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GENERAL INDEX. 



Grebes, food of the larger, 733. 



Greenfinch, the, possesses imitative powers of 

 song, 653. 



Grosbeak. See Hawfinch, 



Groundsel, a variety of the common, Senfecio 

 vulgaris, described and figured, 87. 



Guinea fowl, a note on the, 383. 



Habitats of wild plants, . changes in the, 196. 

 197. 



Hare, a gigantic female, 276 ; on hares taking 



. the water, 77. 99. 100. 293; on domesticating 

 and promoting the propagation of hares in a 

 domestic state, 382. 



Harebells, the, of Scotland, are the flowers of 

 Sc'Ala niltans, 493. 



Hatching. See Eggs and Incubation, 



Hawfinch, interesting facts on, 582. 735. 



Health, human, meteorologically influenced, 

 350. 



Hedgehog, auditory organs of, 297. 



Heron, common, its skill in fishing, 57. 192. 



Herring and pilchard distinguished, 59. 



Hogs eat, and thrive on, the poisonous roots 

 of cassava, Janipha Mdnihot, 472. 



Horse, caprice of appetite in a, 714. See also 

 Luminous appearance. 



Housefly, the, is subject to the parasitic Ch^lifer 

 cancroldes, 754. 



Humming in the air, 110. 205, 301. 686. 



Humming-birds, facts and opinions on, 473. 

 475 ; some habits of the green humming-bird, 

 675. 



Hydrbbius lateralis, not a British insect, 86. 556. 



Ichneumon, individuals of, probably of/. globJl- 

 tus i., contained in a ball, 495; of a species 

 of Pimpla hatched in the body of a pupa of 

 Lasiocampa qu^rcus, 748. 



/chneum6nid£e, their effectiveness in checking 

 the superabundant increase of certain insects, 

 85. 105, 301. 495. See Microg^ster. 



Ichthyosaurus found in a stone quarry near 

 Stratford upon Avon, 549. 



Illustrations in British zoology. See Zoology, 



Imber shot in the river Teign, 284. 



Incubation, Mr. Waterton's remarks on, in re- 

 ference to those of Mr. Rennie, 142. See also 

 Crow, 



Insects, additions to the list of British species, 

 327; figures and descriptions of remarkable 

 forms in entomology, 318. 327. 591 ; the gene- 

 ric characters of the European dipterous in- 

 sects, translated from Meigen's Sy'stematische 

 Beschreibung, and illustrated bv figures, 156. 

 162; a mode of preserving inlects without 

 eviscerating them enquired for, 495; Mr. 

 Waterton's modes and means of preserving 

 insects for cabinets, 683 ; criticisms on,it, 746 ; 

 insects captured in 1831 by Mr. Davis, 245 ; 

 by Mr. Dale in 1831, 249 ; Agbnum fiilgens 

 Davis described, 247 ; parasitic Pter6mali 

 prey on Musca larvarum, while both are in 

 the body of A'rctia Cdja, 252 i Agbnum ful- 

 gens Davis, described, 247 ; insects observed 

 about Whitehaven, in April, 1832, 561 ; aqua- 

 tic coleopterous insects taken in one hundred 

 yards' length in the Hebden watercourse, 

 Yorkshire, 555 ; on the claims of certain lepi- 

 dopterous species of insects to be deemed na- 

 tive to En gland, 149; in insect transformation, 

 the tail of the larva (caterpillar) does not be- 

 come the head of the imago (butterfly), 206. 

 398. 399. 684. 6^.6 ; insect monstrosities, 395 ; 

 transformation of the dragon fly, 517 ; Li- 

 menltis Camflla, and a singular variety of it, 

 figured and described, 667 ; a work on the 

 British species of insects wanted, 686. 747. 

 767 ; the dragon fly devours .small fishes, 519 ; 

 as does a species of water beetle, 668 ; the in- 

 sects in Jamaica which are either trouble- 

 some or injurious, 479. 



