GENERAL INDEX. 



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New mode of examining birds, 145. 381. 450. 

 464. Number xvi. iii. 489., remarks on, 

 iv. 76. Nuthatch in the neighbourhood of 

 Bedford, 171. 275. 465. 

 Peltry, scientific, 331. 484. Periodical publi- 

 cations, iii. 297. 549. in note, iv. 273. 457. 

 556. Pimpernel, red and blue, specific re- 

 lations of, iii. 537, iv. 79. 277, 278. 466. 557. 

 Plants, dried ones, not to be bought in 

 London, 178; yes, they are, 382; botanical 

 characters of poisonous ones, 188. 383. 

 Potato-stone of the Mendip Hills, 190, 383. 

 Pter6sticlms parumpunctktus, iiL 51. 477, iv. 

 85. Pyrenees, Ainsworth's notes on the, iii. 

 496 ; corrections to, iv. 81. 

 Rainbow, singular appearance of, iii. 544, iv. 

 79. Renfrew and its neighbourhood, birds 

 of, 269. 464. Robin's, the, or Redbreast's, 

 forsaking its eggs after they have been 

 touched by man, i. 376. in the note, 496, ii. 

 113, iv. 465. 

 Sandstone of the Isle of Sheppey, 137. 383. 

 Science, its decline in the present day, 97. 

 335. 484. Shadow, double, (optical phe- 

 nomenon) ii. 108. 488, iii. 468, iv, 86. Snakes 

 taking the water, i. 397, iii. 450, iv. 82. 147. 

 279. 280. 474. 559. Snipe's beak, iii. 29. 449, 

 iv. 383. Spiders, aerial, on their powers and 

 mode of flight, i. 157. 304. 320, ii. 116. 299. 

 396, iii. 147. 189. 456, 457, iv. 83, 84. 186. 

 Stephens's Illustrations of British Entomo- 

 logy/, Mr. Davis's remarks on the mode of 

 publishing, 303 ; criticised, 459 ; confirmed, 

 460; replied to by Mr. Stephens, 488 ; by 

 Mr. Davis, 555. Sticklebacks, iii. 521, iv. 

 78, 79. Stobs's powder mill, Agronome's 

 article on, iii. 507 ; criticised, iv. 77. 81 ; 

 reply by Agronome, 556. Strutt's S^lva 

 Britdnnica reviewed, iii. 546 ; the review 

 of Williams's matchless woodcuts in that 

 review, noticed, iv, 80. Swainson's Zoologi. 

 cal Illustrations, iii. 549, iv. 272. 459. in the 

 note, 554. Swallows, migration and breed- 

 * ing of, iii. 194, 474, iv. 38. 185. 275. 520. 

 Swift, and the cuckoo, departure of, iii. 154. 

 450, iv, 172, 184. 275. 466. 

 Tatem's journal of the weather at High 

 Wycombe, Bucks, for 1830, 168. 383. 469. 

 " Trunk," the term in entomology, i.227, 

 iii. 458, iv. 85. 186. T.W.'s " Original Let- 

 ters " on North America, iii. 489, iv. 77. 108. 

 289. 

 Vignette for titlepage, i. 94. 301, iii. 89, iv. 76. 

 Winter of 1829-30, Rev. L. Jenyns's remarks 

 on, iii. 538, iv. 79 ; similar to the same win- 

 ter in Ireland, 453. 

 Reviews, 39. 251. 380. 421. 

 Richmond and Thirsk, Yorkshire, Floras of, 24 



criticism on, 276. *67. 

 Rivers produced by forests and plants, 33. 

 .Robin, habits and manners and song of, 118. 

 410 ; forsakes not its eggs after they have been 

 touched by man, 465. 

 Rook (C6rvus praedatbrius Rennie), 424. 

 Rose of Jericho (Anastatica hierochuntina), 



mechanism of, 32. 

 Rough notes of a tour in Westmoreland and 



Cumberland, 297. 

 i?tibus filijefblius found in Ross-shire, 166. 

 Russian natural history expedition in Brazil, 394. 

 Sap, new theory of the ascent of, 541. 

 Sandstone of the Isle of Sheppey, 383. 

 Sarracfenm adunca, and other species of, water 



secreted by, 32. 

 Saturnia Pavbnia minor, in Devonshire, 446. 

 Scarcity of game, cause of, 180. 

 Science, its decline in the present day, 97. 335. 



484; on the study of, 8. 41, in the note. 

