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HAKDWICKE'S SCIENCE-GOSSIP. 



ZOOLOGY (continued). 



Vanellus cristatus, v. 107 



Vanessa : Antiope, vi. 209 ; viii. 234, 239 

 249, 263 ; ix. 22, 65, 111, 118, 119, 141 

 165, 215 ; Atalanta, v. 257, 262, 273, 278 

 ix. 276, 282 ; and Ichneumons, i. 15 

 238, 263 ; polychloros, vii. 116, 234 

 urticae, v. 282 ; xii. 191 



Veined white butterflies, ii. 95 



Velverd, vi. 94, 119, 141 



Venus' flower-basket, viii. 209 



Vermin, garden, iv. 21, 45 



Vespa : holsatiea, iii. 217 ; sylvestris, i. 

 208 



Vibrio tritici, iii, 19, 66 



Viper, iii. 2S0 ; bites of, i. 95, 131 ; iii. 175, 

 199, 213, 237 ; ix. 237 ; xi. 70, 143 : fat 

 of, xi. 166 ; is its poison fatal ? iii. 280 ; 

 red, viii. 277 ; sex of, i. 191 ; and snake, 

 hissing of, i. 142 ; swallowing its young, 

 i. 108, 160 ; vi. 223; ix. 160, 189 



Vipers, ii. 138; iii. 22, 175, 199, 230; iv. 

 165, 180 ; lair of, iv. 23 ; poison of, iii. 

 237, 280 ; ir. 46, 70, 95, 180, 212 ; x. 215, 

 263, 282 



Vision, sensorial, iv. 145 



Vitrina pellucida, viii. 44, 69, 116 



Vivarium ; reptile, xii. 266 ; other side of, 

 vii. 267 



Vole, or water-rat, x. 22 



Vorticella and cyclops, iii. 81 



Vultures, new, ix. 65 



Y'ulvulina oblonga, iii. 130 



WAFFEL, vi. 215, 236, 261, 281 



Wagtail, grey, i. 281; iii. 64; pied,nesting 

 of, iii. 17 



Wakon bird, vi. 188 



Walnut-moth, ix. 252 



Wanderer, long-tailed, xi. 224 



War-bird, ii. 46 ; iii. 20 



Wasp : audacity of, ii. 88 ; early, i. 137, 

 161 : iii. 94, 117 : and grasshopper, i. 

 215 ; keyhole, ii. 276 ; local name of, v. 

 261 ; mason, nest of, ii. 116 ; nest of, 

 i. 137; ii. 78, 116; iv. 21, 22, 71; 

 viii. 163, 239 ; xi. 259 ; made of " Stand- 

 ard," i. 134; of wood, iii. 247; and 

 yellow underwing moth, i. 113 



Wasp-fly, New Zealand, x. 118, 189 



ZOOLOGY (continued). 



Wasps, i. 161, 208; iii. 70, 254; iv. 21, 

 205, 259 ; viii. 70, 163, 282; ix.,.216 ; 

 abundance of, i. 257 ; among, iii. 70 ; 

 and bees, i. 263 ; ii. 22 ; x. 112 ; and 

 bees, stings of, ix. 44, 46, 50, 69, 89, 

 91, 93, 116. 143, 273 ; in captivity, i. 42 ; 

 as domestic pets, v. 125 ; duel, x. 280 ; 

 and flies, i. 262 ; in Greece, i. 238 ; in 

 London, i. 71 ; nest, glow-worms and, 

 iv. 71 ; nests, preservation of, viii. 214 ; 

 nest, progress of, ii. 78 ; scarcity 

 of, i. 113 ; why scarce in 1865, i. 234, 

 257 



Water-beetle music, vi. 236 



Water-beetles, appendages to, i. 238, 257 



Water- dipper, song of, i. 135 



Water fleas, ii. 156 ; and volvox, iv. 117 



Water-snake, vii. 142, 165, 167 ; xi. 93 



Water-wagtails, v. 6S 



Wax-wing, iv. 181 



Wax-wings, arrival of, ix. 94 



Weasel, iii. 255 ; vi. 161 ; food of, vii. 42 



Weaver-birds, iv. 161 



Weever, i. 166 



Weevil, from roses, iv. 141 



Whale : the, iii. 275 : pigmy, x. 258 



Whales, near Cornish coast, viii. 189 



Wheeler insect, iv. 44 



Whelk : eggs of, ii. 238 ; iii. 91 ; white, 

 viii. 181 



Whitebait, viii. 44, 263, 281, 282; ix. 95 ; 

