HA RD WICKE'S S CIENCE- G OSSIF. 



287 



l^ampreys, 262 



Lampreys, Food for, 182 



Landslip. The Naina Tal, 45 



Laniiis cxciiHtor, 65, 116 



Lapwings, iqi 



Lnrns atricilla, go 



Larnsjitricilln. v. Lams ridibimdits, 161, 



210 

 Larvje of Beetles, 141, i66 

 Larva:, Rearinsc Young, 115 

 La^crpitiuiit silcr, 50 

 Laughing Gull, go, 114 

 Lava Stream in Argyleshire, 218 

 Leaf-cutting Ant, A Now, go 

 Leckhampton Hill, Ramble on, 235, 262 

 Leech, The Common, 86 

 Leeches, How do they Breathe? 260 

 Lepidodendron, The, gg 

 Lepidopiera in the New Forest, 201 

 Lepidopterous Names, 117, 165 

 LeucojiDit vcrniitn, 50 

 Liassic Rocks of the Carlisle Basin, gi 

 Liberian Coftee, 115 

 Lightning, 68, 69 

 Limniea, 103 

 Liinna-a siagnalis, 11, 86 

 J.hnnavtiis cristatellus, 105 

 "" Lithologv of Gas Coals," 212 

 Liverpool Geological Society, 44 

 Local Floras of the United Services College, 



Westward Ho, 115 

 Local Names of Plants, 278 

 Lotus hispidiis. 25 

 Lucerne, Flora of, i 

 Lwiiiricus tcrrestris, 86 



Mactra stultoricin, 4 



Maggot Combat, 215 



Magpie Roosts, i65 



Malaxis paludosa, L., 26 



Malformation in Daisy, 277 



Marine Aquaria, my Experience of, 128 



Marine Happy Family, 58 



Marine Zoological Harvest, 4 



Marine Zoology and H.M.S. "Hydra," 



150 



Marine Zoophytes, A Week among the. 131 

 Mauritius and Great Britain, Naturalist's 



Notes in, 58, 82, 142 

 May-tly, 83 

 Mentha citrata, 25 

 JMentha rubra, 25 

 Mentha viridis, 25 

 Mcrcurialis pcrennis, 115 

 iMesozoic Animals in the Western Terri- 

 tories of America, 237 

 ^Meteor, a fine, 213 

 Meteoric Dust, 237 

 Meteoric Dust of the Sirocco, 154 

 Meteorological Observers, Hints to Local, 



227 

 Meteorology and Insects, 41 

 Mice, do they Kill Birds'? 47 

 Micro- Fungi Collecting, 97 

 " Micrographic Dictionary," 184, 256 

 Micronisus badius, 151 

 " Microscopic Journal," French, 256 

 Microscopic Structure of Devitritied Rocks, 



138 

 Microscopic Test for Poison, 208 



Microscopy, 16, 40,64,87, in, 135, 184, 

 208, 232, 256, 274 



Micro-slides, finishing, 16 



Migration of Birds at St. Leonards, 23s 



Mildew (Wheat) and Barberry Bushes, 267 



Mild Season, 47 



Milkwort Blooming Early, 189 



Milkwort, The, 260 



Mocking Bird, The, 208 



" Moss Flora,'' Braithwaite, 21, 138 



Mountain Ash, 'Variety of, 235, 262 



Mounting Diatoms, 17 



Mounting (Dry) for Opaque Objects, 112 



Mounting, Failure in, 112 



Mounting Starches, 88, 135, 160 



Mounting Vessels, &c., 184 



Mounting without Pressure, 64 



Mount Pilatus, 106 



Mouse, A Curious, 46, 94 



Muscides, 41 



]\Ius sylvaticus, 104 



Myiilus edulis, 150 



Naiadacecp, 11 ^ 



Naina Tal Landslip, 45 



Names of Plants, 20, 211 

 Narrow Escape of a Bird, 70 ' 



Natica tnonilifera, 4 



Natural History Clubs of London, 185 ! 

