496 



GENERAL INDEX. 



System, circular, extended to events, ^^55. 

 Tarsus of Chlanius vesfitus, curious formation 



in, 302. 

 Taylor, R. C, F.G.S., an attempt to form a 

 table of the geological arrangement of British 

 fossil shells, 26 ; correction of the geological 

 arrangement of British fossil shells, 216. 

 Teeth, preternatural growth of the incisor ones, 

 occasionally observed in certain of the Mam- 

 malia rodcntia, 134. 

 Temperature at Christiana and at Leith com- 

 pared, 367; of a country, rules for determin- 

 ing, 468. 

 Templeton, the late John, Esq., memoir of, 305. 

 Thames, on the hydrographical ba^hi of the, 378. 

 Thfecla spini, remark on, by J. D. Hoy, 88. 



Theophrastus's statement concerning boats made 



of the papyrus, 325. 

 Thibet, goats of, 251, 



Thompson, John V., F.L.S., contributions to- 

 wards the natural history of the dodo, 44-2 ; 

 error in reviewing Zoological Researches, 302. 



Thompson, Thomas, arrangement of the termi- 

 nology of birds, 214 ; answer to the query re- 

 specting the skulls of brutes, 288 ; error in the 

 description of the birds he presented to the 



•> Hull Literary and Philosophical Institution, 

 302 ; critique respecting the water,shrew, 399 ; 

 figure of Phvseter catbdon, 477. 



Thomson, Prof. A. T., M. D., &c., laudanum 

 not a species of dew, in answer to R. S., 408. 



Thunberg, Charles Peter, obituary of, 120. 



Tick, curious fact respecting one, 103 ; on one 

 which moved on a diseased part of itself, 208. 



Tipula fritici, 105. 



Titmouse, bearded, remarks on, 222. 



Tools for engraving on wood, 429 



Toucan, the, 473. 



Trachyte defined, 467. 



Trees, preservation of, in winter, 462. 



Trilobite, an account of a new species of, found 

 in thelBarr limestone in the neighbourhood 

 of Birmingham, by Frederick Jukes, Esq., 

 with a note by J.D.C. Sowerby, Esq., 41. 



Tribdia procumbens of Smith, 387. 



Turnip fly, query respecting, 592. 



Ure's Geology, mistatements in, 465. 



Vegetables, on the natural history of, 165 ; ma- 

 rine, query respecting, 106. 



Vegetation at diff'erent epochs of the crust of the 

 globe, 194. 



Ventriculite, general character of, 533; inner 

 coat, 334 ; concentric laminae, 336 ; the tubes, 

 336; the external coat, 338 ; economy of the 

 various parts of the, 340 ; the part of animat- 

 ed nature to which it belongs, 340. 



Ventriculites of Mantel, on the anatomy of, 33^. 



Vertebrated animals, description of, 129. 



Vessels made of the papyrus, on, 324. 



Vision of birds of prey, 473. 



Viviparous production, curious instance of, 70. 



Voice, organs of, in birds, 376. 



Volcanoes, superstition respecting, 436. 457. 



Wales, North, localities of rare plants in, by 

 Nat. John Winch, Esq., 278. 



Warwickshire, varieties of plants found in, 268. 



Water, fresh, farther observations on the influ- 

 ence of, on marine animals, by Lieut. J. H. 



Davies, R. M., 217 ; running, power exerted 

 by, in removing heavy bodies, 381. 



Water shrew, critique respecting, by Thomas 

 Thomson, 399; observations respecting, by 

 William Ainsworth, 483. 



Watson, Miss C, name of shrub sent by, 4S6. 



Weather at Brussels and London compared, 81 ; 

 at Edmonton, near London, 81; Journal of, 

 kept at Wycombe, Bucks, by James Tatem, 

 Esq., 92; on the art of deriving interest from 

 the study of, 177 ; rules for the, 468. 



Westwood, J. O., active molecules, query, 402, 



Whale, a male spermaceti, 197 ; captured near 

 Liverpool, 391 ; hands of the, 45/ ; the Phy- 

 seter caibdon, figured, by T. Thompson, 477. 



Wha-ra-rai Mountain, ascent and barometrical 

 measurement of, 435. 



Wheat, remarks respecting, 425. 



Wheatear and stourchat, query on, 289. 



Wheat fly, on the, by Mr. Archibald Gorrie, 

 C.M.H.S., 323 ; by Mr. P. ShirrefF, 448. 



White, W. H., H.M.C.S., answer to a query 

 whether frogs are dormant during winter, i08 ; 

 query respecting the distinction of the sex, 

 and which croaks, 209; superstition respect- 

 ing bees, 209 ; query respecting the zimb, 493, 



Whitehaven, birds found in the neighbourhood 

 of, by J. Stanley, M.D., 275. 



Winch, Nat. John, Esq., localities of rare plants 

 in North Wales, 278. 



Winds, and the causes of their different kinds, 

 by Mr. Main, 175; electricity of the, 468 j 

 south-west, analysis of, 468. 



Winter, bounties of, 455. 



Wolverne, or American glutton, 356. 



Wolves and foxes in Scotland, 457, 



Wolves of Amei'ica, 356. 



Woodcock, figured and described, 146 ; shot at 

 Banchory, 87. 



Woodcocks, breeding of, in England, 86. 



Woodcock's nest in Chicksand woods, 87. 



Woods, Henry, A.L.S., capture of a cachalot on 

 the south coast, 198. 



Woodward, Sam., musical sound produced by a 

 snail, 244 ; query respecting some minute 

 objects found on flint, 296. 



Wool, method of extracting the greasy matter 

 contained in, discovered by M. Chevreul,410. 



Worm, curious one, 103 ; answer to query re- 

 specting, 293 ; found among herbage, 211. 



Wurtemberg, natural hi-story in, 250. 



Wurtemberg Society for undertaking voyages of 

 natural history, 81. 



Yorkshire, granite in, 120. 



Zeuzera (s'sculi, or wood-leopard moth, figured 

 and described, by Andrew Mathews, 67 ; cir- 

 cumstances respecting, by D.G.Kerridge,291, 



Zimb, query respecting the, 475, 



Zoological Gardens, 371. 



Zoological Researches, error in reviewing, 302. 



Zoological Society, 84 ; remarks respecting, 

 196 ; incorporation of, 254 ; correspondence 

 established by, 255 ; the garden, 255 ; sugges- 

 tion as to naming the animals and plants of, 

 255; application of farm, 256 ; Aug. 15., 372. 



Zoology and botany of the Indian Archipelago, 

 368. 



Zoology, Cuvierian, system of, continued, 128. 



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