HA R D WICKE ' S S CIENCE -GOSS IP. 



287 



Names, Scientific, Pronunciation of, 2, 25, 



145, 209, 277 

 Names, Specific, Dr. Sclater on, 234 

 Narwhal, the, 59 



Nasturtium officinale (Water-cress), 10 

 Natal, Flora of, 49 



Natterjack Toad on Barnes Common, 167 

 Natterjack Toad in Cheshire, 107 

 Natterjack Toad on Shores of the Solway 



Firth, 67, 141, 142 

 Natural History in the 17th Century, 225, 



244, 267 

 Natural History in Canada, Notes on, 222 

 Natural History in Ireland, Notes on, 214 

 Natural History Society, How to Start a, 



201 

 Nebular Theory, the, 69 

 Nematus, New Species of, 90 

 Nests of Birds in Signal-bell at Coventry, 



Nests of Birds, Curious Places for, 281 

 Nests of Birds, Remarkable, 142, 189 

 New Forest, Beeches, Hawthorns, Hollies, 



and Oaks in, 259 

 Nightingale, the, in Derbyshire, 137 

 North Devon, Geology of, 238 

 Notes and Queries, 21, 42, 67, 92, 117, 140, 



165, 189, 212, 236, 261, 279 

 Notes from West Kerry, 57 



Oak " Spangles," 95 



Object-glass, a New Immersion, 112 



Odontophore in Mollusca, the, 89 



Ophrys muscifera, 185 



Orca gladiator (Grampus), 61 



Orchis-hunting in Surrey, 163 



Orchis hircina, 278 



Organisms, Examination of Minute Living, 



184 

 Oreole, the Golden, Musical Note of, 88 

 Ornithological Essays, 100 

 Ornithological Instruments, 283 

 Ornithological Nomenclature, 189 

 Orobanche, Growth of on Begonia, 139 

 Orobanche major , 211 

 Orthose and Albite, Artificial, 117 

 Owen, Professor, on Influences affecting 



Organic Forms, 91 

 Oysters, Coloured, 37 



Painted Lady, the, 232 



Palseontographical Society, 24 



Palceospiza delta, 189 



Palms, Acclimatization of, 178 



Palms at Shanghai, 262 



Palm-tree, Roots of the, 237, 261, 283 



Papilio Machaon, Appearance of, 209 



Parasites, Fasting, 190 



Pastor, Rose-coloured, 16, 215 



Pasque Flower, Position of the, 139, 166 



Perisporiacei, 171 



Permian Fauna in North America, 236 



Petrel, Stormy, the, 23 



Pezopliaps solitaria, 41, 89 



Pigeons, Polygamy among, 67 



Pigs, Solid-hoofed, 114 



Pike, Holes in Head of, 17 



Pikermi Sewalik Deposits, 236 



Pinnularia, 128 



Pithecolobium saman, 91 



Phalangiidce, 113 



Phoctsna communis (Porpoise), 84 



Phosphorus in Salt Water, 239 



Physeter macrocephalus (Sperm Whale), 7 



Physostomum, the, 233 



Planorbis navtilieus (C/irista), 184 



Plant Chemistry, 18 



Plant Crystals, 63, 160 



Plant Crystals, How to Mount, 130 



Plant -hunting, at Bournemouth, j 1 



Plants, Anomalous Parts of, 19 



Plants, Flowerless, 259 



Plants, How to Dry, 187 



Plants, Dried, How to Preserve Colours, 

 235 



Plants, Development of, Specially Adapt- 

 ive Appliances in, 156 



Plants, Old Names of, 162 

 Plants, Rare, Destruction of, 161 

 Plants, Rare, New Localities for in 

 Cheshire, 186 



Pleopus nudicaudatus, 38 



Polygala calcarca, 91 

 Polygala vulgaris (Milkwort), 123 

 Polygamy among Pigeons, 67 

 Polypogon lit! 'oralis, 278 

 Polyzoa, Fossil, 247 

 " Pongo " the Berlin Gorilla, 17 

 Pony, Friendship of a, with a Goose, 238 

 Posting-box for Slides, 87 

 Potato Beetle, 1, 57, 118, 222 

 Precambrian Rocks in Caernarvonshire, 20 

 Primroses, Dried, Colours of, 165, 238 

 Primitive Man, His Times and Compan- 

 ions, 75, 98 

 Primula, hybrid, 19 



Proteus anguinus, Development of, 138 

 Prunus avium (Wild Cherry-tree), 40 

 Pterodactyle' montanus. 261 



Quartz in Lake District, 217, 241, 265 



Rabbit, Friendship of, with a Cat, 



282 

 Rabbits, Adopted by a Cat, 262 

 Rainfall, Inflnence of Trees on, 39 

 Rain-tree, the, 91 



Rallus aquaticus (Pied Water-rail), 64 

 Ranunculus arvensis, 190 

 Ranunculus bulbosus, Monstrosity in, 91 

 Ranunculus Ficaria, 82 

 Ranunculus Ficariceformis, 82, 141 

 Ranunculus repeus, 167, 239 

 Rats, Drowning of, by Swans, 45 

 Reptiles, Venomous, in Ireland, 42, 93 

 Reviews : 



Darwin on Forms of Flowers, 54 



The Antelope and Deer of America, by 

 Catton, 54 



Proteus, or Unity in Nature— C. B. 

 Radcliffe, 55 



Physiography, Prof. Huxley on, 55 



Origin of the World — Dr. Dawson, 55 



Accidents in Mines, 55 



Habirshaw's Catalogue of Diatomaceae, 



6 3 

 Flowers : their Origin, Shapes, Perfumes, 



and Colours — Taylor, 115, 21 1 

 History of Bible Plants — J. Smith, 115, 



162 

 Manual of Irish Geology — Kinahan, 117 

 Tropical Nature — A. Wallace, 254 

 West Yorkshire — J. W. Davies and F. 