 Natural History, How Can we Popularise ? j 

 281 i 



Natural History in a Clay-Field, 10 

 Natural History in Winter, 83 \ 



Natural History Journal and School Re- 

 porter, 115 

 Natural History, Notes, 257 

 Natural History of Jersey, 224, 269 

 Natural History Transactions, 18 

 Naturalist's and Sportsman's Pocket-Book, 



Naturalist in Mauritius and Great Britain, 



82, 142 

 Nebria brevicollis, 10, 11 

 Neofius Malaiensis, 105 c 



Nepa cinerca, 1 1 

 Xcpeta Glcchoma, 26 

 Kepcta parvi flora, 26 

 Nesting of Swifts, 77 

 Nest ot Tree Creeper, 57 

 New Books, 62 



New Books, A Gossip about, 249 

 New Forest, A 'Visit to the, 200 

 New Guinea, A Naturalist's Exploration 



of, 31 

 New Rotifer, 40 

 Newts and Frogs, 11 

 Newts, British, 8g, 164 

 Newts near London, 155, 18S, 213 

 Nightingale, 'Virginian, 76, 210 

 Nitelld, 26 

 Nomenclature, 136 

 Norfolk Marshes, Collecting on, 261 

 North- American Plants, 8t 

 " Northern Microscopist," 64. i6g 

 Notes and Queries, 21, 43, 68, g2, 117, 140, 



187, 212, 237, 259, 279 

 Notes by a Naturalist in Mauritius and 



Great Britain, 58, 82, 142 

 Notices to Correspondents, 23, 47, 70, 93, 



117, no, 143, igi, 215, 239, 263, 283 

 Notiobhibcs biguttaiiis, 11 

 Notonecta glatica, 83 



Obituary, 42, gi, 236 



Objectives, Dulness in, 88 



CEcistes Janus, 112 



CEnantlie Jluvittile, 26 



(Enothcra biennis, 50 



Old Rod Sandstone and the Carboniferous 



Formation, 67 

 Olive, The, 58 

 Omnivorous Rat, 82 

 Ophioderpeton in Scotland, 44 ■ 

 Ophioco7!ia neglccta, 51 

 Oplirys apiftr.i, 45. g3, 115 

 Orange, The .Structure of. gS 

 Orchids, Catalogue of, 186 

 Orchids on the North Downs, 153, 1S6 

 Orchis Morio, 281 



Origin and Formation of Chalk Flints, 162 

 Origin and Structure of Volcanic Cones, 12 

 Ornithological Notes from Bournemouth, 



^94 



Ornithological Notes, g8 



Orobanche Hederce, 25 



Ortliagoriscns Mola, 175 



Owls, A Strange Flight of, 118, 166 



Owl, The Chestnut-winged, 1S3 



Owl, The "Devil Bird," 183 



Faliplus variegatus, 11 



Parakeets, 75 



Parasite of the Cat, 18 



Parasites and their Functions, 39 



Parasites on Flies, i8j 



Parasites on Hydra, 114, 135, 160 



Parasites on Hydra fusca, 184, 233 



Paroti.i sexpennis, 32 



Parrots, Can they reason? 22 



Parrots, Do they require Water? 263, 2S0 



Parrots, Food for, 222 



Parrots, Keeping, 212 



Pea-Green Moth, 184 



Pear- free in Blossom, 47 



Pear-Tree, History of, 253 



Pccten varius, 4 



Pedicularis sylvatica, 45 



Pekin Robin, 77 



Periderniium Pint, Chev., 162 



Peridcrtniuni Pini, 186 



Permian Rocks of the Carlisle Basin, 91 

 Petals, a degraded Form of Leaves, 161 



Phosphorescent Centipedes, 68 



Phryganca grandis, 11 



Physical History of the Cretaceous Flints, 



Physiological Unity of Plants and Animals, 



.136 

 Pigeons feeding on Turnip-roots, 142 

 Pin-ej'cd double Primrose, &c., 167 

 Piniarin, 201 

 Planorbis corneus, 86 

 Planorbis vortex, 86 

 Plant Lore, gg, 258, 277, 279 

 Plant Names, 20, 211 



Plant Remains at the base of the Denbigh- 

 shire Grits, 186 

 Plants and Animals, the Physiologlcil 



Unity of, 136 

 Plants, English, in Jamaica, 182 

 Plants, Gaelic Names of, 186 

 Plants, How to obtain Cuticles of, 182 

 Plants in Extinct Volcano, 277 

 Plants, Local Names, 278 

 Plants, North-.American, 8r 

 Plants, The extinction of Rare, 260 

 Pliocene (The Newer) period in England, 4 

 Poison, a Microscopic Test for, 208 

 Poison Glands in Frogs, 214 

 Poisonous Herbs, go, 142 

 Polecat, 214 

 Polemonium, igo 

 Polcmoniutn Crrruleum, 117 

 Polemonium, White, Igi 

 Polygala vulgaris, 152 

 Polygonatuin officinale, 25 

 Pond and Marine Life, A new Grapple, 39 

 Pond-Life. Apparatus for, 164 

 Ponds in Winter, 83 



Pond- Snail, 86 



Pond-Snads, 103 



Pond Weeds, 11 



Popularising Natural History, 231 



Potamogeton Zizii, 25 



Potato Disease and Aphides, 212 



Potentillafrigida, 50 



Poterium platylnbium, 2*^ 



Pre-Cambrian Rocks in the British Isles, 

 132 



Pre-historic Hackney, 1S7 



Pre-historic implements in and around 

 Allendale, g8 



Preserving Crustacea, 46 



Preserving fluid, 88, 118 



Primulas, Developed, 43 



Primula Scotica, 20, 66 



Primula vcris, 138 



Procellaria pelagica, 45 



Protective imitation by Colour in a Crus- 

 tacean, 58 



Pulex hirimdinis, 30 



Purpura Lapillits, 4 



Pyrethi-um alpinum, 50 



Pyrrhula vulgaris, 2g 



Pyrus commicnis. History of, 233 



Python, Voracity of a, 140 



Queen Wasps, 149, 238 



" Rabb'it, The Book of the," 209 



Rabenhorst, Abbreviations in, 277 



Rainbow. Strange appearance of, 140 



Ramble in search of Eggs, 28 



Ranatra linearis, 83 



Kanunculus acris, 189 



Ranunculus glacialis, 50 



Rare Moths, 260 



Rare Plants, The Extinction of, 201 



Rare Visitants, go 



Rat, the Black, 210 



Rats climbing Trees, 163 



Rat's Nest, 163, 184 



Razor-shell, 4 



Records in Rime of the Great Ice Age, 



'59 . . 

 Recreations in Fossil Botany, 79, 99, 123, 



179, 228, 271 

 Red Frog, 94 



Remarkable Tree, 260, 282 

 Reproductive Organs of Lepidodendroid 



Plants, 179. 

 Rhinoceros, Siberian, 67 

 Rhizopods, A Synopsis of the Freshwater, 



2o3 

 R liododendron ferrugineum , 50 



