CLASSIFED INDEX OF VOLS. I.— XII. 



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ZOOLOGY (.continued). 



fascination of, ix. 181 ; food of, viii. 71 ; 

 ix. 166 ; large, ii. 254 ; in London, iv. 

 208 ; mimicry of, viii. 234 ; poisonous, 

 utilizing, x. 161 ; and toads, x. 46, 68, 

 165, 261 ; and wild beasts, vii. 265 



Snipe, ii. 63 ; v. 118 ; vii. 282 ; food of, vi. 

 42 ; ground, ii. 46 ; Ionian, x. 69 ; soli- 

 tary, vi. 65 



Snow-bunting, v. 45, 278 ; vi. 71, 90, 114 ; 

 ix. 117 ; x. 20 



Soles, bait for, vii. 237, 261 



Sow, ferocity of, iv. 113 



South Africa, ramble in, iii. 154 



South London Entomological Society, 

 viii. 142, 281 



Sparrow and crocus, i. 160 ; pet, x. 247 



Sparrows, ii. 22, 40, 71, 159, 161 ; xii. 

 262 ; in America, vii. 215 ; brawls of, 

 viii. 154; and chickens, ix. 188; eggs of, 

 x. 69 ; on house-top, i. 112 ; house in 

 India, i. 135 ; house, variety of, xii. 65, 

 213 ; and peas, si. 263 ; xii. IS ; quick- 

 sighted, ix. 212 ; roosting of, ii. 40, 71 ; 

 tree, ii. 159 ; value of, v. 215 ; white, i. 

 167, 183 ; ix. 45, 70 ; x. 23 



Sparrow-hawk, ii. 63 ; x. 23 ; and crow, 

 xii. 239, 283 



Sparus boops, viii. 117 



Specimens, preservation of, vii. 151 



Sphinx : atropos, vi. 114, 161 ; convolvuli, 

 ii. 23, 93; iv. 233, 258, 259; xii. 66, 

 115 ; ligustri, iv. 2U8, 215, 236 ; vi. 90 



Spider : alimentary system of house, iv. 

 128, 195 ; architecture of a, iv. 262 ; 

 attacks, iv. 45, 261 ; bites, iv. 281 ; 

 black, of Jamaica, iii. 88 ; casting 

 skin of foot, v. 136, 191 ; cheating a, 

 iii. 135, 162, 186 ; dead, in water, i. 133 ; 

 diadem, ii. 63 ; x. 270 ; doings, iv. 23, 

 47 ; eating its web, i. 24, 36, 86, 215 ; 

 great American, iii. 213 ; hoax, i. 143 ; 

 ii. 7; ingenuity of, ii. 138 ; and lizard, 

 X. 206 ; maternal affection of, iv. 263 ; 

 neighbourly, iii. 255 ; nests of, iii. 37 ; 

 iv. 11 ; pensile nest, ii. 255 ; poison- 

 iangs of, ii. 119, 141, 189, 201, 229 ; iii. 

 16, 237, 270, 276, ; iv. 47, 165, 167, 185, 

 189, 195, 213, 238, 261, 281 ; ix. 262, 

 276 ; poisonous, of Russia, iii. 40 ; x. 

 263, 282 ; preservation of, iv. 8, 21, 22 ; 

 xi. 87 ; silk of, v. 185 ; singular death of 

 a, vi. 239 ; and slug, x. 23 ; suspending 

 a stone, iv. 262, 2s3 ; v. 47, 94, 118 ; 

 and toad, xi. 21 ; trap-door nest of, iii. 

 40, iv. 63 ; x. 47 ; and wasp, i. 39, 239 ; 

 wood, viii. 182 



Spiders, ii. 7 ; iv. 41, 82, 167, 195, 261 ; 

 vii 12, 18, 35, 46, 231 ; viii. 140, 213 ; 

 ix. 90 ; and ants, iv. 23 ; baby, vii. 18 ; 

 blind, ix. 16 ; British, x. 112 ; and 

 bugs, i. 39 ; cardinal, iii. 64, 88; Ceylon, 

 iv. 161, 185 ; and chestnut-trees, x. 191 ; 

 cords, length of, x. 208 ; darkling, vii. 

 12, 46, 152, 215 ; domestic, iii. 64 ; 

 flower-loving, i. 206 ; flying, iv. 51, 58 ; 

 vi. 237 ; food of, in dark cellars, vii. 

 215; how do they weave webs, viii. 

 261; ix. 22; and larvse, vi. 94, 117; 

 little, ii. 189, 213 ; how to preserve, iv. 

 8 ; St. Helena, ix. 112 ; to search for 

 and capture, xi. 109 ; something about, 

 viiii 213; sounds, do they utter, xii. 

 119, 215, 239 ; tame, ix. 39 ; visitation 

 of, i. 282; ii. 22, 40; webs, i. 65, 256 ; ii. 

 277; iv. 105, 161, 195; xi. 53, 88, 100, 

 132, 195; x. 180, 200, 257; xii. 251; 

 winter quarters, iv. 68 



Spirorbis nautiloides, v. 194 



Sponge : glassrope, v. 209 ; viii. 35, 56, 

 106, 185; Livingstone's, xi. 234; spicules 

 of, i. 259; viii. 20, 95, 188 



Sponges, iv. 68 ; viii. 160 ; common 

 British, vi. 172; freshwater, i. 2S7;ii. 