 x. 168 



White cabbage butterfly, iv. 186, 209 



Widgeon, black, viii. 70 



Wiid cat, vi. 63 ; American, xi. 123 



Wild fowl, protection of, viii. 160 



Wild horse in Australia, v. 160 



Wire-worms, to destroy, x. 48 



Wolf, memory in a, vii, 232 



Wolffia arrhiza, vi. 91 



Wood-acid as a preservative, ii. 22 



Wood-borer from Ceylon, iv. 213 



Woodcock, ii. 40, 89 ; iv. 41 ; nest of, ix. 

 184 ; white, xi. 256, 279 



Woodlark, vii. 233, 263 



Wood leopard-moth, vi. 178 ; viii. 236 ; 

 ix. 91 



Wood-lice : to destroy, ii. 238, 260, 261, 

 iii. 213 ; do they emit sound ? xi. 215 



ZOOLOGY (continued). 



Woodlouse, the, v. 17 ; vi. 41 



Woodpecker : black, i. 183 ; eggs of, iii. 

 68 ; greater spotted, iii. 41 ; vi. 184 ; 

 green, vi. 212, 281 ; spotted, ii. 6 ; v. 

 279 



Woodpeckers storing acorns, ii. 41, 95, 

 119 



Wood-pigeon, cry of, viii. 165, 236 ; ix. 

 21, 71, 93 



Wood-pigeons, viii. 93,116, 140 



Woodruff, vii. 238 



Worm-bait, anglers', x. 190 



Worm, naid, viii. 23 



Worms, i. 239 ; iv. 22 ; diet of, i. 180, 

 214 ; to get rid of, iii. 279, 281 ; lumi- 

 nous, iv. 282 ; marsh, and rat, iii. 69 ; 

 white, x. 191 ; xi. 71 



Wren : blue, i. 199 ; fiery-creBted, vii. 88 ; 

 gold-crested, x. 31 ; in martin's nest 

 burned alive, i. 135; nest of, ii. 63 ; nest 

 at Christmas, v. 90 ; pugnacity of, ii. 

 115 



Wryneck, vii. 87 



Wyaudote cave, fauna of, viii. 209 



XYLOPHASIA polyodon, melanism in, 

 iv. 280 ; vi. 32 



TAFFEL, vi. 215, 236, 261, 281 

 Yellowhammer, viii. 167 ; curious egg of, 



v. 209 

 Yoppingal, vi. 119 

 Yorkshire, snakes in, ii. 191, 214, 261 



ZEUS-APER, x. 42 ; vi. 178 



Zeuzera sesculi, vi. 178 



Ziricote, iv. 47 



Zonites glaber, vi. 161, 277 ; ix. 137, 167, 



190, 208 

 Zoological Society's Garden, price of 



some animals, iv. 47 

 Zoology : additions to, viii. 209 ; biblio- 

 graphy of, i. 72 

 Zoophyte : fight about, iii. 47 ; myriad, 



i. 183 ; new, ii. 281 ; viii. 235 ; rare, x. 



125; trough, clip for, iii. 105, 168 

 Zoophytes, i. 177 ; v. 44 ; books on, i. 192 ; 



hydrozoan, x. 152 ; to kill expanded, 



v. 212 



BOTANY. 



ABSIXTHE, vii. 116, 189 



Acacias, iv. 92 



Aceras anthropophora, vi. 189, 211 



Ackersprit, iv. 248 



Acorns, v. 23, 46 ; vii. 83 ; ix. 138 



Adiantum capillus-veneris, vi. 67 ; xi. 

 232 ; in Isle of Man, xi. 137, 187 



Adiantum reuiforme, vi. 71 



yEcidium : orobi, iii. 137 ; statices, vii. 

