288 



HARDWICKE' S SCIENCE-GOSSIP. 



Rhododendron hirsiitiim, 50 

 Rorqual, the Lesser, 234 

 Roses, A Chapter on, 128 

 Rotifer, A New, 40 

 Rustic Botany, 195 



St. GoTHARD TlNNEL, 116 



Saffron Finch, 77 



Sagina nivalis, 25 



Salicornia hcrluicfa, 255 



Salsola Kali, 265 



Savibiiciis laciniiita, 26 



Sandhills, Geological Lessons among the, 

 198 



Sandpiper, The, 29 



Sandstones and Grits, 44 



Saxifraga hryoidcs, 50 



Saxifraga muscouies, 50 



Scent of the Hare, 82 



" SciENCE-Gossif," Botanical Exchange 

 Club Report for 1880, 25 



Science in the Provinces, 98, 257, 275 



Science Teaching, 275 



Scientific Discussion, 44 



"Scientific Roll, The,'' i85 



Scirpus carinatiis, 25 



Scotch Primrose, 90 



Sea-beaches on Hillsides, 139 



Sea Lions, 42, 65 



" Seals and Whales of the British Seas," 

 Southwell, 137 



Sedjim Ang'icnyn, 255 



Selachc maxitna, 42 



Seseli lihanotis, 50 



Severe Weather in North Hants, 92 



Sex and Odour, Object of in Flowers, iS5 



Sheet Lightning, 46, 118, 167 



Shells, Ran es of Land, 137 



Shore-haunting Fishes, no, 145, 172 



Shore Lark, 94 



Shrimp, Freshwater, 85 



Siberian Rhinoceros, 67 



Sigilla7-ia, 123 



Silcne acaulis. 50 



Silver Sword Plant, 258 



Skeleton Wtieel-bearer, 112, 160, 1S4 



Skylarks, Di^appearance of, 141 



Skylarks in Scotland, 92 



Skylarks, Scarcity of, 93, 141, 2S2 



Skylark Singing, 103 



Slow-worm, 94 



Slow-worm Casting its Slough, 165 



Snails, Edible, 214 



Snails, Singular Position of, 262 



Snakes, How they Cast their Slough, 115, 

 165, 190 



Snow Storm audits Geological Lessons, 67 



Societies : — Proceedings, &c. 



Beverley Field Naturalists' Societj', 235 

 Botanical Exchange Club, 236 

 Bristol Naturalists' Society, 235 

 British Association, 185 

 British Bee Keepers' Association, 233 

 Cirencester Microscopical and Natural 



History Society, 185 

 Croydon Microscopical and Natural His- 

 tory Club, 2:55 

 Dover Field Club and Natural History 



Society, 276 

 Eastbourne Natural History Society, 99 

 Epping Forest and Essex Naturalists' 



Field Club, 99, 209 

 Geologists' Association, 67, 139, 211, 237 

 Glasgow Natural History Society, 98 

 Haggerstone Entomological Society, 257 

 Hertfordshire Natural History Society, 



'85 



Highbury Microscopical and Sc.entific 

 Society, 1S4 



Isle of Man Natural History and Anti- 

 quarian Society, 43, 99. 137 



Kent (East) Natural History Society, 

 112, 1S5 



Lambeth Field Club, 235, 277 



Liverpool G--ological Society, 21, 44, 233 



Liverpool Microscopical Society, 64, 115 



Liverpool Science Students' Association, 



115 

 London, Geological Society of, 139 



SociETiRs' PrOceehincs, &c. — continued. 

 London (South; Microscopical and Na- 

 tural History Club, 275 

 London Natural History Clubs, 185 

 Manchester Microscopical Society, 89 

 New South Wales, Royal Society of, 259 

 Norfolk and Norwich Naturalists' So- 

 ciety, 235 

 Northumberland, Durham, and New- 

 castle Natural History Society, 98 

 Norwich (geological Society, 162 

 Norwich Naturalists' Science Club, 231; 

 Norwich Science Gossip Club, 43, 275 

 Nottingham Literary and Philosophical 



Society, 257 

 Nottingham Naturalists' Society, 99 

 Ontario Entomological Society, 138 

 Penzance Natural History and Anti- 

 quarian Society, 235 

 Postal Microscopical Club, 40, 41 

 Quekett Microscopical Club, 40, 112, 233 

 Scarborough Scientific Society, 90 

 Shropshire Archaeological and Natural 



History Society, 99 

 Staftordshire (North) Naturalists' Field 



Club, 99 

 Tasmania, Royal Society of, 209 

 \\'hitby Field Naturalists' Club, 114 



Solt'ii ensis, 4, 255 



Solitaire, How to Identify the Bones of, 58 



Sound, the Velocity of in the Photophone, 

 46 



"Southern Drift of England and Wales," 

 Reade, 211 



Sparrow, English, 281 



Sparrow-Hawk, The Indian, 151 



Spergularia tnargiiinta, 26 



Spliinx Cotivoh'iili, 257, 258 



Spider, Query as to, 261 



Spider Robbed of its Pre}', 261 



Spilornis bacha, 106 



Sj-onge, The Structure and Life-History of 



a. 155. 193. 217 



Spring Clip Boards, 232 



Staining Vegetable Tissues not a jNIodern 

 Invention, 275 



Stamens with Double Functions, 25S 



Starches, to Mount, 88, 135 



Starlings and Sky-larks, 21, 70, 92, 141 



Statice aiiricula'folia, 255 



Siatice lifnotiium, 255 



Staticc reticulata (caspia), 255 



Stcriibcrgia, 2^2 



Stoats, 190 



Stone Quarry (Welsh), A Visit to 243 



Stormy Petrel, 45 



Stray Leaves on Trees, 213 



Structure and Life History of a Sponge, 

 155, 193. 217. 



