 227, 253, 274; vi. 

 12, 35, 58, 108, 157, 179 ; xi. 41 ; breed- 

 ing in confinement, iii. 70, 117, 118; 

 brevipennate, x. 154, 155 ; xi. 154; cage 

 and saffron, viii. 166 ; caged and cat, x. 

 23; clarification of, x. 63; colour of, 

 xii. 259, 282; cretaceous, viii. 235; 

 death of native in New Zealand, vi. 86 ; 

 destruction of, iv. 185 ; dialects of, ix. 

 119; distribution of, viii. 53 ; early, v. 

 113, 13^, 137; early appearance of 

 migrant, vii. 137 ; eating shells of eggs, 

 viii. 140, 167; in an eclipse, i. 207; 

 European in New Zealand, vii. 209; 

 flight of, iv. 9 ; v. 214, 261 ; ix. 161, 211, 

 212 ; and flowers, vii. 63 ; xi. 95, 136, 214, 

 235 ; geographical range of, viii. 184 ; 

 gigantic, xi.153; hybernation of, iii. 214 ; 

 and insect pests, i. 16) ; and ivy berries, 

 xi. 14 i ; of Killingworth, iv. 191; laud, 

 and their home, viii. 8; laying away from 

 the nest, xii. 261 ; little, viii. 174; local 

 names of, x. 22, 67, 142, 232; xii. 282 ; 

 longevity of, x. 63 ; maggots on stuffed, 

 ix. 214, 238 ; of Maidstone, notes on, 

 xii. 93 ; of Malaya, iii. 161 ; and mice, 

 viii. 116, 214, 238; as morning visitors, 

 v. 258 ; names of, i. 239; ii. 262; ix. 

 262; neotropical, x. 135; nest imbedded 

 in tree, vi. 114 ; neots, bees in, ix. 21 ; 

 nest", edible, iii.[39 ; extraordinary posi- 

 tion for, vii. 161; peculiarity of, ix. 203; 

 new species of European, viii. 18; uidi- 

 ficatiou of rarer, ii. 238, 260, 262; of 

 Norfolk, iii. 149; vi. 276; of Paradise, 

 vi. 246 ; parasites on cage, ix. 118; plea 

 for, iv. 188, 267 ; poisoning their young, 

 ii. 141, 167, 189, 190, 238; power 

 of imitation in, viii. 263; xi. 22, 47; 

 preening, iii. 191, 215 ; to preserve, i. 

 48, 63; preservation of, ii. 22; and 

 primroses, x. 135, 166, 172, 184; rare, 

 iv. 64, 95 ; ix. 237 ; x. 46 ; xi. 41, 47, 

 64,87, 114; xii. 41; rare, destruction 

 of, iii. 69, 93, 94, 180 ; in Kent, iv. 41 ; 

 in Horfolk, v. 160, 161, 181, 192; in 

 Scotland, ix. 276 ; roosting habits of, 

 ix. 191 ; sagacity ot, viii. 280; xii. 215; 

 and severe cold, xi. 140 ; on sheep, ii. 

 118; small for the an'ipodes, iii. 113; 

 small, how supported in winter, xi. 92; 

 songs of, Vii. 92, 150; ix. 166, 190, 213, 

 214; xi. 81; southern, ix. 143, 187, 

 211; strange, xii. 260; stratagems of, 

 xi. 23«, 261, 262 ; supply of green foo'i 

 to caged, xi. 95, 119 ; wiud hovering of, 

 vii. 206; wingless, chapter on, xi. 152; 

 in wiuter, viii. 66 

 Birds' etgs, American, xii. 118 ; collecting 

 »n<i preserving, viii. 73 ; colour of, i. 39, 

 47, 87, 142, 231; vi. 238; vii. 237, 

 262 ; xi. 136 ; doubtful, xii. 165, 262, 

 2t3 ; mice destroyers of, iii. 41 

 Bitiem, i. 86; iv. 65; v. 113; in Aber- 

 deen, iv. 39 ; little, ii. 200, 277; in Nor- 

 folk, iii. 17; vi. 95, 137 

 Blackbeetles, i. 167, 238; ii. 23; or cock- 

 roaches P x. 142, 215 

 Blackbird, iii. 46, 280; Albino, vii. 208; 



ZOOLOGY (continued). 



