CLASSIFIED INDEX OF VOLS. I.— XII. 



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ZOOLOGY (continued). 



viii. 256 ; fresh-water, vii. 89 ; palates 

 of, iv. 20,200; pulsations of, ii. 159; 

 on shore, vi. 61; small, i. 256 ; threads, 

 x. 49, 117, 119, 165; Tyrian purple, xi. 

 iJ2 



Mollyhawk, vi. 190, 209, 212 



Monkey : little green, iii. 179 ; squirrel, 

 i. 206 



Monkeys, anecdote of, ii. 61 ; iii. 233 



Monotremata, vii. 221 



Monster of the deep, iv. 222, 262 



Montagu's harrier, capture of, viii. 167, 

 189 



Mooruk, xi. 155 



Morrhua call arias, i. 261 



Mosquitoes, iii. 78 ; iv. 207, 211, 212, 215, 

 236; v. 17, 54; in England, i. 239; 

 v. 17 



Motacilla alba, iii. 17 



Moth : attractive power of female, vi. 153, 

 174, 213 ; born and died in a box, iv. 

 21 ; new British, v. 42 ; prehensile 

 organs of, x. 64; processionary, vii. 106, 

 185, 2C9, 239 ; viii. 45 ; x. 208 ; in re- 

 pose, xi. 95 ; trap, American, vii. 216; 

 under water, ix. 47 ; wanted, vii. 189 



Moths : British, v. 229 ; and butterflies, 

 collecting, 4c, viii. 121, 241, 280; 

 double broods of, v. 279 ; vi. 191 ; pro- 

 boscis of, ix. 180 ; remarkable flight of, 

 v. 273; whv scarce after a damp winter, 

 viii. 89, 139, 236; in candle, v. 185; 

 church service stopped by, iv. 114; 

 in clothes, viii. 115, 164, 190, 214, 

 238 ; courtship of, iv. 166; v. 94; early, 

 vi. 138 ; eggs of, vi. 251, 283; means of 

 capturing, ix. 17; rare visitors at 

 Brighton, iv. 277; rare, at Weston- 

 super-Mare, vi. 229; sugaring for, ix. 

 20, 46 j wings of, x. 143, 166, 189, 215 ; 

 xi. 95 ; wood leopard, viii. 236 



Mouse : diseased, v. 22 ; eaten in trap, x. 

 142 ; jumping, x. 84; and mole, i. 86; 

 parasitic fungus on a, ix. 233 ; singing, 

 vii. 274; viii. 47, 65; ix. 91, 187, 191, 

 213, 238, 239 ; xii. 47 ; and snake, iii. 

 186 ; and sparrow, xi. 71, 119; trap, ad- 

 venture with, ix. 214; trap, mysterious, 

 x. 71, 94; white, vi. 283; wood, x. 

 143 



Mule breeding, i. 38 



Muller's topknot, i. 261 



Mullet, grey, fa. 145 



Murex purpurea, x. 238 



Musca: domestica, xi. 257; formiciformis, 

 x. 46 



Mushroom, larvae in, iii. 214, 260 



Musk beetle, ix. 266 



Musk rats, swimming under ice, iv. 137 



Mussel : and dytiscus, ix. 190, 282 ; move- 

 ments of, vii. 89 ; sand, ix. 180 ; zebra, 

 iv. 166, 189, 191, 212, 238; v. 123 



Musselling, xi. 68, 93 



Mustela vulgaris, iii. 255 



Mustelida 1 , boldness of, ix. 92 



Mya arenaria, ix. 180 



Myriapnds, iv. 140 



Myrmeleon formicarius, vi. 87 



NAIS and Syllis, iv. 16, 40, 106 



NanMadron, notes at, vii. 158 



Natterjack : hybernation of, iv. 166; 

 -toad, i. Ill, 118, 143 



Natterjacks, i. 85, 206; ix. 92, 166,234, 

 283 ; x. 62 ; xi. 183 



Natural History : abroad, xii. 114; annals 

 of, iv. 47; a century ago, iii. 127; 

 iv. 183 ; Folkestone, vi. 65 ; of Leices- 

 tershire, ix. 174; mediaeval, x.35; naval, 

 xii. 26 ; old saws about, iv. 165 ; philo- 

 sophy of, ix. 30; rural, ii. 83, 163; 

 iii. 86, 117, 118, 177; viii. 215, 237, 253, 

 282 ; ix. 45 ; utility of study of, x. 202 ; 

 study of, Huxley on, iii. 73 



Natural science, teaching of, ii. 251 



Naturalist, perils of a, iii. 15 



Naturalists' : Club, Malvern, vi. 160 ; 

 work for amongst the oyster-dredges, 

 viii. 18 



Nebraska, notes of a cow-catcher ride in, 

 viii. 136 



Nemertes, viii. 163 



Nereis bilicceata, i. 59; v. 168; viii. 163 



ZOOLOGY (continued). 