 137, 189 ; iii. 247 ; siliceo-fibrous, vi. 37 



Spongiadae, aDimal nature of, viii. 17 



Spongilla lluviatilis, iii. 247 



Spontaneous generation, vi. 235 ; xii. 

 114 



Sporendonema muscse, i. 10 



Spotted hawkmoth, scarce, v. 234 ; vi. 

 209, 229, 233, 283 ; xi. 208 



Spotted sulphur-moth, vi. 184 



Sprod or salmon-trout, xi. 280 



ZOOLOGY (continued). 



Squirrel : a cute, v. 234; flying, xii. 131 ; 



fond of fungi, i. 40; ii. 138; "Ti," pet, 



vii. 103 

 Squirrels, ii. 2; iii. 69; vi. 191; vii. 237, 



257, 278, 281 ; and cat, iii. 208 ; xi. 141 ; 



as nest-robbers, vi. 281 ; viii. 199, 261, 



263; perforating, iii. 141, 165, 189 

 Stag-beetles, iii. 89 ; iv. 109 ; vii. 283 ; ix. 



215 ; x. 69, 185 

 Star- fish, vii. 8, 41; to dry, i. 136; to 



skeletonize, xii. 239 

 Starfishes and cats, v. 214, 234, 239, 263, 



282 

 Starling: intelligence of, i. 13; voracity 



of, iii. 26, 88 ; who had seen the world, 



i. 38 

 Starlings, iv. 208, 261 ; vi. 277 ; vii. 258 ; 



viii. 93, 117, 118, 140; ix. 166; x. 152, 



190; dead, iii. 279; young, in January, 



v. 71 

 Sterna Hirundo, iii. 17 

 Stickleback ; fifteen-spined, iii. 68 ; neat 



of, ii. 5 

 Sticklebacks : breeding of, ii. 5, 45, 153, 



165; vi. 137; viii, 166; disease of, iv. 

 263 ; freshwater in sea-water, iii. 38, 87 ; 



out of water, iii. 119 

 Stinging fish, i. 166 



Stings, action of poison in, vii. 261, 282 

 Stink-pot, or black petrel, i. 239 

 Stoat, xi. 212 

 Stork : anecdote of, i. 14 ; white, in 



Suffolk, ix. 160 

 Stormy petrel, egg of, i. 87 

 Stream bubble-shell, i. 167 

 Striped hawk-moth, iii. 136, 162 ; iv. 65, 



233 ; vi. 161, 229, 232, 233 

 Strix brachyotus, v. 227, 257, 278 

 Sturgeon, i. 261 ; in the Wye, v. 210 

 Sudas gigas, iii. 260 

 Sugar-moth, v. 94, 118 

 Sun-fish, ii. 254 ; banded, viii. 29 ; big- 

 eared, xi. 7 

 Swallow : early, xi. 190, 234 ; xii. 143 ; 



sea, at Sydenham, v. 17 

 Swallows, ii. 16, 17, 142, 160; 273, 283'; iii. 



50, 101 ; vi. 90 ; vii. 209 ; xi. 190, 234, 



255 ; in Algeria, iii. 64 ; building on 



cliffs, vii. 233 ; and cholera, ii. 283 ; iii. 



17 ; courage of, ix. 69 ; curious habits 



of, viii. 57, 143 ; disappearance of, viii. 



189. 212, 235, 237, 239 ; hybernation of, 



ii. 118 ; viii. 115 ; late appearance of, 



ii. 16, 17 ; iii. 17 ; iv. 17, 282 ; xii. 23 ; 



migration of, ix. 262 ; nest of, vi. 191 ; 



viii. 237 ; nests, to get rid of, i. 63 ; in 



November, ii. 283 ; xii. 23 ; do many 



perish in migrating, viii. 239 ; phthisis 



among, iv. 18, 46, 67 ; and starlings, 



xi. 45 

 Swallow-tailed butterfly, vii. 113 ; xii. 



201, 238, 261, 280; deformed, i. 185; 



home of the, vii 80. 

 Swans and cygnets, ix. 166, 210, 213, 214 

 Swift, i. 190; ii. 64, 142; northern, x.67 

 Swifts : departure of, i. 240 ; vi. 263 ; in 



difficulties, i. 64 ; flight of, xi. 189 

 Swordfish, viii. 71, 116, 117 ; capture of, 



v. 185 ; gill of, iv. 279; vii. 136 

 Sylvia tytbys, iii. 276 



TACHINA FLIES, x. 189 



Tadpole, out, iv. 119, 141 



Tadpoles, xii. 46; late, viii. 70 ; of newts, 



xii. 21, 95 

 Tamias Lysteri, xi. 36 

 Tapir, viii. 89 



Taxidermy, i. 63 ; ii. 260, 282 

 Teal, vi. 35, 66 

 Tealia crassicornis, ii. 69, 94 

 Technical terms, Blue-jacket's idea of, v. 



