776 



GENERAL INDEX. 



Stag's horn, fossil, in chalk at Meredon, 



France, 446. 

 StaphyPinus hfrtus, remarkable appendage to 



the eye of, 105. 

 Starling (Stiirnus vulgaris i.), habits of, 284; 



StCirnus Cfnclus, a notice on the, 734. 

 Sticklebacks, notes on, 562. 

 Stoat (A/ustela ermfnea), notices on the, 77. 



293.295.393.718. 

 St^gia not a New Holland genus, 394. ] 

 Sugar cane, insects which infest, 466. 

 Sun, spot on, in 1829, 396. 

 Sundew, round-leaved (Drosera rotundifblia), 



do the corollas of, ever expand ? 110. 758 ; the 



irritability of the hairs on the leaves of, 



questioned, 491. 755 > partly answered, 756. 

 Sunflower, annual, habits of, 493. 

 Superstitions and omens attached to objects in 



natural history, 9. 209. 

 Surrey Zoological Gardens, a visit to, 401. 

 Swainson's Zoological Illustrations, controversy 



respecting, between Mr-Swainson and A.R Y., 



CllO]. [207]. 

 Swainsonian controversy, Mr.Vigors's analysis 



of, [191]— [206] ; Professor Rennie's remarks 



on, [110]; Mr. Swainson's reply to Professor 



Rennie, [207]. 

 Swallow, its powers of song, 67 ; its intrepidity, 



84 ; remarks on swallows, 204. 285. 567. 677. 



735 ; swallows in Africa, 449. 

 Swallow tick, its effects on the swallow tribe, 



677. 

 Swift killed by its flying against a wall, 203 ; the 



migration of swifts in 1831, 145 ; structure of 



the nest of the swift, 59; pugnacity of the 



swift, 677 ; habits of the swift, 736. 

 Sycamore (A^cer Psetido-Platanus L.), varia- 



tions in the cotyledons and primordial leaves 



of, 347. 

 Salvia hippol^is and rr6chilus noticed, 595. 

 Tabernaeraontkna alternif blia,the Divi Ladner, 



or Eve's apple, 448. 

 Tapir, second species of, in South America, 458. 



714. 

 Tea plants of Paraguay, 8 ; of other countries, 9. 

 Teal, in Jamaica, 473. 

 Tern, a species of, found dead inland, 283. 

 Throstle, 593. 

 Titmouse, blue, or tomtit, habits of, 66. 289 ; in 



detail, 655 ; habits of the greater titmouse, 



289. 602. 660 ; the great black-headed titmouse 



has built its nest in the deserted nest of a 



magpie, 605; the devotedness of the marsh 



titmouse to its nest, 661; habitats of the 



bearded titmouse, 544 ; the usefulness and in- 



juriousness of titmice considered, 66, 657. 

 Tomtit. See Titmouse. 

 T6rtrix viriditna, its ravages on the leaves of 



oak trees described, 669. 753, 

 Touraine, fossil riches of, 444. 

 Trees, superstitious belief in the power of, 211 ; 



mora tree of Guiana, 235. 

 Trichiosbma lucbrum, its history, 85. 

 Turkeys eat, and thrive on, caterpillars which 



have fed on growing leaves of tobacco, 472. 

 Turtle, the green or esculent, 476. 652. 

 Turtle dove (Col6mba Tiirtur), notes on the 



habits of, 82. 299. 

 Faccfnium, remarks on the British species of 



the, 52. 



Vampire bat, 470, 471. G78. 

 Vanessa urticae and polychloros, an error in the 

 application of these names, 574 ; corrected. 



Vegetables and animals, analogies between 

 them in structure and functions, 24. 118. 405. 

 507; irritability in vegetables, 26;, the influ- 

 ence of rocks upon vegetables, 195. See also 

 Plants. 



ricia sylv&tica, its seeds sown by man rarely 

 grow, 768. 



Vigors, Mr., his investigation of Mr. Swainson's 

 attack on him, [109]. [192]. 



Viper, common, tne uses formerly made of, 299. 



Volcanoes, essays on, 164. 262. 632. 



Vulture, the, traces its food by the faculty of 

 scent, 233. 



Wagtail, habits of the spring or yellow, 288 ; 

 the pied wagtail a wader, 288 ; its nest is pre- 

 ferred by the cuckoo for receiving the egg of 

 the latter, 277. 675. 



Warbler, alpine, occurs in England, 288 ; a no- 

 tice of the reed warbler, 309. 



Weather, and its influence on human health, 

 at High Wycombe, Bucks, 350 ; weather in 

 Switzerland, 353. 357 ; criticisms on some po- 

 pular prognostics of the weather. 60; changes 

 in the weather indicated by the actions of the 

 mole, 78. See Meteorology. 



Weasel (Afustt;la vulgaris), notices on the, 77. 

 295—297. 



Weaver's museum of natural history in Bir- 

 mingham, 546. 749. 



Whales, observations on the zoology and com. 

 parative anatomy of, more especially of those 

 of the Bal8en6ptera Rdrqual, now (1832) under 

 exhibition at Charing Cross, 214 ; a finner 

 whale captured at Largo, in Fifeshire, 570. 



Whitethroat, early appearance of, 288. 



Wigeon's nest and eggs found in England, and 

 the eggs hatched under a domestic hen, 384. 

 590. 679. 



Wilson, the ornithologist, the date and some of 

 the circumstances of his death, 103. 293. 



Wind, philosophical remarks on the east wind, 

 89 ; causes of the trade winds considered, 

 764. 



Woodcock, the, resides through the year, and 

 breeds, in Scotland, 573; remarks on the, 

 725. 



Woodlark of White, query on, 104. 



Woodpecker, the middle spotted woodpecker of 

 Bewick described, 82 ; the habits of the little 

 spotted woodpecker (Pious minor /,.), 147; 

 notice of the middle spotted woodpecker, 380 ; 

 extraordinary noise made by the littje spotted 

 and middle spotted woodpeckers, described 

 and speculated on, 65. 147. 380. 



Worms, intestinal, notes on, with a figure of, 



2oa 



Wren, common brown, materials of the nest 



of, 738 ; willow wren, facts on, 724. 

 Wryneck, facts on, and a figure of, 568. 

 Zoology, British, illustrations in, by George 



Johnston, M.D. : Lucernkria aurfcula, 43; 



Actinia Tuedite, 163 ; Plankria corniita, 344 ; 



E^olis rufibranchiktis, 428 ; Pranlza fuscata, 



520 ; Coryne glandulbsa, 631. 

 Zoophytes at Bury St. Edmunds and elsewhere, 



387. 389. 754. 



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