Nerve, optic, x. 64 



Nerves, deceiving, v. 237 



Nests, curious places for, i. 233 ; ix. 165 



Net : insect, ix. 32, 141, 186 ; substitute 

 for water, x. 47 



New Forest, fauna of, xi. 280 



Newhaven sword-fish, notes on, v. 185 



New Zealand : notes from, x. 129 ; sky- 

 larks in, vii. 66 



Newt : cannibalistic habits ot common 

 newt, xii. 281 ; eaten by toad, i. 233 ; 

 Gray's banded, xi. 143 ; migration of, 

 viii. 213 ; observations on the smooth, 

 viii. 127; ix. 10, 60, 92, 131; x. 101; 

 xi. 93 ; palmate, ii. 161 ; iii. 161 ; tad- 

 pole of, ix. 274 ; xi. 279 ; the warty, 

 xi. 220, 261, 280 



Newts, i. 136 ; ii. 83, 119, 143, 190, 213 ; 

 y. 129; vii. Ill, 142, 166 ; xii. 22, 213 ; 

 in confinement, i. 39 



Nightjar, or fern owl, xi. 4, 71 ; food of, 

 ii. 238 



Nightingale, iii. 112, 144 ; v. 46, 188 ; and 

 Cowper, vi. 142, 175, 209 ; freak of, iii. 

 176 ; and glowworms, ii. 190 ; Irish, 

 viii. 198 ; ix. 56 



Nightingales : in and near London, ii. 

 142, 166, 167 ; and tortoises, ix. 165, 189 



Noctua : new, viii. 40 ; sugaring for, viii. 

 115, 111, 164 



Norfolk : natural history of, x. 181 ; pike- 

 fishing in, viii. 65 



North Wales, reptiles of, ii. 115 



Notaspis obscurus, iv. 118 



Notouecta glauca, iii. 89, 117 ; iv. 119, 

 209 • xii. 119, 189, 223 



Notornis Mantelli, xi. 153 



Numenius arquata, vi. 179 



Nut-borers, iii. 141, 165, 167, 189, 191 



Nuthatches, i. 221 



OBISITJM, v. 215 



Objects of the months, v. 19, 41 



Ocops, x. 191, 263 



Octopus, gossip about, i. 50, 87, 135; ix. 

 184; x. 72; xii. 66 



Ocypus oleus, ix. 115, 187 



Odynerus parietum, iv. 205 



Ootolites, iii. 151 



Ophiocoma rosula, claws of, ii. 202 



Ophrydium versatile, i. 58 



Opercula, vii. 93 



Opossum, pet " Marco Polo," vii. 148 



Orange-fly, v. 42 



Orange-tip butterfly, vii. 161, 208, 238 



Orchisella, iii. 45 



Orcynus alalonga, i. 261 



Orgyia antiqua, v. 94 



Oriole, golden, vi. 138 ; vii. 158, 258 



Ormer shell and inhabitant, ix. 145 



Ornithological : opera, x. 95 ; queries, i. 

 47, 71, 143 ; vii. 119 ; visitors near 

 Shrewsbury, xii. 165 



Orthagoriseus, x. 239 



Orthagoriscus mola, ii. 254 



Ortyx Califbrnica, iv. 95 



Osteological specimens, collecting, x. 226 



Osteology, ix. 141 



Ostrich, incubation of, iv. 190, 212, 237 



Ostriches : African, xi. 154 ; American, 

 xi. 154 



Otiorhynchus pieipes, iv. 141 



Otis tarda, vii. 42 



Otter, i. 112 ; iii. 255 ; iv. 39, 70 ; vii. 17, 

 89, 161, 189 ; viii. 139 ; American, x. 

 132 ; and badger, vi. 54 ; v. 90, 118, 137, 

 258, 262 ; capture of, vi. 21, 54, 113, 

 114, 137, 138, 209 ; emigration of, vi. 

 90; hunting, vii. 161; in Sussex, v. 

 184 ; in Yorkshire, v. 161 



Otter's shell, about, i. 79 



Owl : barn, iii. 17 ; captive, ii. 4 ; how 

 the white owl takes its prey, i. 233 ; 

 longevity of, ix. 167, 239, 261 ; short- 

 eared, v. 227 ; short-eared in Norfolk, v. 

 257; tawny, viii. 167 ; Tengmalm's, 

 xi. 65 



Owls, ix. 167, 239, 261 ; pet, viii. 101, 206 



Oxen and music, xi. 263 



Oysters, embryo, vi. 119 



PADGEY POW, v. 116, 142 



Painted lady butterfly, iv. 233 ; scarce, 



ZOOLOGY (continued). 



capture in Hants queried, xi. 256 ; xii. 