68 

 Telea polyphemus, v. 249 

 Tench : angling for, i. 16 ; fine, iii. 17 

 Tephritis onopordinis, iv. 211 

 Terebella, iii. 221 

 Teredo navalis, ii. 279 ; iii. 88 

 Tern: common, iii. 17; whiskered, i. 183 

 Terns, inland, i. 183 

 Testacella, v. 143 ; vi. 214 ; Maugei, iii. 



89 ; ix. 165 

 Tetranychus : glabrus, iii. 127 ; lapidus, 



ZOOLOGY (continued). 



iii. 126; x. 234 ; major, iii. 126 ; populi, 



iii. 127; salicis, iii. 126; sociu9, iii. 126 ; 



tiliarus, iii. 125 ; ulicis, iv. 49 ; ulmi, 



iii. 126; urtieae, iii. 127; viburni, iii. 



126 

 Thalasaidroma pelagica, iv. 64 

 Theridion riparium, iv. 11 

 Thresher, or fox shark, i. 165 

 Thrips, to destroy, vi. 17 

 Thrush : anecdotes of, i. 207 ; v. 257 ; 



egg of, i. 263 ; xii. 214 ; late brood of, 



v. 279 ; pagoda, ii. 213 ; iii. 20 

 Thrushes cast their legs, iii. 141, 189 

 Thynnus vulgaris, viii. 215 

 Thysanuradse, viii. 272 ; ix. 4 

 Ticks, West Indian, iii. 71 

 Tiger-bird, vi. 188, 238 

 Tiger-moth, ix. 90, 118 ; large, xii. 191 

 Timarcha laevigata, iii. 27 

 Timber-borers, iii. 212 

 Tinea granella, vi. 66 

 Tineida;, exceptional reproduction of, x. 



89 

 Tingis : British, xi. 238 ; hystricellus, v. 



84 

 Tiresias serra, iii. 206 ; larva of, iii. 28 

 Tischeria marginea, iii. 171 

 Tit, bearded, i. 26 ; vi. 65 

 Titmice, vii. 34, 65, 71 ; death of, iv. 95 

 Titmouse : marsh, vi. 18 ; great, v. 277 ; 



long-tailed, vi. 17; Turkish long-tailed, 



v. 274 

 Tits : blue, i. 39 ; v. 277 ; ix. 157 ; fear- 

 less, i. 16'i ; see also "Tomtits" 

 Toad : brown, xii. 119, 143, 188 ; child 



poisoned by, i. Ill ; four years' ac- 

 quaintance with, i. 12 ; habits of, i. 87 ; 



hybernation of, ii. 213, 261 ; iv. 71, 94 ; 



longevity of, xi. 166 ; venom of, iv. 114, 



137 

 Toads, xii. 188 ; and frogs, ancient, ii. 47, 



69, 94, 117, 111 ; in stone wall, how did 



they get there ? iii. 117 

 Tomicus monographus, iii. 212 

 Tomtit : and celery-fly, i. 281 ; clever, 



vii. 82 ; nest of, vii. 162 ; friendly, notice 



of, i. 59 

 Tortoise : an affectionate, v. 233 ; death of, 



v. 165 ; fresh-water, xii. 119; land, ii. 



191 ; land, eggs of, i. 63 ; vii. 208, 263 ; 



ix. 188, 190, 239 ; x. 239 ; large, xii. 160 ; 



pining, v. 11H, 140, 143 

 Tortoises, British, vii. 263 

 Tortoiseshell butterfly, large, vii. 234 ; 



small, i. 263, 286 ; xii. 262 

 Trachinus, vii. 171 ; ix. 239, 283 

 Trawl, vii. 169 



Trees, old, and squirrels, x. 118 

 Trehala, i. 251 



Trichina spiralis, i. 40; ii. 69 ; v. 42 

 Trichinosis, i. 40 



Trichiurus lepturus, vii. 17, 88, 113 

 Triloculina nitida, iii. 131 

 Triodon, v. 237 

 Tritons, vii. 142, 166 

 Trocheta subviridis, v. 76 

 Trout : great grey, xi. 237 ; in Loch Islay, 



viii. 85 

 Truntulina variabilis, iii. 131 

 Tsetse, vii. 66 

 Tunny, short-finned, ii. 21 

 Turbot : curious, viii. 215 ; skin, bony 



excrescences in, viii. 47 

 T urdus avidus, eggs of, i. 238 ; pilaris, 



vi. 12 

 Turtle : ancient, iv. 114 ; British, viii. 112 ; 



edible, ii. 247 ; snapping, xii. 32 

 Turtledove, iv. 142 



UMBILICUS in univalve shells, xi. 23, 69 



Under a stone, vii. 35 



Unicorn hawk-moth, iv. 233, 258, 259 



Unio littoralis, ix. 22 



" Unity " controversy, iii. 267 



Upupa epops, iv. 160 



Uraster rubens, vii. 8, 41 



Urchin, tooth of, iii. 83 



Uredo empetri, i. 139 



Uria lachrymans, vi. 95 



Uvigerina pygmaea, iii. 131 



VAGINICOLA valvata, vi. 33 



