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HARDWICKE'S SCIENCE-GOSSIP. 



ZOOLOGY (continued). 



Dark arches moth, vi. 32 



Darter, x. 57 



Dartford warbler, nest of, v. 184 



."Darwinism, contribution to, x. 230 



Dead Sea, i. 259; iv. 238 



Death-adder of New South Wales, iii. 161 



Death-bottle, to make, vi. 282 



Death-watch beetle, i. 60 ; ii. 34, 75, 251, 



278 ; iii. 29 ; iv. 87, 113 

 Death's-head moth, i. 208, 234; iii. 190, 



213, 214, 262 ; v. 278 ; vi. 161 ; viii. 20, 



40, 46, 184, 238 ; ix. 214, 239 ; xi. 71, 



119; in a beehive, vi. 143; food of, xi. 



167 ; larva? of, iii. 208, 262 ; pupa?, &c, 



iv. 23, 185 ; at sea, i. 41 ; vi. 114 

 Deer : poisoned by yew, i. 112 ; and 



snakes, xii. 238 

 Deep, monsters of the, iv. 222 ; v. 55 

 Deep- sea life, off Norway ; ix. 184 ; 



soundings, ii. 166 

 Deilephila Galii, -vi. 209, 229, 233, 283 ; 



xi. 208 ; lineata, vi. 229 ; livornica, iv. 



65, 233; vi. 161,232,233 

 Deiopeia : pulchella, vii. 234, 239, 262, 277 ; 



x. 280; xi. 257 

 Dentalium, iv. 166, 185, 212 

 Dermestes, what is? iii. 28, 206, 254; 



iv. 20 

 Devil-fish, v. 264 



Devil's coach-horse, ix. 115, 187 ; xii. 69 

 Diamond beetles, iii. 64; ix. 82 

 Dinornis or moa, v. 89 ; vi. 65 

 Dipper, i. 135, 184; ii. 93, 116, 118, 140, 



165, 206, 230, 255 

 Diplorhoptrum molesta, ii. 272 ; iv. 213, 



234, 261, 263 

 Diptera, notes on, iii. 241; xi. 79, 147; 



xii. 60, 103 ; parasitical in aphides, v. 



263 

 Dipterous larvae under tortoiseshell, 



vii. 41 

 Dissectors, hints for, vi. 103 

 Distribution of animals and plants, helps 



to, iii. 244 

 Diver: blackthroated, and gannet, iii. 162 ; 



capture of speckled, iii. 136 ; vi. 83 ; 



great northern, x. 251 ; red-throated, 



xi. 88 

 Dog : anecdote of, iii. 184, 232 ; bereaved, 



iii. 39 ; calling birds, xi. 238 ; and cat, 



xi. 167 ; eating wasps, xii. 45, 94, 167 ; 



fireman's, x. 125, 198 ; fleas, iv. 92, 118 ; 



«. fox, i. 160 ; life, iii. 155 ; and monkey, 



■vii. 41 ; sagacity of, ii. 230 ; iv. 186 ; 



street, vii. 223 ; in trouble, iii. 63, 190 

 Dog-fish, ii. 165, 189 

 Dogs : affection of, ix. 95 ; and eggs, vii. 



283 ; entozoa in the heart of, vii. 184 ; 



gyrations of, viii. 52, 95, 115, 140, 163, 



188 ; house, iii. 136 ; name, " Tray," x. 



282 ; oddity of, xi. 141 ; origin ot, iv. 



65 ; and portraits, xi. 213, 283 ; predi- 

 lection for fruit, vii. 263, 283 

 Dog-whelk, i. 259 

 DoTichopus simplex, ix. 133 

 Dormouse, common, i. 202 

 Doris, spawn of, ii. 22 

 Dorr beetle, strength of, i. 41 

 Dorse, or Baltic cod-fish, i. 261 

 Doryphora decemlineata, x. 15, 89, 90 

 Dos-a-dos, vii. 71 

 Down of wild fowl, v. 212 

 Dragon-flies, preserving, i. 95 

 Dragon-fly, iii. 225 ; v. 95 ; pupa of, iv. 



245, 283 ; in town, vi. 237, 262 ; vii. 17, 46 

 Drake hen, or corn-crake, ii. 16 J; iv. 114; 



x. 22 

 Dredge, naturalists', vii. 143 

 Dredging, deep-sea, iv. 260; v. 185 ; viii. 



89 ; off the Devonshire coast, xi. 190 ; 



xii. 185 

 Dreissena polymorphs, iv. 166, 189,191, 



212, 238 ; v. 123 

 Dress of animals, x. 177 

 Duck, tufted, viii. 70, 94, 143, 164 

 Duck's egg, gigantic, vii. 262 

 Dun Cow, ribs of the, v. 282; vi. 23, 38, 



63, 69, 94, 96 

 Dungeness, visit to, ix. 80 

 Dytiscus and mussel, ix. 190, 282 



3AGLE: golden, i. 13, 39; v. 160; viii. 

