286 



HA R D WICKE 'S S CIE NCE - G OS SIP. 



Diver, Great Northern [Colymbus Arcti- 



cus), 262 

 Dogs, Reasoning Power in, 47, 214 

 Dogs, Stupidity on the part of, 233 

 Dolphin, the Common, 86 

 Dolphin, the White-beaked, 87 

 Dorking, a Holiday round, 195 

 Dragon-flies, Works on, 213 

 Dredge, a "Tangle," 221 

 Dredging Expedition, Notes on a, 131 

 Dredging, Marine, 257 

 Dredging, a Simple Method of, 94 

 Dredging, Works on, 70 

 Dryolcstes pviscus, 189 

 Ducks, Wild and Tame, 238 

 Dublin, Geology of, 179 

 Dublin University Biological Association, 



16 

 Dudley, Fossils at, 271 

 Dundry, Fossils at, 271 

 Dyes, Vegetable, Chemical Imitation of, 



186 



Eagle, Attack of, on Two Girls, 46 

 Earthworm, Habits, &c, of, 121, 154, 234 

 Earthworm, Slug the Terror of the, 121 



(note) 

 Echinodermata, Alternate Generation of, 



277 

 Eel, a Veteran, 23, 104 

 Eels, Birth of Vinegar, 15 

 Egg, a Double, 212 

 Egg Drills, 239, 262 

 Egg-shells of Birds, Colouring of, 184 

 Eggs of Birds in Wrong Nests, 209, 238 

 Eggs of Birds, How to Blow, 22, 38, 39 

 Elasmobranchs, the Fins of, 89 

 Entomological Exhibition at Westminster 



Aquarium, 89 

 Epilobium angustifolium (Rose-bay 



Willow-herb), 161 

 Epping Forest, an Autumn Ramble in, 



252, 272 

 Eye, the Human, Dr. Dudgeon on, 90 



Fagot-stick, a Lesson from, 124 



" Fagus " of the Latins, What was the ? 283 



Fairy-flax, the, 44, 68, 94 



Falco sEsalon (Merlin), 64 



Fauna Insect in Palaeozoic Period, 20 



Eenestel/a, History of the Genus, 247, 



Ferns, Filmy, How to Grow, 211 



Ferns of North America, the. By Prof. 



Eaton, 114 

 Fish, Parasites on, 33. 

 Fish, Survival of out of Water, 142 

 Fishes, Plaster Casts of, 107, 140J 169 

 Fleas in Country Quarters, 190 

 Flies, Forest, Protection of Horses from, 



238 

 Flies, Fungus on, 212 

 Flies, Plague of, 140 

 Flies, Raptorial Habits of, 184 

 Flora near Cader Idris, Notes on, 39 

 Flora, the London, 114 

 Flora of Natal, 49 

 Flowers, Alpine, 259 

 Flowers, Autumn, Hints on Culture, 246 

 Flowers, Double, 259 

 Flowers, Fertilization of, 20 

 Flowers, Sugar in Nectar of, 235 

 Foraminiferae, Classification of, 30 

 Foraminiferae, Recent, from the Shetland 



Isles, 51 

 Fossil Bird, a, 189 

 Fossil Bird at Sheppey, 41 

 Fossil Corals, a New Genus of, 278 

 Fossil Diatomacese, 112 

 Fossil Fishes of Sussex, 67 

 Fossil Fresh-water Sponges, 140 

 Fossil Fungus, a, 21, 41, 67, 92, 116, 164 

 Fossil Insects, 140 

 Fossil Polyzoa, 247, 274 

 Fossils, a Tour in Search of, 271 

 Fox, Intelligence of a, 94 

 Foxgloves, Slugs on, 23 

 Frog, Chameleon-like Changes in the, 17 

 Frog, Development of Spawn, 53, 90, 118, 



190 

 Fungi, Microscopic, 171 

 Fungi, Spore-producing Power of, 37 

 Fungus, the Fossil (see Fossil Fungus) 



Gannister Beds, Marine Fossils in, 92 

 Garden, Experimental, Proposal to Form, 



2 3S. 



Gentiana acaulis, 18, 65 



Gentiana acaulis in Wales, 40 



Geology, 20, 40, 66, 116, 140, 164, 187,211, 



236, 260, 278 

 Geology of Dublin and Wicklow, 179 

 Geophihis clectr/cus, 239 

 G/gartina Teeaii, 40 

 Glacial Period, Dr. Ricketts on, 92 

 Glacial Phenomena of Outer Hebrides, 164 

 Glass Slips. Preservation of, 15 

 Globicephahis melas (Pilot Whale), 84 

 Giyciphagtis palmifer, 38 

 Glycip/iagus plumiger, 152' 

