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INDEX. 



Museums, on the defective state of our public 



ones, 14. 

 Musical ear, remark on, 571. 

 M^a batiiva, query respecting, 93. 

 M^a, from myo, to compress, 5J7. 

 National distinctions, 375. 



Natural history, agreeableness and facility of 

 the study of, 6. ; catalogue of works on, 466 ; 

 evidence of the antiquity of the study of, 6 ; 

 fondness of children for, 126; of France and 

 England compared, S85; in Germany, re- 

 marks on the present state of, by W. J., 409 ; 

 prize proposed in, S;82 ; remarks on the study 

 of, 370. 

 Naturalist, test of a good one, by J. Rennie, 



Esq., 369. 

 Natural system of plants, introductory view of, 



SO. 135. 

 Natural system of zoology, 97. to 108. 

 iVautilus, from naus, a ship, 28. 

 Neck of birds, mechanism of, by J. Rennie, Esq , 



372. 

 Neill, P., Esq. M.A. &c. &c., on a specimen of 



the Simia J&cchus, 18. 

 Neritina virginea, query respecting, 425. 

 Nightingale, the Virginian, 418. 

 N6tulae Botanicse, by G. A. Walker Amott, 



Esq., 240 ; continued, 339. 

 Nubia, natural history of, 72. 

 Nuthatch, on the manners of, by H. S., 328. 

 iVymphaeaceae, description of, 140. 

 Oak, fine one at Lord Cowper's, figured and de- 

 scribed, 38 ; at Lord Darnley's at Cobham,42. 

 Oak, spray of, figured and described, 243; rami- 

 fication of, 244 ; foliage of, 245 ; colouring of, 

 244; botanical characters of, 248. 

 Oaks, in groups, 40 ; as forming the line of a 

 distant forest, 40, 41 ; trunk and limbs qf, 41. 

 Ocellata, from ocellus, a little eye, 54. 

 Odolant's Precis de MiniSralogie, &c., 64. 

 Olives and olive-oil, found at Pompeii, 73. 

 Olive tree, value of, 235. 

 O^hrys apifera, 398. 

 Orchard oriole, 418. 

 O'rchis pyramidalis, remark on, by D. Stock, 



378. 

 Organic and inorganic matter, great difference 



between, 151. 

 Organisation, 312. 



Organisation of matter, spontaneous, 65. 370 j 

 of plants, query respecting, by E. K., 495 ; 

 origin of colour, 155 ; origin of light, 154. 

 Ornithological novelties from Mexico, 82. 

 Ornithology, description of the Linnean orders 

 of, 121 ; :new work on, 82 ; of Tuscany, 282 ; 

 splendid work on, 74 ; terminology used in, 

 123. 

 Orobdnche caryophyllacea, 398 ; minor, by D. 



Stock, 300, 

 Oural Mountains, visit to, 73. 

 Owhyhee, ascent and barometrical measurement 

 of a mountain in, communicated by Mr. 

 Menzies, 201. 

 Owls feed their young with fish, 179. 

 Owl, the Biscacho, or Coquimbo, 285. 

 Oysters, propagation of, 281. 

 Pae'cilus, from poikilos, spotted, 55. 

 Panicle explained, 429. 

 Panther, anecdotes of a tamed, by Jlrs. Bow- 



dich, 108. 

 Papaveraccae, description of, 140. 

 Parrots, Carolina, 49 ; query how to prevent 



their destroying seeds when first sown, 495. 

 Pas«£res, from passer, a sparrow, 121. 

 Patella, from patella, a little dish, 28. 

 Pearls in Goyaz, in Brazil, 391. 

 Pennant's arrangement of birds, 121. 

 Pentandria, class of, described, 433. 

 Perennial Calendar for various parts of Europe, 



86. 193. 292. 

 Pericarp, from the Greek, signifying around the 



seed, 233 ; described, 233. 

 Periodicals, list of the Botanical, 58. 163. 274. 



Pheasants, query on roaring, by Vectis, 301. 

 Pliiilips's Floral Emblems reviewed bv E., 350. 

 Philosophers, remarks on the French ones of 



the present age, 6(;. 

 Philosophical Magazine for May and June, 169 : 



July, S()3. 

 Philosophical Society of Southampton, 191. 

 Philosophic Institution of Newport, notice of. 

 190. • 



Phblas, from pholeo, to seek a hiding place, 25. 

 Physiology, competitors for the prize of, in 



France, 72. 

 Plc£B, from pica, a magpie, 121. 

 Pigeon, passenger, description of, 488. 

 Pine gros beak, 418. .' 

 Pinna, from pinna, a wing or feather, 30. 

 Pistil describetl, 232. 

 Pitcher plant figured and described, 80. 

 Plan6rbis nitidus, 426. 

 Plants near Bath, 392. 



Plants, affinities of, to birds and insects, bv Ed. 

 win Lees, 200 ; Dr. Martius's theory o'f the 

 structure of, 475; introductory view to the 

 natural system of, 30 ; on the Jussieuean, or 

 na'ural, system of, 135; rare ones near Edin- 

 burgh, 292 ; remarks on the true knowledge 

 of, 1 ; researches on the pollen of, 473. 

 Platyderus, from platys, broad, dere, a neck, 



55. 

 Plinian Society, 291 ; library of, 292. 

 Podophyllkceae, description of, 140. 

 Pogbmus, from pogon, a beard, 55. 

 Polembnium ca-nMeum, noticed, 83. 

 Pollen, described, 232. 

 Pollen of plants, researches on.the, 473. 

 Polygalea;, 334. 

 Polypi, coral, 487. 

 Popocatapetl mountain, ascent of, 284; crater 



of, 285. 

 Portsmouth Philosophic Society, origin of, 190; 



museum of, 190. 

 Preservation of hen's egg shells, accidental, 



492. 

 Preservation of natural history subjects, remark 



on, 469. 

 Preserving natural history specimens, answer ta 



queries on, 298. 

 Privet, 235. 



Prize proposed in natural history, 282. 

 Propagation of oysters, 281. 

 Proteus's Zeitschrift, &c., 64. 

 Puffins, remarks on, 394. 

 Pupa britannica, 426 ; muscbrum, 427. 

 Purple grakles, 47. 

 Purple martins, 49. 



Quercus, from quer, fine, cuex, tree, Celt., 248, 

 Quinary system, notice of, 81. 

 Raceme, explained, 429. 

 Radiated animals, 105. 

 Rafflfesirt Arn61d«, or Great Flower of Sumatra, 



figured and described, 67, 68. 

 Rain, extraordinary fall of, 384. 

 Rain-gauge, new one figured and described, 71. 

 /lanunculaceaD, description of, 137. 

 Ranunculus and tulip, on the difference of their 



respective rank in the vegetable creation, 1. 

 /Ranunculus bulb5sus, remark on, by D. S., 380. 

 Ramification of the oak, figured and described, 



244. 

 Ratisbon, natural history at, 476. 

 Ray, dinner in commemoration of, 408. 

 Ray's Toothed Gilthead figured, 277. 

 Receptacle described, 233. 

 Redi's experiments on the generation of insects, 



221. 

 Redoutd's Choix des plus belles fleurs, &c., 64. 

 Red Sea, cause of the colour of, 69. 

 Reichenbach's Icones Plantarum, &c., 64. 

 Rennie, J., Esq., A.M., on juvenile museums, 

 412 ; sketches of twenty-four American song 

 birds, 414; test of a good naturalist, 369; 

 technicalities of science, 369; food of the 

 humming-bird, 371. 

 Report of the Committee of the Portsmouth and 



