494 



GENERAL INDEX. 



I^pldoptera, larvae of, 211. 



LibiSlUila and jE'shna distinguished, 472. 



Light, query on a singularly golden green, bv 

 J. E. Bowman, 406. 



Lightning, an oak tree struck by, 2o0. • 



Ijimestone from coral rocks, 297. 



Linnean Society, meetings of Dec. 2., Nov. 18., 

 Dec. 16., Jan. 20., Feb. 3, and Feb. 17., 82; 

 March 3., and April 7., 196 ; addition to the 

 library of, 256; anniversary dinner, 257; 

 meeting of June 2., 257. 376 ; June 16., 376. 



Linnean system of plants, introductory view of 

 continued, by Miss Kent, 155. 



Literary and Philosoi^hical Society of Newcastle 

 upon Tyne, 387. 



Lithography, new discovery in, 410. 



Lives of certain naturalists, query as to where 

 they may be procured, 402. 



Lizards, memoirs on, by MM. DugJ;z and Ed- 

 wards, 422. 



ioligo vulgaris, figured, 153. 



London, remarks on the ornithology of, by Jas. 

 Jennings, 264; and Plymouth, indigenous 

 floras of, compared by W.Hamilton, Esq., 265. 



Lump attached to the hare's throat, confirma- 

 tion of the opinion respecting, by John V. 

 Stewart, Esq., 300. 



Lunel Vieil, caves of, 412. 



Lymnse^a ovata, 292. 



Magnetism, chemical powers of, 467. 



Main, Jas., A.L S., of winds, and the causes of 

 their different kinds, 175. 



Maize, opinion respecting, 418. 



Malaria, cause of, 468. 



Mallow of Horace, critique respecting, 118 ; 

 ancient, 293. 



Mammalia rod^ntia, observations on a preter- 

 natural growth of the incisor teeth occasion- 

 ally observed in certain of the, by the Rev. 

 Leonard Jenyns, F.L.S., 134. 



Mammiferous animals, description of, 132. 



Mammoth cave, 370. 



Manchester museum, account of some rare birds 

 in, by John Blackwall, 273. 



Manganese, evident traces of, in slate, 72. 



Man in the north of France, 75. 



Mantel, anatomy of the ventriculites of, 332. 



Marine animals and plants, on certain effects 

 produced by fresh water on some, by James 

 L. Drummond, M.D., 121. 



Marine animals, further observations on the 

 influence of fresh water on, by Lieut. J. H 

 Davies, R. N., 217 ; influence of fresh water 

 on, 398. 402. 



Marine plants, query on, 4C6. 



Martins, Dr., his discoveries, 293. 



Mass, gelatinous, answer to the query respect- 

 ing, by J. Murray, Esq., 289. 



Matthews, Andrew, on the Zeuzdra cb'scuW, 67. 



Mearns, John, F.H.S., supposed cause of corn 

 springs, 488. 



Menageries, travelling, and of London, query 

 respecting, 402. 



Menzies, Mr., ascent and barometrical measure- 

 ment of the Wha-ra-rai mountain, in Owhy- 

 hee, 435. 



Merganser, red-breasted, nest of the, 90. 



Meslier, M., notice of his cabinet of birds, 74. 



Meteorological journal, extracts from one kept 

 near the town of Kilkenny, during 1828, 97. . 



Meteorology, critical remarks on, 304. 



Microscopic amusement, as a means of educat- 

 ing the feelings, 286. 



Middlesex, plants collected in, 266. 



Minerals which attract the magnetic needle, 247. 



Mirbel's opinion on the vegetable ovulum, 416. 



Mole, physiological observations respecting, by 

 M. Geoffroy St. Hilaire, 420, 



Mole cricket, answer to query respecting, 290. 



Molecules, active, supposed existence of in mi- 

 neral substances, 1 ; remarks on, by Robert 

 Bakewell, 213 ; observed in a haddock's eye, 

 242 ; query respecting, by J. O. Westwood, 

 F.L.S., &c. 402 ; ultimate, a cloud of witnesses 

 in favour of the motion of, 215. 