 115,165,253; x. 214, 283; golden, so- 



ZOOLOGY (continued). 



called, xi. 18 ; retired, iv. 208 ; sea, 



viii. 142 ; white-tailed, iii. 40 

 Eagles, dislike of to bonnets, iii. 160 

 Earthworms, v. 161; vii. 118, 142, 143, 



166, 167, 189, 212, 262 ; viii. 44; x. 263 

 Earwigs, i. 185, 213 ; vii. 94, 116, 119 

 Eastbourne, fauna of, x. 115 

 Echini, vi. 150; vii. 45 

 Echinoderm spicules, iv. 175 

 Echinothuridae, x. Ill 

 Echinus, ix. 156 ; lividus, iii. 82 ; sphoera, 



ix. 156 

 Edward's midge, ii. 139 

 Eel : bobbing, iv. 258 ; freak of, iv. 189 ; 



and pike, singular occurrence, i. 233 ; 



voracious, xi. 213 

 Eel-pout, vii. 20, 30 



Eels : i. 93 ; age of, xii. 263 ; and dew- 

 worms, i. 236; elvers, x. 191, 282; 



generation of, ix. 16, 41 ; how are they 



bred? i. 118, 141, 165; viii. 282; ix. 



16, 41, 92 ; how the Chinese catch, vi. 



213 ; migration of, i. 70, 95, 284 ; out of 



water, xi. 92 ; in paste, vii. 289 ; viii. 



41, 70, 87, 118, 281 ; wheat, iii. 19,66 

 Efts : ii. 88, 119, 143, 190, 213 

 Egg : curious, v. 209 ; deformity, v. 142 ; 



hatchings, failure of, iii. 280 ; two birds 



from one, viii. 164, 188 ; within an egg, 



iii. 94, 119; see "Eggs" 

 Eggar moth : oak, iv. 41 ; vii. 213, 238, 



262 ; viii. 22, 47 ; small, i. 126 ; .vii. 90, 



113, 116, 165, 213, 237, 257, 263 ; viii. 9, 



137, 190, 283 

 Eggs: and nest enclosed, vi. ' t 114; cen- 



tenine, vi. 114 ; dogs and, vii. 283 ; 



double, i.39, 63; iii. 22,46, 47; iv. 117, 



151, 226; vii. 118; xii. 238; formation 



of, vii. 21 ; insects hunting for, vii. 32 ; 



large, v. 109, 144 ; vi. 114 ; vii. 262 ; xi. 



153; small, v. 142, 167; vi. 212, 259; 



spontaneous changes in, x. 20 ; stolen 



by rat, iv. 259 ; Bucked, ix. 237 ; x. 47 ; 



vitality of, vi. 191 ; xii. 255; see 



"Egg" 

 Egg-tester, Schafer's, iv. 143 

 Electric fishes, ii. 268 

 Elephant hawk-moth, iv. 39, 215 

 Elephant, parasite of, vii. 131, 185, 211, 



234 

 Elk, the, iii. 239 

 Elvers, are they young eels ? x. 191, 282 ; 



xi. 45 

 Emberiza schceniculus, xi. 52 

 Embletonia Grayii, v. 70 

 Embryonic development, i. 65 

 Emeu, Australian, xi. 154 

 Emmelesia affinitata, vi. 68, 113 

 Emperor moth, v. 257; viii. 230; ix. 



155; caterpillar of, vi. 239 

 Endromis versicolor, viii. 115, 142 

 Engraulis encrasicolus, ii. 254 

 Entomological : phenomenon, xii. 259 ; 



season of 1871, vii. 208; season of 1873, 



x. 1 ; Society of London, v. 232 

 Eutomologist, feline, iv. 233 

 Entomologist's Paradise in Perthshire, 



vi. 277 

 Entomology : economic, i. 87 ; in coal- 

 pits, v. 65; exotic, xi. 59; insular, xi. 



151 ; subterranean, x. 126 

 Entomostraca, new, v. 42 ; prehensile 



antennae of, v. 127 

 Entozoa, vii. 208 ; in heart of dog, vii. 



184 

 Epe'ira diadema, x. 270 

 Ephemera vulgata, v. 158 

 Epidemics, are they caused by infusoria ? 



v. 21 

 Erinaceus Europaeus, vi. 273 

 Ermine in North Wales, viii. 71, 94, 119 

 Ermine-moth, white, viii. 143 

 Ethnology of Somersetshire, ix.236 

 Euplectella, viii. 180; x. 23, 47, 70, 119 

 Euthemonia russula, iv. 278 

 Evolution, ix. 154 

 Eye : ciliary muscle of, iii. 1188 ; facets in 



the, i. 189; human, vii. 31 

 Eyes of men and animals, difference in 



colour, xi. 71 

 Expedition: the Agassiz, viii. 186, 211, 

 260; the Challenger, ix. 105, 137; the 

 Thomson exploring, viii. 277 



ZOOLOGY (oontimied). 



FALCONRY, ii. 165 



Feather-star, v. 209 



Feathers and skins, to clean, ix. 40, 88 



Fern-owl, or night-jar, xi. 4, 71 



Field Club, Manchester naturalists', i. 23 

 naturalists' club for North London, ii. 

