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HARDWICKE'S SCIENCE-GOSSIP. 



ZOOLOGY (continued). 



Plectrophanes nivalis, vi. 71, 90, 114 



Plover and pigeon, vii. 229 



Plusia chrysitia, is. 237 



Podura, viii. 272 ; is it, iii. 45 ; tail of, 



ill. 54 

 Poduroe : to capture, ii. 187 ; phosphores- 

 cent, i. 238; ii. 281; iii. 53; iv. 140, 



160 ; v. 248 ; scales of, ii. 91 ; vii. 205 ; 



viii. 16, 41, 47, 208 ; ix. 40 ; test, viii. 100 

 Polecat, xii. 70, 213 

 Polar bear cubs, birth of, iii. 3 

 " Polly," why are parrots so called, iv. 



119, 138 

 Polyommatus : alsus, v. 185 ; artaxerxes, 



i. 66 

 Polyp, fresh-water, economy of, viii. 132 ; 



ix. 12, 41, 63, 115, 164, 175, 277 

 Polyxenia Alderi, i. 21 

 Pomeroy, co. Tyrone, natural history 



notes at, xii. 118 

 Pond, how to clear, viii. 237, 261 ; how to 



stock, viii. 119, 112 

 Poonyet or Pwai-ngyet, i. 252 : ii. 198, 



230 

 Poplar hawk-moth caterpillars, xi. 215, 



263 

 Pope or Ruffe, xi. 261, 277 

 Porcupines, Abyssinian, iv. 239 

 Pork measles, iii. 93 

 Porpoise, i. 39, 63 ; Gangetic, vi. 70 

 Portuguese man-ol'-war, iii. 161 ; iv. 279 ; 



v. 42 

 Porzana Carolina, i. 60 

 Poultry to keepers of, x. 214 

 Prawn, ii. 282 ; vii. 65 

 Prawns : baby, iv. 18, 42, 65 ; and shrimps, 



viii. 156 

 Prince Edward's Island, iv. 143 

 Privet hawk-moth, xi. 280 ; larva of, iv. 



208, 215, 236, 263 ; vi. 90 ; ix. 21 ; x. 262 

 Protective resemblance of birds, vii. 237 

 Proteus anguinus, v. 135 ; protoeystis, 



new species, viii. 220 

 Protozoa, viii. 161 ; xi. 107 

 Psittacus grandis, iii. 20 

 Pteromys volncella, xii. 131 

 Puffanas multiformis, iii. 118 

 Puffin and nest, x. 258, 277 ; ticks on, 



ii. 261, 282 ; white, ii. 255 

 Pupa state, duration of, vii. 112 

 Pupae : enemies of, viii. 155, 188 ; forcing, 



iv. 88 ; ix. 93, 142 ; to keep through the 



winter, ix. 21 

 Purple, Tyrian, xi. 142 

 Purpura lapilluB, viii. 213 

 Puss moth, vi. 105, 124 ; caterpillar of, 



spitting, iv. 257 ; larva of, v. 166 ; and 



its syringe, xi. 235 

 Puttocks, vii. 119, 137 

 Pwai-ngyet, i. 252 ; ii. 198, 230 

 Pygmies, track of the, ii. 154, 203, 239 

 Pyranga rubra, iii. 20 

 Pyrrhula vulgaris, v. 156 

 Pythons, young, vi. 64 



QUAIL, iii. 256; Califorcian, iv. 114; 



call, vi. 189 ; eggs of, vi. 232 ; nest of, 



near Leeds, vi. 209, 238 

 Queen of Spain fritillary, vi. 233, 258 

 Quilkin, local name of frog, ii. 118, 142, 167 



BABBIT : habits of, xii. 17 ; and hare, 

 hybrid, iii. 23 ; vi. 262 ; pet, our Win- 

 nie, ix. 75 ; and their friends, i. 184 ; 

 male, suckling their young, x. 113 



Bana arborea, iv. 206 



Eat : black, ii. 140, 183 ; v. 118, 137, 262 ; 

 dyinglof fright, v. 113 ; as an egg-stealer, 

 iv. 259 ; poison, ii. 239 ; tail, venomous, 

 ii. 140 



Eats, ii. 41, 140, 167, 183, 231 ; vii. 200 ; 

 brown, xi. 143 ; climbing, vii. 47, 66 ; 

 colony of ii. 231 ; king of, iv. 135 ; mis- 

 chievouB and gaspipes, i. 184 ; plague 

 of, ii. 41 ; ride' of, vi. 90 ; sagacity of, 

 vi. 66 ; vii. 161 ; in St. Helena, viii. 

 119 ; water, ii. 167 ; xii. 167, 189, 261 



Eattlesnake, extracting poison of the, 

 viii. 181 



Eaven, anecdote of, v. 21 



Eay, spotted, ix. 276 j 



Bed daddy, iv. 281 



Eedstart, black, iii. 276 



ZOOLOGY {continued). 