crested, ii. 23; nest on Christmas-day, 

 v. 61 ; breaking shells on stones, vi. 21 



Blackcaps, v. 65 ; viii. 79 



Black Jack, or turnip saw-fly, iv. 232 



Blight, American, iv. 186, 192 ; curious, 

 i. 167 



Blindness, natural, vi. 182 



Blindworm, ii. 185; iii. 179, 260; vii. 160 ; 

 xi. 262 



Blister-fly, vii. 232 



Blood-beetle, iii. 27, 62, 71, 94 



Blood corpuscles, v. 142, 165, 190, 214 ; 

 x. 183, 207 ; red, of the hippopotamus, 

 walrus, and eared seal, xi. 18; shape 

 of, ix. 137 ; vertebrate, viii. 256 



Blood crystals, ix. 137 



Blood discs of salmonida;, ix. 40 



Bloo'1, shower of, vii. 45. 



Blow-fly : anatomy of the, v. 92 ; pro- 

 boscis of, ii. 20, 23 



Blue birds of Galilee, ii. 214, 262,283; 

 iii. 21 



Bluebottle flies, i. 70; iv. 234; v. 262; 

 vii. 261 ; ix. 211, 239, 263 



Boar-fish, x. 42 



Boat-fly, or water boatman, iii. S9, 117 ; 

 iv. 119, 209; xii. 119, 189, 223 



Boleosoma Olmstedi, x. 57 



Bombay Zoological Gardens, i. 46 



Bombyx : cynthia, ii. 140; x. 69, 135; 

 neustria, [xi. 214; Pernyi, rearing, xi. 

 41 ; quercus, viii. 46; yamamai, v. 63 



Bone-setter, nature as a, vi. 278 



Bones, a chapter on, xi. 169 



Borer, or hag-fish, v. 117 



Brachiopods, embryology of, x. 62 



BrambliDg or mountain linnet, i. 64; ii. 

 137 



Bream, large, xii. 263 



Breeding-cage, cheap, iv. 23 



Breeze-fly, i. 194 



Brighton, ^Delicate, v. 258, 279 



Brighton and Sussex Nat. Hist. Soc, 

 ix. 61 



Brimstone butterfly, iii. 119; viii. 95, 

 117; x. 119 



Brittany, notes on fauna of, vii. 211 



Bromley, and what I found there, i. 246 



Broods, second, iv. 236 



Brown-tail moth, vi. 263 ; caterpillar of, 

 xi. 95, 185 ; nests of the, xii. 66 



Brown-tails and gold-tails, ix. 37, 69 



Buffalo, xi. 260; xii. 22 



Buff-tip moth, vi. 236 



Bugong, ii. 45; iv. 114 



Bugs, iii. 269, 276, 282; iv. 17, 40,214; 

 enemies of, iii. 260; skins, iv. 214; 

 water, vi. 188 



Bulbul of the East, iii. 71 



Bulimus Goodallii, iv. 17 



Bullfinch, v. 156 ; food for, v. 215, 237, 

 238 ; nest of, ii. 160 ; 211, 237, 262; one- 

 legged, viii. 214; talking, viii. 45 



Bullfinches, captive, vii. 154, 133 



Bunodes gemmacea, v. 56 



Bunting, riverside, xi. 52 



Burnet : neiv British, viii. 231; six-spot, 

 i. 119, 151 



Bush fires in Algeria, vii. 281 



Bussage, Gloucestershire, natural history 

 notes, x. 244 



Bustard : great, vii. 42, 66 ; little, iii. 83; 

 in Suffolk, ix. 234 



Butcher-bird or shrike, i. 61; xii. 22, 66, 

 87 ; great, i. 184 ; and its prey, xi. 262 



Butterflies : of Arabia and Egypt, vii. 

 137; British, vii. 133; ix. 238; British 

 in India, vii. 209; of Channel Islands, 

 viii. 65 ; cloud of, x. 139 ; destruction 

 of English, viii. 31; eggs of, vi. 251, 

 283 ; English names of, v. 241 ; heroic 

 names, i. 15; large and rare, ix. 91, 

 262; local names of, v. 116, 140, 161; 

 male and female, ix. 237; and moths, 

 how to collect and preserve, viii. 121, 

 241, 280; ix. 23, 158; remarkable flight 

 ot, v. 273 ; proboscis of, ix. 180 ; why 

 scarce after a damp winter, viii. 89, 139, 

 236; at sap, vi. 22; scarcity of, vii. 277; 

 viii. 189 ; ix. 282 ; to the rescue ! v. 68; 

 varieties of, iii. 232; iv. 137; wings of 

 British, ii. 27; winter, iii. 89 

 Butterfly : January, ii. 40; metamor- 



