568 



fiENERAL INDEX. 



wentwater, q. 



answer, 279. Lobster- 



like insect attacking the leg of a housefly, 

 q. 94 ; answer, 283, 284. 479. Louse, its origin 

 on the cleanest of children's heads, q. 477. 

 Luminosity of the sea, q. iv. 284 : answer, 

 i. 54. 56. 304, iii. 308, iv. 284. 500. 505. 

 ; Man-of-war, Portuguese, q. 96; answer, 96. 

 282. 475. Marine globular substance, q. 383. 

 Melita;*a Euphr6syne and Selfene, are they 

 single or double brooded, q. 478 ; answ., 558. 

 Meteorology, retrospective, q. 480. Meze- 

 reon (D&phne Mexereum), has it a calyx or 

 corolla ? q. 188 ; answer, 558. Mineral sub- 

 stance, black, found in clay, q. 191. Monthly 

 Guide for young Naturalists, q. iii. 468 j 

 answer, iv. 94. Moorhens persecuted by 

 partridges, 91. Morgan's, Mr., worms, q. iii. 

 476 ; answer, iii. 51. 452, iv. 94, 95. 284. 

 Necr6phorus germ&nicus, q. 187 ; answer, 188. 

 Nidus on a rush, ii. 104, iii. 458 ; answer, ii. 



303. 405, iv. 94. Nuthatch, a mason bird, 

 q. 465. Nuthatch, a migratory bird, at Bed- 

 ford, q. 275 ; answer, 4(i5. 



Olorina and Typha latifblia, identity of, 

 q. 189. 



Partridges, their animosity to moorhens, 

 q. 91. Physiology, vegetable, the best work 

 on, q. 96 ; answer, 96. Picus minor, q. 

 iv. 187 ; answer, iv. 187, iii. 475. Pigeon, 

 tumbler, whirls of, q. 473 ; answer, 557. 

 Pipe for blowing eggs, 145 ; q. 474. Plants, 

 poisonous, the botanical characters of, q. 

 188 ; partly answered, 383. Plants, varied 

 effect of frost upon, q. 480. Poisonous 

 plants, the botanic characters of, q. 188; 

 answer, 383. Poly6mmatus Arglolus, azure 

 blue butterfly, is it single or double 

 brooded ? q. 477 ; answer, 558. Portuguese 

 man-of-war, q. 96 ; answer, 96. 282. 475. 

 Potato-stone in the Mendip Hills, q. 190 j 

 answer, 383. 



Rooks detecting grubs, q. 92 ; answer, 280. 

 Rot in sheep, 173, q. 284 ; answer, 472. 



Sale and exchange of specimens in natural 

 history, q. iii. 185. 470, iv. 178 ; answer, 470. 

 Sea and sea-water, luminosity of, and ani- 

 malcules in, q. iv. 284; answer, i. 54. 56. 



304, iii. 308, iv. 284. 500. 505. Sheep, rot in, 

 173, q. 284; answer, 472. Sheldrake, the 

 habits of, q. 474. Snakes taking the water, 

 q. and answer, i. 397, ii. 450, iv. 279, 280. 

 474. Snakes, trade in, the object of, q. 279 ; 

 answer, 471. Spring, comparative indica- 

 tions of, q. 192. Spynie, loch of, uncom- 

 mon plant in, q. 188. Stone, the potato, of 

 the Mendip Hills, q. 190; answer, 383. 

 Stuffing birds, what work on is best and 

 cheapest, q. 473. Substance, marine globu- 

 lar, q. 383. Swans, their affection for Olo- 

 rina, q. 189. Sycamore, caterpillar infest- 

 ing, q. 93 ; answer, 284. 



Tapeworm, origin of in man and animals, and 

 how it propagates its species, q. 477. Touch- 

 wood, luminousness of, q. 189. Tree creeper, 

 €^rthia famili&ris, migratory or not, q. 473. 

 Trilobite, a species of, q. 287. T^pha lati- 

 fblia and Olorina {Leslie), identity of, 

 q. 189. Tj^pha latifolia, its eligibility for 

 the haunts of swans, q. 189. 

 Water-beetle, iii. 148, q. iv. 476. Weather, on 

 the, q. ii. 177 ; answer, iii. 486 : q. iii. 487 ; 

 answer, iv. 191. Whirls of tne tumbler 

 pigeon, q. 473 ; answer, 557. Windy night, 

 atmosphere never dark on a, why, q. 288. 

 Woodpecker, lesser spotted, iv. q. 187 ; an- 

 swer, iv. 187, iii. 475. Worms, intestinal, 

 their origin in man and other animals, 

 q. 477. 

 Zoology, how to pursue, q. 86; answer, 86. 



Rain, the monthly fall of, in different places, 248. 



Raining trees, 32. 



Rats, the domestic cat plunging into water for, 

 430. 



Redstart (Salvia Phoeniciirus), unusual appear- 

 ance of, 431. 