Ireland, natural history in, 576; in various 

 counties, 576 ; in the county of Donegal, 578 ; 

 on reptiles in Ireland, 104. 494 ; Fris tuberi)sa 

 indigenous to Ireland, 197. 200. 



i^ris p^rsica, remarks on the odour of its flowers, 

 759. 



iVis tuberbsa L. indigenous to Ireland, 197. 

 200 ; and to England, 201. 



Jamaica, insects in, which are either trouble- 

 some or injurious, 479; various notices of 

 objects in natural history appertaining to Ja- 

 maica, 470. 



Journal of a Naturalist, an extraordinary state- 

 ment in it confirmed, 292. 



Kestrel, its mode of killing its prey, 281, 



Kingfisher at Bury St. Edmunds, 195. 



Kitten resembling a rabbit in its hinder half, 

 275, See also Cat, 



Lactation in animals, 651. 



Lakes of Cumberland and Westmoreland, rough 

 notes of a pedestrian tour to, 128 ; the use of 

 lakes, 56. 



Lampreys, Petrom^zon cae^us Rat/, figured 

 and described, 23 ; contributions towards the 

 history of P. marinus and P. fluvi^tiiis, 290, 

 564. 679. 



Lancashire, observations on the limestone dis- 

 trict, &c. of Yealand, near Lancaster, 550, 



Landrail, See Corncrake. 



Lapwing, a habitat in which it abounds, 603. 



Lark, the pipit lark distinct from the meadow 

 pipit, or titlark, 287. 



Lathrae^'a Squamkria, its parasitical organs and 

 nature, 45 ; further mention of, 505. 543. 



Leeches, medicinal, remain alive after l)eing 

 frozen, 651 ; the horseleech consumes dead 

 and live frogs, 291 ; facts on the flying leech, 

 754. 



Lhpas, a species of, cast ashore near Liverpool, 

 339 ; ifepas anatffera, figured, 343. 344, 



Lepidopterous insects, the claims of certain 

 species to be considered native to England, 

 149; lepidopterous insects, close aflSnity of, 

 to the Phryg&nidffi, 686. 



Llmax Sowerbyi of Ferussac, some account of, 

 693. 



Limenitis Camilla, and a singular variety of, 

 figured and described, 667. 



Linnjeus, as reflected on by Professor Rennie, 

 193. 



Lizards, notices on various species in Jamaica, 

 476. 653 ; lizards in Ireland, 494. 



Longevity in Russia, 447. 



Lucernaria auricula, described and figured, 

 44. 



Luminosity of the sea, remarks on, 1, 302. 487. 



Luminous appearance on flowers, 208. 504 ; on 

 the ears of a horse, HI. 400. 762, 763. 



Magazine of Natural History, The, opinions on 

 publishing it monthly, 673. 714, 



Martin, facts on the, 204. 567, 677. 735 j sand 

 martin, facts on, 568. 



Mercury, the transit of, places at which it was 

 observetl, 769, 770. 



M^rgus Merganser, serrator, and alb^llus, a 

 figure of the windpipe of each, 766. 



Meteorology, report for High Wycombe, 

 Berks, during June and July, in the last 

 eight years, 350; notes on the meteorology 

 of Switzerland, 353 ; and of Rome, 357 ; a 

 formulary for a meteorological calendar de- 

 scribed, 688 ; the spring of 1832 compared 

 with that of 1831, 593; instruments for facili- 

 tating the study of, 769. 



Microgaster glomer^tus, a copious contribution 

 to its history, 105; a figure of it and of its 

 metamorphoses, 108 ; a hairlike appendage 

 to the abdomen of its larva, 109; Mr. West- 

 wood's remarks on, 301 ; this insect preys on 

 insects of various species, 495. 768. 



Midge, the name of an insect, and should not 

 be applied to a fish as well, 15. 299. 741. 



Minnow, notes on the spawning of, 681 ; habits 

 of the, 290. 562. 



Misseltoe, remarks on the, 505. 



Mites, parasitic on slugs and snails, facts on, 696. 



Mole, Talpa europee^a, its habits and uses : it 

 shows changes of the weather, 78 ; auditory 

 organs of, described, 298 ; it swims of choice, 

 765. 



Molluscous animals, their circulating system, 

 31 ; their secretions, 611. 