 Glyptodendron, the, 140 

 Gnat, a Few Words about a Little, 269 

 Gold in New Guinea, 140 

 Gold Size as a Varnish for Glycerine 



Mounts, 276 

 Gold-fish and Toad, 94 

 Gongylus gonegyloides, 38 

 Gonopteryx rhantni, 17 

 Goose, a Friendship of, with Pony, 238 

 Gooseberry, the, 119 

 Gorilla, the Berlin ("Pongo"), 17 

 Gossip about New Books, 54, 254 

 Gourds and Pumpkins, Inflorescence of, 



19, 64 

 Government Research Fund, 116 _ 

 Grampus griseus (Rissot's Dolphin), 62 

 Gray Lag, 237 

 Great Tit, Note of, 234 

 Grebe, Parasite Worms in Leg of, 88 

 Green Hastings, 190, 237 

 Grouse, Red, New Habits of. 17 

 Guinea-pig, Brotherly Love in, 239 



Hair-bell, the White, 23, 94 

 Hair-bell (Campanula rotundi/olid), 



Spelling of, 69 

 Hair-bell, Derivation of Name, 94 

 Halitherium of Suffolk Crags, 184 

 Harvestman Spider, the, 79, 113 

 Hawk, the, _and_ Lapwing, 283 

 Hawk, Pertinacity of, 42 

 Hawk, Species of in Ireland, 281 

 Hedgerows in June, 139 

 Heer. Professor, Medal awarded to, 21 

 Helice, 47 



Hemipterous Fauna of St. Helena, 161 

 Hen, Singular Affection of a, 43 

 Herbaria, Mould in, 235 

 Herbarium, How to make an, 134, 150 

 Herrings, 70 

 Herring Fishery, the, 93 

 Hirundinidae, Later Appearance of, 39 

 Histological Microscope, 283 

 Hollyhock, Flowers of tht, 235 

 Hollyhock, Variability of Colour in, 210 

 Hop Gardens, 166 

 Horse, Anecdote of a, 202 

 Horse Chestnut, Double-blossomed, 167 

 Horse-tails, Remarks on, 223 

 House Martin, the, 166 

 House Sparrow, the, 166 

 Howitt, Mary, Poetry on Flowers, 166 

 Human Hair, Sudden Change in Colour 



of, 44 

 Hy //sinus fraxini, 126 

 Hyperoodon rostratus, 38 



Inflorescence, Definite and In- 

 definite, 163 

 Insect Fauna in Palaeozoic Period, 20 

 Insects at Bournemouth, 23 

 Insects, Destruction of, 191 

 Insects, Fossil, 117, 140 

 Insects, Mimicry in, 38, 184 

 Ipecacuanha Root, Propagation of, 22 

 Ireland, Editor's Holiday in West of, 228 

 Ireland, Hawks of,. 281 

 Ireland, Natural History Notes from, 214 

 Ireland, Venomous Reptiles of, 42, 93 



Japan, Pre-historic Man in, 20 



Keeble, Poetry of, on Flowers, 166 



Kestrel, the, 100 



Kingfisher in London, the, 258 



Labiat/e, 20 



Laburnum, Flowers of the, 261 



" Lag," the Grey, 165 



Lake District, the Physical History of, 2r 



Lapwing ( Vanel/us cristatus), 213 



Lapwing, Pugnacity of the, 45, 283 



Leaves, Teratology of, 237 



Leeds Natural History Society, 16 



Lemming, the, in England, 44 



Lepidium sativum (Garden cress), 9 



Lepidoptera, Rare, Notes on, 38 



Lichen, a Glass-eating, 128, 162, 187 



Lightning, Singular Appearance of, 237 



Lilac, Double, 167 



Linnet, Parasite of the, 233 



Linum catharticum, 94 



Linum pe7-enne, 211 



Lizard, the Food for, 144 



Lizard Orchis, the, 278 



Lobworms, 166 



Locusts, How LJtilized when Dead, 64 



London, Flora of, 114 



Long Island, the, or Outer Hebrides, 



Glacial Phenomena of, 164 

 L ophius piscatorius, 1 53 

 Lumbricus terrestris, 121 



Magpie, Intelligence of, 213 

 Mammal, Fossil, from Oolitic Formation 



of America, 189 

 Mammoth, Extinction of the, 236 

 Manatee at Westminster Aquarium, 184 

 Mandrake, 166 



Marsh Plants, a Strange Place for, 280 

 Marsupial, the New Australian, 38 

 Maries foina (the Marten) in Cornwall, 



117 

 Martin, Postponement of Departure, 23 

 Megalickihys Hibberti, 236 

 Melosira Barreri, 276 

 Mergenia erecta, Fertilization of, 139 

 Mesop/odon Soiverbiensis (Sowerby's 



Whale), 59 

 Meyenia erecta, 161 

 Micrometer, the, and How to Use it, 175 

 Microphone, 184 



Microphoto of the Lord's Prayer, 257 

 Microscope, Improvement in Stands for, 



6 3 

 Microscope Lamp, Miniature, 232 



Microscope, Measuring with the, 231 



Microscope, a New Field for the, 112 



Microscope, the, a Plea for as a Toy, 33 



Microscopic Fungi, 171 



Microscopic Journal, the American, 87 



Microscopic Journal, the Monthly, 15 



Microscopic Mounting, a Wet Method of 



Preparing Objects for, in 

 Microscopic Objectives, Apertures of, 



Theoretical Limit to, 209 

 Microscopic Organisms, 112 

 Microscopic Work for Aquarium, 119, 13C, 



J 37> 141 

 Microscopists, Congress of at Indianopohs, 



256 

 Microscopy, 14, 37, 63, 87, 112, 136, 160, 



183, 208, 231, 256, 276 

 " Midland Naturalist," the, 39 

 Midnight Songsters, 93, 118, 161, 166, 190, 



239 

 " Mighty Deep," the, 8r, 97, 142 

 Missel Thrush, and Song Thrush, 119 

 Mistletoe, the, 22 

 Mistletoe, Growth of on Apple, Pear.Thorn, 



and Willow Trees, 45 

 Mistletoe Berries, Experiment with, 139 

 Mites, How to Destroy, 17, 21, 47, 93, 214 

 Mites, White, 34 

 Moles at Work, 184, 189 

 Moth-trap, Vegetable, 259 

 Mounting, Machine for, 87 

 Mounting, Gold Size as a Varnish in, 276 

 Mounting, a Wet Process of, 160 

 Mounting Medium, a Good, 183 

 Mullein (VerbascumT kapsus), a Gigantic, 



213 

 Murray, Andrew, Memoir of the Lr te, 50 

 Musical Notes of Birds, 88 

 Mustard, 35, 190 



Nais osci/latoria, 10 

 Nais proboscidea, 10 