Lees, 255 

 Physical System of the Universe— S. J. 



Skertchley, 255 

 Science Primer— Dr. McVicar, 255 

 Glanville's Wootton— C. W. Dale, 255 

 Murray's Handbook for England and 



Wales, 255 

 Botanical Note Book — E. M. Holmes, 



255 

 First Catechism of Botany— J. Gibbs, 



255 

 The Creation of Moses and Science in 



Harmony — A. Stewart, 256 

 Half-hours with the Stars — Proctor, 256 

 The House of Life— Mrs. Miller, 256 

 The Sight, and how to preserve it, 256 

 Nutrition in Health and Disease— J. H. 



Bennett, 256 

 Phosphates in Nutrition— N. F. Ander- 

 son, 256 

 English Folk-lore — Rev. T. T. Dyer, 



256 

 Science made easy— T. Twining, 258 

 Popular Science for October, 258 

 Clavis synoptica Hymenomycetunt Euro- 



p<zum—~Dx. Cooke and M. Quetet, 



259 

 The Herefordshire Pomona, 259 

 Rhododendron, Notes on the, 177 

 Rhytiphlcea tinctoria, 37 

 Robin's Eggs, 166, 190 

 Rocks, Perpendicular Holes in, 261 

 Rocks, Precambrian, in Caernarvonshire, 



20 

 Rotifer, Birth of a, 200 _ • 

 Rubiucere, Dimorphism in, 211 



Sagartia sphyrodeta, 16 

 St. Helena, Hemipterous Fauna of, 161 

 St. Ouen's Bay, Holiday Rambles in, 250 

 Salad Plants, Notes on, 9, 35, 193 



Salmon, Disease among, 138 



Sand-hills, Structure of, 29 



Sap-crystals, 88 



Saprolegniaferox, 138 



Saurians, Fossil, from the Cape, 212 



Saxicola (Enanthc, o.y2. 



" Science - Gossip " Botanical Exchange 



Club, Report of, 24, 73 

 " Science-Gossip " in the Provinces, 185 

 Sea Anemones, 45, 68, 191, 238, 262 

 Seagulls, Age of, 93 

 Seals and Whales of the British Seas, 7, 



26, 59, 84 

 Seal in a Trap, 258 

 Shanghai, Palms at, 262 

 Sheep, Malformation in, 167 

 Shells, Land and Freshwater of Tasmania, 



206 

 Shells, Opercula of, 215 

 Sigillaria, Fossil Fungus discovered 



under Bark of, 92 

 Silene injlata, Notes on, 210 

 Skins, Birds', How to Preserve, 142 

 Skins, Method of Preserving, 118, 277 

 Skull, Human, found in Colorado, 212 

 Slides, Cleaning of, 15, 63 

 Slides, Posting-box for, 87 

 Slips, Glass, Preservation of, 15 

 Slow-worm, Longevity of, 94 

 Slug, Carnivorous, 37, 92 

 Slug, the Predatory, 44 

 Slugs in Foxgloves, 23 

 Slugs, How to Preserve, 237 

 Smoke : Does it cause Blackness of St. 



Paul's? 170 

 Snakes, British, 42, 142 

 Snakes : Do they Eat Birds? 94 

 Snakes, How to Feed. 144 

 Societies, Proceedings, &c. of : — 



Dublin University Biological Associa- 

 tion, 16 



Leeds Naturalists', 16 



Cumberland Association of Literature 

 and Science, 20, 138 



Palseontographical, 24 



Metropolitan Scientific Association, 30 



Quekett Microscopical, 37, 160, 20S 



Watford Natural History, 39, 258 



Geologists' Association, 41 



East Kent Natural History, 63 



Chester Society of Natural History, 64 



St. Mary Lambeth Field, 64 



Liverpool Literary and Philosophical, 

 113 



Wellington College Natural History, 113 



Huddersfield Naturalists', 113 



Chichester and West Sussex Natural 

 History and Miscroscopical, 113 



" Science Gossip " Botanical Exchange, 



24. 73. Il6 > JI 9 . 

 Hackney Microscopical, 137, 283 

 Northampton Natural History, 138 

 St. Francisco Miscroscopical, 160 

 Manchester Science Association, 185 

 The Goole Scientific, 185 

 Liverpool Naturalists' Field Club, 185 

 Birmingham Philosophical, 185 

 British Association, 185 

 Norwich Geological, 212 

 Highbury Microscopical, 231 

 Liverpool Microscopical, 257 

 Norfolk and Norwich Naturalists', 258 

 Norwich Science-Gossip, 258 

 Liverpool Geological, 279 



Solatium Dulcamara, 18, 40, 93, 166, 215 



Solitaire, the, 41 



Somersetshire, Caves in, 42, 70 



Song Thrush and Missel Thiush, the, 119 



Sorrel, Derivation of Name, 215 



Sparrow-hawks and Windows, 142 



Spectral Phenomena, 45 



Spheraphides, 15 



Spider, the Harvestman, 79 



Spider, Instinct in the, 214, 281, 282 



Spider, Mode of Preserving, 95 



Sponges, Researches among, 37 



Sponges, Freshwater Fossil, 140 



Sponsa's Headquarters, 31, 64 



Spontaneous Generation, 15 



Star-fish, New Species of (Palasieri/ia 

 Kina/tani) 236 



Starlings and Sparrows' Eggs, 165 



Sticklebacks, Pugnacity of, 23, 95 