 Sc61ytus destrfictor {auctorum, S. insons Denson 

 MSS.), never a destroyer of healthy trees, 152. 

 Scotland, calendar of nature for, in October and 

 November, 1830, 74 ; in December, 1830, 175 ; 

 in January, 1831, 176; in February, 270; in 

 March, 271 ; in April, 378 ; in May, 378 ; in 

 June, 453; in July, 453 ; in August and Sep- 

 tember, 553. 



Vol. IV. — No. 22. 



Scotland, natural history in, 166. 



Sea, land birds met with at, 145. 



Sea, luminosity of the, 500. 505. 



Sea, shrimps and M^ses scavengers in the, 258. 



Sea, Sphinx A'tropos (death's-head moth), met 

 with far at, 436. 



Sea weeds, British, 57. 



Seal-catching in the Shetland isles, 195. 



Sedge warbler sings at night, 466. 



Sensibility of vegetables, 134. 



Sepia, a liquid from the A'autilus, forms Indian 

 ink, 138. 



Shakspeare, the allusions in his writings to ob- 

 jects of natural history, 425 ; an identification 

 of these with the species of naturalists desir- 

 able, 425. 



Shells, a list of species from the Cape and Mau- 

 ritius, 470. 



Sheppey, isle of, fossil iVautilus found in, 137 ; 

 sandstone of, 383. 



Shetland and Orkney, ornithological visit to, in 

 1828, 193. 



Shrikes, habits and nidification of the British 

 species, 341. 



Skeletons of small fishes, a mode of obtaining, 

 433. 



Slugs, a species of mite parasitic on, 538. 



Snakes charming or fascinating their prey, ex- 

 plained, 280. 



Snake (Culuber constrictor), its heart beat for 

 several minutes after being detachedjfrom the 

 body, 294 ; adder's heart did also, 268. 



Snakes taking the water, i. 397, iii. 450. 510, 

 iv. 82. 147. 279, 280. 474. 557 ; water ones, ac 

 counted for, 148. 



Snipe's beak, remarks on, 383. 



Soils and plants, their mutual relation, 27. 460. 



Solitary thrush, 213. 



Song birds, British, some account of, 118. 412. 



Spaniel bitch, a fawn and a kitten suckled by, 

 142. 



Sparrows, notice on, 428. 



Sphinx A'tropos (the death's-head moth), met 

 with far at sea, 436. 



Spider, on a beautiful nidus of, and a hymenop- 

 terous parasite found within it, 236. 



Spider of Solomon, 151; spider's web, 151; 

 water spider, 151. 



Spigfeli« marilandica, native situation, and style 

 of growth. 111. 



Spring of 1829 and that of 1830 compared, 35. 



Stage-coach, insects captured on the top of, 265. 



Statements in the Gardens and Menagerie qf 

 the Zoological Society delineated, proved, 

 199. 



Stems, dead and dry, of umbelliferous and other 

 herbaceous plants, useful application of, 443. 



Stephens's Illustrations of British Entomology, 

 Mr. Davis's remarks on the recent mode of 

 publishing, 303 ; remarks by others, 459, 460; 

 Mr. Stephens's reply to, 488. 



Stoat and the swallow, 146. 



Stomach of a cow, ball of hair found in, 117. 



Stool dug out of peat bogs in Ireland, 544. 



Stork (.4'rdea Ciconia) shot near Mildenhall, 344. 



Structure and functions of animals and vege- 

 tables, analogy in, 585. 



Structure, unusual, of cervical vertebrae, 513. 



Succulent plants, mention of, 32. 



Suffolk, birds in, 163. 440, 450 ; Jnembne ranun- 

 culO'ides found in, 450 ; calendar of nature for 

 Bungay in, 173. 



Sussex, large whale found in the Channel near 

 Brighton, 163. 



Swainson's defence of certain French naturalists, 

 97. 316. 456. 481 ; note from Mr. Swainson, 

 456 ; his final reply to Mr. Vigors, 481 ; Swain- 

 son's Zoological Illustrations, 55i. 



Swallow and the stoat, 146, 



Swallows, early appearance of, in Yorkshire, 71 ; 

 in Devonshire, 445 ; late appearance of, 431, 



Swallows, martens, swifts, habits of, 58. 520. 



Swift, on the, 184; its late appearance, 431, 



Swifts, martens, swallows, habits of, 38. 520. 



System, Rennie's remarks on, 426. 



Tapir, Indian, discovery of, 101, 201, 



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