 69; South- West London, for, vii. 116; 

 St. Mary, Lambeth, Sunday school 

 teachers', x. 140; West London, iv. 

 114, 143 



Field Clubs, London, ix. 191 



Field crickets, ii. 227; viii. 59, 92, 119. 

 141, 182, 233 



Fieldfare, vi. 12, 141 ; x. 243 



Field-mouse, iii. 234 ; nest of in chignon, 

 viii. 262 



Fireflies, i. 191 ; iv. 157; vi. 41, 70, 117 ; 

 vii. 232 ; ix. 269 



Fires, origin of, from a natural history 

 point, x. 73 



Fish : age of, v. 141, 214 ; air-bladders of, 

 i. 69 ; beds, iii. 67 ; cans, xi. 263 ; circu- 

 lation is, ii. 165; culture on the Lea, i. 

 141; Dead Sea, in, iv. 238; effects of 

 lightning on, i. 211; electric, ii. 268; 

 frozen, ii. 184 ; great slaughter of, i. 

 165 ; hooks cut out of shells, iii. 260 ; 

 how to preserve, ix. 237 ; hybridism of, 

 v. 22 ; increase, iii. 260 ; in the Jordan, 

 vii. 166, 189, 213 ; ladders, i. 16 ; new 

 lophoid, viii. 136; mortality, ii. 184; 

 moth, v. 94, 118, 142 ; moulds and fly 

 moulds, i. 134, 189 ; musical, vi. 57, 87, 

 95, 97, 146; mutilated, xi. 213; nest- 

 building, viii. 100 ; new British, ii. 161 ; 

 ordnance and, vi. 213, 259 ; parasite, iv. 

 65; scales, i. 261 ; iii. 19; v. 12, 41, 67, 



163, 187, 260, 281 ; vi. 92, 140, 187, 235, 

 279, 280 ; vii. 20, 44, 140, 164, 188, 236, 



260, 280 ; skeletons of, i. 48 ; songs of, 

 x. 257, 261 ; stinging, ix. 239, 260, 263 ; 

 stomach contents of, ix. 189 ; subter- 

 ranean, vii. 112 ; tame, v. 160 ; new from 

 Tasmania, viii. 235; tanks, iii. 191, 213 ; 

 tattle, i. 16, 42, J93, 141, 165, 207, 236, 



261, 284; viviparous, ii. 24L ; volcano, 

 vi. 25 ; voracity of, xii. 119; worms in, 

 viii. 191 



Fisheries, pearl, iii. 185 



Fishes: of Algerian Sahara, xi. 18; of 



Atlantic and Pacific oceans alike, iii. 45; 



and barnacles, xii. 23; beautiful, ix. 141 ; 



blind, in Kentucky Cave, viii. 54, 88, 136 ; 



do they move after death ? ix. 119, 141, 



164, 188 ; do they utter sounds ? xi. 22, 

 68, 141, 166, 189 ; how do they breathe ? 

 vii. 257 ; mud-loving, xi. 104 ; odd, ii. 

 50, 99, 171 ; iii. 26 ; of the mammoth 

 cave, xi. 65 ; preserved, iii. 161 ; respi- 

 ration in, ix. 234 ; siluroid habits of, x. 

 62; and swans, ix. 42,94; voice of, ix.65 



Fishing gossip, ii. 276 



Flea : internal parasites of, vii. 88 ; tena- 

 city of life in, iii. 21 



Flea-bites, viii. 116 



Fleas, ii. 16; iii. 113; iv. 244; v. 277; 

 vi. 259; vii. 97,155; ix. 116, 165; cat, 

 i. 278; ii. 46; iii. 47, 214; dog, iv. 92, 

 118; encampment of, iii. 134; and 

 Jews, v. 185 ; water, ii. 156 



Fleshworm disease, i. 40 



Flies: cholera, vi. 249; dead, viii. 236; 

 death to, i. 15; destroyed by wasps, i. 

 257; diseased, i. 70; don't neglect, ix. 

 89; grey, xi. 94; hybernation of, i. 113 ; 

 to keep away, xii. 190 ; Liliumauratum, 

 ix. 162; in liquor, vi. 273; night, in 

 Brazil, vii. 90; parasitic, x. 32; plague 

 of, iv.236; vii. 238; ix. 47; poisonous, iii. 

 167 ; pollen, ix. 40 ; in stable, xii. 190 ; 

 swarm of, vi. 65 ; Tennyson on, vii. 

 282; and wasps, i. 262 



Flounder, long, viii. 45 



Fly : acarus of, iii. 207 ; blue-bottle, 

 ix. 211, 239; breeze, i. 194; aud 

 chelifer, v. 283 ; circulation in, 

 i. 259 ; dead on window, i. 10 ; green 

 drake, i. 231 ; house, eggs of, iv. 92, 

 117 ; larvae of, i. 83 ; mistaken for 

 annelid, viii. 277; moulds, i. 10; and 

 fish-moulds, i. 134 ; parasites, i. 93, 227 ; 

 ix. 46; xi. 18; in pike-fishing, i. 280 



Flycatcher, iv. 40; v. 107, 258; xii. 262; 