 156, 188 



jEschynanthus in fruit, vi. 95 



^Estivations, floral, xii. 187 



Africa, changes in vegetation of, x. 43 



Agarics, British, vi. 139 



Agaricus prunulus, iii. 112, 136 



Agava in bloom, iv. 43 



Agraphis nutans, vii. 47, 71 



Agrostemma, v. 189 



Albinism of plants, i. 21; vii. 281; xi. 

 163 



Alder, leaf-buds of, v. 66 



Alga; : bibliography of, i.192; British 

 marine, ix. 259; x. 115, 211 ; Hastings, 

 ix. 258 ; irregularity of appearance 

 of some, ix. 193, 241 ; minute of Lan- 

 cashire, ii. 212 ; new British, ix. 183 



Algeria, plants of, xi. 258 



Almora, named from wild sorrel, i. 43 

 Alpine : rose, i. 66 ; plantain in Shetland, 

 i. 283; plants, ix. 73, 163; x. 166; 

 plants to dry and preserve, xi. 6, 42, 65 



Almond-tree, iii. 42 



Amaranthus polygamus, xii. 94 



Amber, a trap for insects, x. 174 



Amebia echioides, v. 191 



Anacharis alsinastrum, i. 141 ; iii. IS 



Anagallia arvensis, xii. 15, 69, 70 



Ananassa sativa, iii. 11 



Andromeda polyfolia, iv. 162 ; vi. 186 



Anemone : with five bracts, i. 138 ; wood, 

 ii. 164 



Anomodon attenuatus, vi. 83 



Anthus smut, vi. 160 



Antipathies, floral, vi. 70 



Apium graveolens, poisonous, vi. 139 



Apple, iii. 45, 68; ix. 117, 185, 188; ger- 

 minating, vii. 279 



Apricot-tree, ii. 67 



Aquiiegia, xii. 214 



Arabis stricta, viii. 232 ; ix. 41, 42 



Arbutus: berries, viii. 113; unedo, iii. 

 280 ; iv. 47 ; vi. 166, 276 



Aregm* bulbosum, i. 176; v. 261 



Arrow-root, ii. 142, 165 



Artemia salina in America, v. 113 



Artichoke in flower, i. 262 ; history of, xi. 

 265 ; Jerusalem, i. 118, 142, 262 ; ii. 47 ; 

 wild, ix. 164, 185, 213 



Arum maculatum, vi. 73, 166 



Arundo phragmites, vi. 19,94 



Asclepias seeds, i. 143 



Ash, iii. 239; iv. 232 ; ix. 119; rupture 



and shrew, xi. 260; trees, seven in 



Tewin churchyard, x. 143, 214, 215 ; 



trees, violets under, v. 91, 116, 117, 166, 



188, 189 

 Asparagus, xi. 241, 278 ; xii. 95 

 Aspen, xi. 143, 190 

 Asperula odorata, vi. 47 

 Asphodels, ix. 138 

 Asphodel, bog, i. 209 

 Asplenium : rhizophyllum, iii. 187 ; ruta- 



muraria, vi. 215 ; trichomanes, v. 211 ; 



viride, i. 44; ii. 275 

 Assyria, botany of, i. 110 

 Asterosporium Hofl'manni, i. 35 

 Astrantia major, iv. 194 ; ix. 8 

 Athela of Babylon, ii. 214; iii. 20 

 Autographs, vegetable, iv. 71 

 Austialia, plants in, iii. 65 

 Azariiracta indica, bark of the, x. 43 

 Azalea, mistleoeon, iv. 112 



BABEER, or true papyrus, iii. 90, 119 



Babylon, Athela of, ii. 214; iii. 20 



Ballota nigra, attractive to moths, vi. 47 



Bamboo fungus, ii. 212 



Banyan, Indian, ii. 92 



Barley, field of, grown fromoarfl, vi. 164 



Bartsia odonites, vi. 210 



Bean, history of, xi. 9 



Beauties of the wilderness, iv. 90 



Bedeguar of rose, iii. 71, 94; xii. 264. 