Begulus cristatus, v. 42 

 Eeindeer, bot of, iii. 41 

 Eelations between past and present, i. 



187 

 Eeptile : carnivorous, size of lion, xii. 91 ; 



vivarium, xii. 266 

 Eeptiles : in confinement, iv. 272 ; habits 



of, i. 287; to preserve, xi. 166; strange, 



viii. 23 

 Betina : reflection on the, ii. 19 ; variable 



sensibility of, vii. 243 

 Ehinoceros at the Zoological Gardens, 



viii. 78 

 Bhizopods, luminous, ix. 47 

 Bibbon-fish, ii. 89; iii. 208 

 Bingdove, ii. 138 



Bing ousel, i. 135 ; vii. 257 ; viii. 46 

 Eivulet moth, vi. 68, 113 

 Eobin, ii. 3, 88 ; vii. 18, 46, 70, 76, 94, 116, 



207 ; bird of death, ii. 166 ; does he 



change his colour, iv. 190, 209 ; at 



ease, vi. 89 ; foretelling weather, i. 61 ; 



incubating, i. 142, 166 ; nest of, curious 



place for, ii. 137 ; x. 167 ; punishment 



of a, iii. 160; story of my, x. 3; want of 



instinct in the, ii. 254 ; white, x. 71i 

 Bobins, death of, xi. 263 

 Eock whistler, i. 242 

 Book: and Arum maculatum, vi. 166; 



habits of, ii. 137; hermit, i. 226; 



and ducks, battle between, iv. 113; 



stealing eggs, ii. 159 

 Books, vi. 209; vii. 137, 158, 161; in 



London, ii. 213 ; xi. 214; resting on the 



ground, ii. 159 ; three, iv. 114 

 Boiler, i. 183, 184 

 Eose-chafers, iii. 88 

 Bosy-feather star, i. 95, 112 

 Eotifers, vii. 110 

 Eotterdam, natural history notes at, viii. 



246 

 Eudd, v. 12 

 Buff and reeve, v. 274 



SABELL/E, gill fans of, i. 262 ; ii. 29 



Sagartia bellis, iii. 46 



Salamander, iii. 281 ; food of, i. 71, 95 ; 

 Japanese, ii. 130 : our largest, ix. 271 



Salamandrine, iii. 104 



Salicaria locustella, iii. 186 



Salmon, age of, vi. 233 ; in Asia, i. 16 ; in 

 Australia, i. 16, 42, 141 ; breeding of, 

 iv. 182 ; breeding in the Tay, i. 42 ; 

 British, i. 69 ; in Maine, v. 181 ; maut, 

 i. 119, 143 ; roe, the baillie's, iii. 113 ; 

 spawning, viii. 161 ; trout or sprod, xi. 

 280 



Samlets, v. 213 



Sample Post and nat. hist, specimens, vi. 

 261 



Sandhoppers, v. 195 



Sandlaunce, &c, i. 284 



Sandpiper, i. 63, 86, 95 ; Bartram's, ii. 

 61 ; green, xi. 256 



Sandpipers, i. 86 ; viii. 95, 115 



Sand query, v. 95, 119 



Sand : skippers and company, iv. 45 ; 

 wasp, iv. 205 ; vii. 237 ; worm, v. 210 



Saturnia : Bauhiniae, i. 87 ; Pavonia minor, 

 v. 257 



Saw-fly, ix. 32, 94 ; great, ii. 181 ; rose, i. 

 257 ; saws ot, viii. 157 ; and water, viii. 

 112 



Scallop, v. 209 



Scarecrows, iv. 166, 190 



Schizoneura lanigera, iv. 186 



Sciaena aquila, v. 17 



Scolopax rusticola, iv. 41 



Scorpions, suicide amongst, ii. 159 



Sea : and its wonders, vii. 84 ; anemones, 

 dividing, i. 167, 190, 213, 286 ; birds/near 

 Guildford, vi. 95 ; birds in Manchester, 

 vii. 89 ; protection of, v. 10, 42 ; cucum- 

 bers, vi. 137 ; fans, vii. 52 ; fish in fresh 

 water, iii. 113 ; grapes, v. 197 ; hare, vi. 

 113, 185 ; horses, iii. 264 ; iv. 186 ; ix. 

 243, 276 ; lions, xi. 175 ; perch, i. 208 ; 

 phosphorence of, ii. 17 ; serpent, xii. 

 260 ; shore, ramble by, vii. 101 ; side, a 

 spring morning at, vii. 220 ; snail, 

 violet, v. 31, 64 ; urchin, purple, 

 skeleton of, iii. 82 ; urchins, vi. 150 ; 

 vii. 65, 90 ; ix. 156, 204 ; worm, i. 59 ; 



ZOOLOGY {continued). 