Redwing, notice on the, 270. 



Remarks on the spring of 1829 and 1890, 35. " 

 Renfrew and its neighbourhood, birds in, in 



1831, 269. 

 Rennie's edition of Montagu's Ornithological 



Dictionary, 422; Waterton's remarks on, 516. 

 Rennie, J. Esq., his appointment to the oflice of 



Professor of Natural Philosophy in King's 



College, London, 69. 

 Retrospective Criticism, 76. 183, 272. 581, 455. 



55G. 



Adages on the weather, 264, 469. ^tites, or 

 eagle-stone, iii. 484, iv. 194. 468. Agro- 

 nome's article on the explosion of Stobs's 

 powder-mill, iii. 507, iv. 47. 81. 55&. Ame- 

 rica, North, T. W.'s original letters on, iii. 

 489, iv. 77. 108. 289. ^Jnagallis arvensis and 

 cserOlea, specific relations of, iii. 537, iv. 79. 

 277, 278. 466. 559. Animals, typical form, 

 ation of all, i. 97. 309, ii. 128, iv. 82. ^p6- 

 cynum androseemifblium, its manner of 

 entrapping flies, 190. 422. A Purchaser of 

 Stephens's Illustrations of British Entotno- 

 logy, remarks by, 460 ; remarks in reply to, 

 498. 



Bee, secretion of wax by the hive, 51. 185, 

 276. Bczoars, constituents of, 285. 287. 383. 

 Birds forsaking their nests, i. 376. 496, ii. 

 1 13, i V, 83. Birds of Renfrew and its neigh- 

 bourhood, 269. 464. Birds, new mode of ex- 

 amining, 145. 381. 450. 464. Bittern, habits 

 of, i. 495, iii. 423. 464. Britain, increasing 

 taste for natural history in, 776. 335. in the 

 note; natural productions indigenous to, 1. 

 273. 467. British snipes, ii. 143, iii. 27, iv. 78. 

 British willow wrens, iii. 618, iv. 78. 



Calendar of Nature in England (J. O. Ta- 

 tem's) for 1830, 168. 383. 469. Cassida, on 

 the metamorphoses of, iii. 523, iv. 85. Con- 

 troversy in the fourth volume of this 

 Magazine, 97. 199. 206. 211. 303. 316. 319. 

 455, 456. 481. 487, 488 ; uses of controversy, 

 481. 486. Cuckoo and the swift, departure 

 of, iii. 154. 450, iv. 172. 184. 275. 466. Cuckoo 

 at the " witching hour of night," 147. 466. 

 Curculios, two, iii. 477. iv. 85. Cypdrus 

 f6scus, a British plant, 65. 186. 



Davis, Mr., his remarks on the mode in which 

 Stephens's Illustrations of British Ento- 

 •mology have been published, 303; criti- 

 cised, 459 ; confirmed, 460 ; replied to bv 

 Mr. Stephens, 488 ; by Mr. Davis, 557. De'- 

 cline of science in the present day, 97. ^5. 

 484. Disseminating exotic plants, on, i. 378, 

 ii. 400, iii. 460, iv. 86. 439. 441, 442. 



Eagle-stone, or ./Etites, iii. 484, iv. 190. 468, 

 Editor's duty, 76. 



Flora of Richmond, Yorkshire, as compared 

 with that of Thirsk, Yorkshire, 24. 276. 467. 



Geological relations of plants, iii. 410, iv. 460. 

 Glossarial Index, iii. 569, iv. 76. Goatsucker, 

 or nightjar, pectinated claw of, iii. 30. 188. 

 296. 449. iv. 275. 425. 



Hares takmg the water, 143. 274. 382. 463. 464. 

 Hedgehog, auditory aperture in the skull 

 of the, 13. 382. 



Increasing taste in Britain for natural his- 

 tory, 76. 335. in the note. Introductory 

 papers on the branches of Natural History, 

 promised in early numbers, discontinued 

 subsequently; the discontinuation criticised, 

 iv. 183 ; the cause assigned, iv. 183. 



Kilkenny meteorological journal, ii. 97, iv. 

 469. Kingfisher, habits of, i. 23, ii. 206. 

 457, iii. 175. 448, iv. 82. 267. 275. 450. 



Magazine of Natural History, i. ii. and iii., its 

 office, merits and demerits, iv. 76. Manage- 

 ment of the Magazine. Articles to be con- 

 tinued, i. 147. 153. 242. 248, iv. 456; an- 

 swered, 457 ; introductory papers promised 

 in some early numbers, reason why they 

 have not been inserted given, 79, 183. Mis- 

 sel thrush singing on the wing, 183. 274 ; 

 song of, iii. 193, 473, iv. 183. 274. Molluscous 

 animals, G. J.'s letters on, ii. 22. 148, iii. 

 39. 249.335. 525, iv. 79. 351. 523. Monography, 

 the great utility of, ii. 143, iv. 78. in note. 