Molluscous animals, introduction to the natural 

 history of, 22; indirect benefits from, 148. 



Moor buzzard, variety of, figured, 102. 



Moth, brown-tail, attempt to naturalise, by the 

 Rev. W. T. Bree, G6 ; the death's-head hawk, 

 460 ; the vapourer, 460. 



Mountain cock, critical remark respecting, 302. 



Mountains, form and aspect of, 466. 



Muphatamet's optical phenomenon explained, 

 496. 



Murray, J., answer respecting the circumstance 

 of a gelatinous mass like the remains of a 

 frog ; and suggestion as to the showers [of 

 frogs, 289 ; critical remarks on the ascent of 

 the aerial spider, 299. 



Muscle, fresh-water, young of, 469. 



Museum Alexandrinum, at Petersburg, 252; 

 of natural history at Abo destroyed by fire, 

 2.52; at Manchester, account of some rare 

 birds in the, by John Blackwall, Esq., 273 ; of 

 the Canterbury Philosophical and Literary 

 Institution, 383; of Scarborough, 474. 



Mya batava, query respecting, 102. 



Names, accentuation of, 298 ; of plants, changes 

 in, 462. 



Natural history, the progress of, during 1828, by 

 Mrs. Bowdich, 409; collection from Pondi- 

 cherry, 249 ; in Spain, 367 ; in China, 368 ; in 

 Wurtemberg, 250 ; of vegetables, 165. 



Natural History Society, advantage to be ex- 

 pected from a, 395 ; of Preston, 88 ; suggestion 

 for one, 286. 



Nature, calendar of, for Perthshire, 477—483 ; 

 meteorological table and calendar of, for 1828, 

 from the register kept at Annat Gardens, 94. 



ATautilus, query on, 102. 



Nests and eggs, query respecting, 404. 



Nest of a strange bird, &c., 404. 



Newcastle upon Tyne, museum of natural his- 

 tory in, 270. 



Niagara, description of the Falls of, by the Duke 

 of Saxe- Weimar, 369. 



Nicholson, Thomas, on the red snow of the 

 Arctic regions, 321. 



Nidus on a rush, 104 ; answer to query respect- 

 ing, by the Rev. Wm. Kirby, 405; singula, 

 one, by Charles Blomer, 303. 



Nightingale, curiously composed nest of the, dS. 



Nile, manner of passing, on reeds, 327. 



Nuthatch, circumstances respecting, by the Rev. 

 W. T. Bree, 243 ; query on the peculiar smell 

 from, after death, 484. 



Oak tree, notice respecting one struck by light- 

 ning, 230. 



Ontario, Lake, ancient fish-banks near, 253. 



Optical phenomena, 108. 



Ornithology of London, remarks on the, 264. 



Orthuceras annularis and striata, notice of some 

 fragments of, found in the Barr limestone in 

 Warwickshire, by Frederick Jukes, with a 

 note by J. D. C. Sowerby, F.L.S., 231. 



Owl feeding on fish, suggestion as to, 288. 



Ox, American, or pygmybison, notice of an im- 

 posture so entitled, 218. 



Palestine, geology of, critique respecting, 119. 



Palmer, the Rev. S., hints respecting the lists 

 of plants, 212; plants collected by, in Bliddle- 

 sex, 266 ; in Surrey, 266; in Hampshire, 276; 

 in Essex, 385 ; in Hertfordshire, Huntingdon- 

 shire, and Cambridgeshire, 386; in North- 

 amptonshire, 387. 



Papilio Machaow, distinction of sex in, 67. 



Papyrus, on vessels made of the, 324. 



Pearls, British, 461. 



Pelican of the moderns, the kath of the ancient 

 Hebrews considered as, by David Scot, M. D. 

 M.W.S. F.H.S.E., 137. 



Pentacrinus europae^us and the star-fish, cri- 

 tique respecting, 114. 



Perennial calendar, critique respecting, 110. 



Perry, W. G., varieties of plants found in War- 

 wickshire, 268. 



Peru, coal-fields in, 370. 



Petersburg, Museum Alexandrinum at, de- 

 stroyed by fire, 252. 