47, 137 

 Pale yellow butterfly, v. 271 

 Pallene, vi. 26, 66 

 Paludina Listeri, iv. 17 

 Pamphila linea, iv. 160 

 Pandora, habit of, ix. 231 

 Papuans, the, iii. 68 

 Parallelism, zoological, viii, 257 

 Parasite : of prawn, ii. 282 ; of starling, 



viii. 213, 237 

 Parasites, iv. 166, 189; viii. 213; on cage 



birds, ix. 118; in greenhouse, ri. 56; 



of harvestman, iii. 211 ; of honey-bee, 



vi. 1, 42; human, recipe to kill, v. 257 ; 



new forms of, vii. 131, 185, 211, 234 ; on 



Pieris rapas, viii. 88 ; of sandfly, vi. 99 ; 



of slug, iv. 274; of spider crabs, ii. 178, 



211 

 Parasitic worms in fish, xii. 8, 66 

 Parr or salmon, iii. 62 

 Parroquet : a hundred years old, viii. 86 ; 



ringed, viii. 154 

 Parroquets breeding, v. 89, 140, 166 

 Parrots, ii. 167 ; ix. 236 ; x. 143, 166 ; xi. ■ 



69,92, 141 ; eggs, ii. 141, 167 

 Parson-birds, iv. 89, 118, 144, 191, 238, 



282 

 Partridge, ii. 161 ; viii. 47; ix. 211 

 Parus ater, vi, 42 ; biarmichus, vi. 65, 



95 ; caudatus, vi. 17 ; vii. 276; cristatus, 



vi. 117 ; major and cseruleus, v. 277 



palustris, vi. 18 

 Peachia hastata, iv. 234 

 Pea-erab, common, v. 210 

 Pearls, pathology of, ix. 81 

 Pecten opercularis, v. 209 

 Pectinaria Belgica, v. 210 

 Pedicellaria of echini, to clean, i. 142 

 Pelican, extinct British, iv. 40 

 Pelopaeus, or sand-wasp, vii. 237 

 Penguins, xi. 155 

 Perca cernua, xi. 261, 277 

 Perch, voracity of, x. 46 

 Peregrine falcon, vii. 113 

 Periwinkle and its shell, vi. 118 

 Petrel, stormy,! ii. 93 ; iv. 64 ; eggs of, 



i. 87 

 Petrobius, viii. 272 

 Petroleum as an insecticide, iv. 190 

 Petromyzon marinus, v. 71 

 Pettychap, lesser, viii. 93, 118, 143, 167 

 Phalarope, grey, ii. 255, 277 ; vi. 278 

 Pheasant : eggs, i. 190 ; hybrid, iv. 70, 



93,94 

 Pheasants and wireworms, i. 38 

 Phenomenon, periodic, ii. 49 

 Philodromus limacum, iv. 271 

 Phosphorescence, ii. 17; viii. 142, 257, 



2«2, 282 

 Phronima, v. 73 

 Phycis furcatus, ii. 211 

 Physalia, iii. 161 ; iv. 279 ; v. 42 

 Picus major, v. 279 ; vi. 184 

 Pieris : brassicse, iv. 186, 209 ; daplidice, 



vii. 263 ; rapse, parasite on, viii. 88 

 Pigeon : carrier, vi. 184 ; hatching 



chicken, x. 214 ; and plover, vii. 229 

 Pigeons, viii. 164, 188 ; posts, vii. 46 ; 



wood, ii. 231 ; viii. 93, 116, 140, 165, 236 ; 



routed by swallows, i. 206 

 Pigs, destruction of plants on Norfolk 



Island, vii. 47 

 Pike, i. 141 ; ii. 60, 89 ; x. 248 ; choked by 



eel, i. 233 ; cygnicidal, ii. 139 ; fishing in 



Norfolk, viii. 65 ; man seized by, ii. 21 

 Pilchards, ii. 23 ; in Melbourne, ii. 21 

 Pine beetle, vi. 42 

 Pipit : red-breasted, ii. 277 ; Eichard's, 



in Norfolk, vi. 17 ; tree, viii. 44, 68, 70, 



93 

 Pipits, i. 64, 76 ; v. 71 

 Pirarucii, xii. 260 

 Pirate fish, viii. 151 

 Pixy purses, i. 182 

 Planaria, iii. 260 

 Planarise, fresh-water, v. 8, 48 

 Plauorbis corneus, i. 61 

 Plant animals or zoophytes, i. 177 

 Plant lice on vines, viii. 209 

 Plants and animals, helps to distribution 



of, iii. 241 

 Platessa elongata, viii. 45 