Structure (Microscopic) of Devitrified 

 Rocks, 138 



Succineas, Notes on the, 152 



Summer of 1879 in the Staffordshire Moor- 

 lands and Churnet Basin, 99 



Siiceda/riiticosa, 255 



Suirde. viariiima, 255 



Sussex Clay, 117 



Swallows, Early, 140 



Swallows, Late, 277 



Swallow's Nest, an unusual site for, 214 



Swallows, The Domestic arrangements of, 

 263 



Swift, Nesting of the common, 77 



Swiss Alpine Flora, 1S5 



Swiss Botany, i, 49, 122, 202, 241 



Swiss Highlands, Botany in, 86, 241 



Swiss Plants, 90 



Synodadia, 98 



Syrtmim indrancc, 183 



Tadpole, The, 61 



Tadpoles, Do they Eat each other 'i 282 



Tameness of a Sparrow, 212 



Tapes pill las tra , 4 



Tea Adulterations and a new Process for 



the Extraction ol Caffeine and Theine, 



248 

 Teeth, The Crust on, 136, 160 

 Tenacity of Life, n8, 191 



Tenacity of Life in Freshwater Molluscs, 



23 

 Terat.jlogical Notes, 138 

 Thlaspi rotiindijlorum, 50 

 7'innintciilus alandariiis, 106 

 Terminal and subterminal Buds, 38 

 Teiicriujn luuntanKtn, 50 

 Teiicrium Scorodonia, 51 

 Tlialietrunt Kochii. 26 

 Thea Chinensis, 248 

 Toad, the Climbing powers of, 22, 6g 

 Tortoiseshell Butterfly, 147, 176 

 Trap-door Spiders, 68 

 Tree Creeper, 56 

 Tree Frogs, 262, 268, 2S0 

 Triassic Rocks of Cheshire, 99 

 Triassic Rocks of the Carlisle Basin, gi 

 Trichina in Pigs, 16 

 Trichodcctes sitbrostratus, 18 

 Trifoliiiin »!0?itanii7ii, 51 

 'J'rijoliuin rubrmn, 51 

 Triglochin maritiiiiuin, 255 

 Triglochitl palustre, 255 

 Trockiis zizyphinns, 4 

 Tropica! Vegetation, 99 

 Tryp/iaiia pronnba, 210 

 Tubes for conveying moist Specimens by 



post, 17 

 Tubularia, 150 

 Ttirbellaria, 161, 213 

 Turnstone, The, 2S2 

 Turritis glabra, 3, 20 



Upper Green.sands ano Cnt-ORiTiC 



Marl of the Isle of Wight, 117 

 Ursine Folk-lore, 14, 26 



J'anessa Urticee, 147, 176 



I'eronica alfiina, 50 



Vesuvius, Crater of, 13 



Vicia tetrasperina, 236 



Viola Ciirtisii, 26 



Viola mirabilis, 51 



Virginian Nightingale, 76, 210 



Vivarium, A New, 88, 112 



Volcanic Cones, The Origin and Structure 



of, 12 

 Volcano (Extinct), Plants in, 277 

 Volcano, The Oldest and Most Recent 



Lava Stream in Argyleshire, 218 



Wasp Preying on Larva, 22 

 Wasp's Nest, A Curious, 190 

 Wasps, Queen, 149 



Wasps, Scarcity of, 214, 234, 230, 262, 2S2 

 Water Boatmen, 11 

 Water Bugs, 83 



Water-hen Simulating Death, 47 

 Water-mite, A New, 269 

 Water-plantain, ii 

 Water-scorpion, n 

 Wax Cells, 208 



Weasel or Stoat? 113, J42, t66 

 Weather and the Birds, 118 

 Weather of 1880, 114 

 Welsh Stone-Quarry, a Visit to, 243 

 West- Kerry, Notes from, 175 

 Wheat-Mildew and Barberry Bushes, 267 

 White Geranium, 81, 118 

 AVhitethroat in December, 70 

 White Zinc Cement. 209 

 Wild Birds Protection Act, 89 

 Wilmington Priory and Church, 99 

 Winter, Natural History in, 83 

 Worms, How they Turn in their Burrows, 

 276 



Vei.low Archangel, 23 



York and Neighbourhood, the Geology of, 



i6g 

 York IMuseum, 67 



Zebra Finch, 77 



Zoology, 17, 41, 65, 8q, 114. 136, 184, 209, 



234, 256, 275 

 Zoophyte Trough, New, in, 135, 160 

 Zoophytes, A Week among the Marine, 131 

 Zooph>tes, to Preserve, 136 

 Zostera inarina, 25 



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