GENERAL INDEX. 



081 



Haarlem, prize-questions proposed by the Aca- 

 demy of Sciences at ; 441 



Hcematococcus, fact relating to, 59 



Hamster, see Mus cricetus. 



Harpagodon maximus, H. Von Meyer, a new 

 fossil mammal, 588 



Hedenborg, M. intelligence of, 50 



Helix decollata reference to, 407 



Hemiscyllium, Muller and Henle, new genus of 

 cartilaginous fishes, 34 



Hemitrygon, Muller and Henle, new genus of 

 cartilaginous fishes, 90 



Heterocarpella geminata, fact relating to, 59 



Heterogenes, new order of birds, 315 



Heterotherium, 653 



Highgate, fossil resin of, 675 



Hirundo esculenta, mode of collecting the nests 

 of, 568 



Hoopoe, facts relating to its natural history, 594 



Hornbills see BuceridcE. 



Horns, fossil, found at Clacton, 163 



Hugel, Baron, information respecting his col- 

 lection, 50 



Hydrophobia occurring in foxes, 226 



Hyoscyamus, reference made to, 608 



Hyotherium, referred to, 586 



Hypericum humifusum, fact relating to, 377 



Hyperoodon honftoriensis, remarks upon, 221 



Hypolophus, Muller and Henle, new genus of 

 cartilaginous fishes, 90 



Hypsiprimnus, various species of the genus 

 noticed, 336 



Ianthina communis, new localities for, 21 



Ilford, fossil remains at, 540 



Infusoria, fossil, notice respecting, 338 



Inoceramus, valves volute in opposite directions 

 583 



Insectivora, dentition of described, 647 



Insects, geographical description of, 677 



Insects, gynandromorphous, remarks on, 393 ; 

 mentioned in Shakspeare, 562; Mr. West- 

 wood's classification of, reviewed, 627; pul- 

 monary orifice in, 516 



Instinct, instance of in a kitten, 514 



Isocardia, separation of the beaks of, 583 



Ivy, verses on, 632 



Jaws, fossil, see Didelphis 



Kangaroo, generative organs described, 185 



Kangaroo, existence of the allautois in, 94 



Kew bridge, fossil remains found at, 540 



Kitzbuhel, natural history of, 167 



Labiata, artificial arrangement of the genera, 

 608 



Lacerta, new species of, 92 



Laemargus, Muller and Henle, new genus of 

 cartilaginous fishes, 82 



Lagomys, fossil species of, 584 



Lagopus britannicus, varieties in the plumage 

 of, 525 



Lamiacece, see Labiaitcc 



Lamna, fossil teeth of in the crag, 43 



Lancashire, ornithology of the north of, 426 524 



Lancelet, see Amphioxus lanceolatus. 



Larus Islandicus captured in Ayrshire, 18 



Lasiopyga, remarks upon, 324 



Lemna, elongated crystals in the roots of, 172; 

 experiments upon, 176 



Lepidodendrons, remarks upon 5 



Leptocharias, Andr. Smith, new genus of carti- 

 laginous fishes, 36 



Leptocephalus Morrisii, specimen of captured 

 at Port Patrick, 20 



Leptocera, monograph upon, 468 



Lima, shape of the valves, 582 



Limnoria terebrans existing in Plymouth har- 

 bour, 206 



Limulus, fossil species found in the muschel- 

 kalk, 549 



Loxodon, Muller and Henle, new genus of car- 

 tilaginous fishes, 36 



Lutra, occurs fossil in the crag, 43 



Lutra poensis, (new species) noticed, 335 



Lycopodia remarks on, 5 



Lycopodium inundatum, remarks relating to, 

 617 



Lycopodium Selago, remarks relating to, 616 



Lyell, Mr., opinion respecting the fossils of the 

 crag, &c, 113 



Lythraceoe, remarks on the affinities of, 210 



Machtnosaurus Hugii, H. Von Meyer, noticed, 

 553 



Macrauchenia, notice of, 289 



Magilus, observation upon, 407 



Malleus, shape of the valves, 582 



Mammal, term preferable to ' mammifere,' 155 



Mammalia of the crag, 40 ; occurrence of in the 

 crag, 224 ; fossil in South America, 291 ; fos- 

 sil in the valley of the Thames, 539; fossil 

 remains of in the Portland stone, 553 



Manatus, fossil species of, 687 



Manganese, existence of in various plants, 175 



Man, position of in the animal kingdom, 414 ; 

 influence of in effecting zoological changes, 65 



Marmot, singular fact respecting its hyberna- 

 tion, 568 



Marsupialia term more correct than Marsupia- 

 ta, 156 ; physiological condition of the ovum, 

 190 



Marsupials, uteri of desci-ibed, 185 



Mastodon, occurrence of in the crag and faluns 

 of the Loire, 114 ; remains of at Buchberg, — 

 584 



M. a?igustidens found at Kapfnaden 685 



M. luricense, found at Elgg, 585 



Mastodonsaurus, peculiar* structure of the teeth 

 described, 560 



Medal, Royal, lapse of, 159 



Megalochelys, reference made to, 588 



Megalosaurus, referred to, 639 



Megapodius, affinities of, 257 



Menura, affinities of, 257 



Merganser, red-breasted, shot near Southport, 

 333 



Mergula melanoleucos, captured at Witliam, 53 



Mergus albcllus, specimen obtained at Preston, 

 331; plumage of the female, 395, 398, 451 



Merops apiaster captured in Britain, 18 



Meteors observed at Gratz, 120 



Microscopes, improvements in, 345 



Microtherium Bengen H. Von Meyer, new fos- 

 sil mammal, 516 



Minnows not met with north of the Perth, 348 



Molasse, fossil remains of, 584 



Molluscs, lamellibranchiate conchiferous, 578 ; 

 testaceous, physiological experiments on, 63 



Monassos, Aristotle's description of, 244 



Moritz, M. intelligence of, 50 



Morris, Rev. F. O., letter from to the editor 110 



Muller, Professor, portrait of noticed, 160 



Murex trunculus, experiments upon, 64 



Murray, Dr. Alex, death of noticed, 160 



Mus cricetus, Linn., damage occasioned by, 67 



Muscicapa atricapilla, remarks relating to, 634 

 leucocilla, remarks upon, 497, 499 



Mustela, remarks on the North American spe- 

 cies of, 37 



Myastropha, referred to, 579 



Myliobatis, fossil teeth of in the crag, 43 



Myrmeleonformicarium, notes on the natural 

 history of, 601 



Myrmica, new species of described, 626 



Mytilus, growth of its valves, 581 



Naja, new species of, 92 



Nasalis, remarks upon, 324 



Necrophorus humator, use of its antenna;, 394 



Nemertes Borlasii, Cuv. taken at Port Patrick, 

 21 



Nitzsch, Professor, death of, 50 



Nomenclature, observations upon, by Mr. Ogil- 

 by 150, 275, 492; by Mr. Strickland, 198, 