Seals, viii. 191 



Sepiostaire, vi. 177 



Sericoris, new species, viii. 112 



Serin finch, v. lo7 



Serinus roeridionalis, v. 167 



Serpent-worship, viii. 21 



Serpents at meals, ii. 241 



Sertulana, v. 198 ; xi. 212 



Sesia tipuliformis, ii. 190, 214 ; xii. 133, 165 



Sesidae, xii. 133, 



Shark : basking, x. 63 ; xi. 88 ; blue, iv. 



16 ; in Chichester harbour, iv. 16 ; meal 



of, vii. 17 

 Sharking, vi. 209 



Sheep, v. 283 c - ; vi. 46 ; xi. 214 ; rot, i. 15 

 Sheldrake, ruddy, in .Norfolk, v. 160, 184, 



192 

 Shell : British land, x. 276 ; money, ii. 



283 ; iii. 70 ; wandering mud, i. 72 

 Shells, vi. 188, 215 ; books on, i. 48 ; to 



clean, v. 237, 263 ; vi. 19, 214 ; vii. 118 ; 



gold, i. 120 ; land and freshwater, 



i. 61, 119 ; viii. 265 ; new British, vi. 



130, 138, 161, 277 ; polishing, x. 39, 94 ; 



umbilicus in univalve, xi. 23, 69 

 Ship worm, ii. 279 ; iii. 88 

 Shore : along the, vii. 253 ; lark, ix. 234, 



263 ; x. 45 ; wainscot moth, viii. 139 

 Shrew, i. 14 ; vi. 136 ; vii. 283 ; viii. 45, 



71 

 Shrews, British, ix. 188, 237, 282 ; x. 22 

 Shrike, iii. 64, 212 ; great, i. 184 ; vi. 209 ; 



red-backed, i. 64 

 Shrimp, common, ii. 278 ; fairy, i. 45 ; iv. 



117 

 Shukhur-ool-ashur, or shukhur teeghal, 



i. 252 

 Silk, iii. 64 ; moth, yama-mai, vi.18 ; pro- 

 ducing insect, new, i. 87 ; " tusseh," i. 



190 

 Silkworm : American, v. 249 ; casting 



skin, v. 191 ; Chinese wild, vi. 134 ; gut, 



iii. 143 ; oak-feeding, v. 63 

 Silkworms, xii. 119, 165, 167, 189 ; disease 



of, iv. 188 ; eggs of, xii, 137 ; new food 



for, v. 141 ; vi. 18 

 Silurus : electricus, ii. 270 ; European, i. 



56 

 Silver-fin, ix. 224 

 Silver-atriped hawkmoth, ii. 89, 211 ; iii. 



257 ; vii. 209 

 Silvery hair-tail in British Isles, vii. 17, 



88, 113 ; xii. 137 

 Sirenia, xii. 56, 75, 88 

 Sirex juvencus, vii. 166, 214, 215 

 Siskin, notes on, ix. 141 

 Skeleton, age of human, i. 264 

 Skeletons : animal, ix. 69, 91, 116, 129 ; 



to clean, vii. 165, 191, 213,239,262 ; viii. 



23 39 

 Skipjack (fish), ii. 69 ; iii. 20 

 Skulpin, ix. 21, 35 

 Skua, pomarine, vii. 66 

 8kylark, i. 63 ; v. 190 ; in New Zealand, 



vii. 66 ; song of, i. 39, 93 

 Slow-worm, iii. 112, 161, 179, 260 ; vi. 42 ; 



xii. 275 

 Slug : or snail, difference between, i. 62 ; 



and spider, x. 23 ; threads, xi. 190, 206 

 Slugs, x. 119, 143, 166; destroyed by 



plovers, iv. 46; to kill, ii. 22, 47 ; and 



snails, curious food of, ii. 185 

 Small skipper butterfly, iv. 160 

 Smelts and smelting, i. 281 ; viii. 104 

 Smew, iv. 55 ; v. 17 ; vi. 95, 110, 137 

 Smynthurus, viii. 272 

 Snail : Gibbs', iv. 70 ; or slug, difference 



between, i. 62 ; marsh, iv. 17 ; water, 



eggs of, v. 115 

 Snails, iii. 40, 280, iv. 22 ; abundance of, 



iv.47; army of, iii. 215; do they reason, 



ix. 186 ; and their houses, ii. 195, 230 ; 



and slugs, curious food of, ii. 185 

 Snake : charming, iii. 190 ; common, ii. 



167, 191, 214, 254, 261 ; Congo, xi. 185, 



207 ; eating snake, xi. 114, 161 ; rare 



British, viii. 160 ; Scotch, i. 70 ; ii. 



214 ; size of, vii. 277 ; skin of, vi. 45 ; 



vii. 262 ; smooth, i. 47, 71 ; viii. 208, 



232, 239, 258 ; story, viii. 213 ; viper, i. 



2, 142, 160 

 Snakes, iii. 273; iv. 88, 212; v. '119 ; ix. 



92, 166, 283, 283 : and deer, xii. 238 ; 



