GENERAL INDEX. 



Aberdevine, or siskin, the, has bred in con- 

 finement at Dundee, and wild in the neigh- 

 bourhood, 372. 

 Actinia mesembryanthemum Solander, a de- 

 scription and figures of, 81 ; viduata Miitler, 

 a description and figures of, 83. 

 A'juga reptans L., a variety of, with the corolla 

 pink-coloured, 390 ; Chamaj'pitys has disap- 

 peared, temporarily at least, from one of its 

 habitats, 117. 

 Albinoes in Mammalia and birds, conditions of, 



41. 

 AM sma Plant^go L. is a species of plant eligible 

 for observing the circulation of the sap in, 

 630. 

 Alleghany Mountain Range, the north-east ex- 

 tremity of the, an account of geological con- 

 ditions of, a list of species of animals found 

 upon it, and an account of some of the habits 

 of some of these, 529—541. 

 Amplexus corallOides Sowerby, the nature of, 



and localities of, 393. 

 ^nagallis cserulea Schreber, evidence on the 

 question of its specific distinctness from A. 

 arvensis L., 633 ; conditions which have af- 

 fected the time of the vegetating of the seeds 

 of A. casrulea, 634. 

 Anceus, see Crustaceous animals. 

 America, see Alleghany, see Weather, 

 Animals : a list of species of animals met with 

 on the north-eastern extremity of the Alle- 

 ghany Mountain Range, 536 ; a notice of the 

 low degree of sensibility possessed by some 

 animals, and of the suitableness of this con- 

 dition to their appointed habits of life, 69 ; 

 an'attempted classification of the variations of 

 animals and a consideration of the effects of 

 food, domestication, regulation of the coup- 

 ling, of temperature, and of other conditions, 

 in promoting these variations, 40 — 49; con- 

 siderations on some periodical and other 

 changes of appearance which naturally take 

 place in various British animals, and which 

 do not constitute these varieties, 49 j hybrid 

 animals, considerations on, relative to the 

 conditions of their origin, 198. 228. 509. 

 An6mia coronata Bean, a description and figure 



of, 564. 

 Arenicola, a description of three species of, and 



a figure of one of these species, 566. 

 Ashmolean Museum, the, at Oxford, the state 



of, so late as 1817, 239. 

 Asperula arvensis is obsolete in its only British 



habitat, 118. 

 Astacf 11a, see Crustaceous animals. 

 ^stSrias, facts on the structure and instincts of, 

 and a view of the affinity of, 70, 71 ; Jsterias 

 pappdsa ?, figures of the" young of, 78 note *. 

 Atmosphere, see Weather. 

 Audubon's plates of his work on the birds of 

 America, considerations on the history of 

 these plates, 236. 

 Aurora borealis, notices of several instances of, 

 with particulars on their condition, and that 

 of the weather which followed them, 92 — 99. 

 143, 144. 343 ; a picture of a display of aurora 

 borealis witnessed at Poole, Dorsetshire, 144. 

 Badger, the, some notice on the materials of 



its food, 228. 

 Barley, information on a species of insect 



deemed to feed upon plants of, 171. 

 Barnacles, see ZSpas anatifera. 



Bat (TesperMho), the large (altivolans While, 

 Noctula Turton), seen in Essex, on Aug. 22 

 1834, a fabte in which the bat is one sub- 

 ject, 167. 

 Bear, the, reputed food of, ants and honey, 228. 

 Behemoth, see Leviathan. 

 Bialowicza in Lithuania, the forest of, 473. 

 Birds : a notice of the resources of some birds 

 for food during the continuance of severe 

 frosts, 115, 116 ; a list of species of birds met 

 with on the north-east extremity of the Alle- 

 ghany Mountain!Range, 539 ; a list of species 

 of birds seen in the neighbourhood of South - 

 minster Vicarage, Essex, 573; a continuation 

 of the list of the species of birds which oc- 

 cur in the neighbourhood of Pontnewydd 

 works, Monmouthshire, with notes on the 

 habits of some of them, 545 ; some species 

 of birds which utter sounds by night, 618 ; 

 the foot of any species of bird is always 

 adapted to the way of life of that species, 169 j 

 notions on'the questioned subject, birds dress- 

 ing their feathers with matters secreted from a 

 gland, and on the effects of this imputed and 

 disputed dressing, 375 note *, 515. 637 ; have 

 hybrid birds ever been produced from parents 

 in a wild state ?, 228. 509 ; are all birds in the 

 habit of alluring intruders from their nests ? 

 505—508 ; notices of instances of birds in 

 plumage of an unusual colour, 1 10 — 112 ; men- 

 tal pleasures induced by birds, 186. 325. 611. 

 Blackbird, the, destroys numerous insects, 

 242 ; a wild blackbird that sings like a black- 

 bird, and, besides, crows like the male of the 

 Bantam fowl, 572; the blackbird in plumage 

 anomalous in colour, a reference to mentions 

 of instances of, 112. 

 Bdmbus lapidarius, facts on, 575. 

 Boston, U. S. of A., see Weather. 

 Botany, Geographical, observations on the con- 

 struction of maps in, 498. 

 Bramble, the, is one of the subjects of a fable, 



166. 

 Brambling, the, one of, shot near York, on May 



6. 1835, 512. 

 British Museum, the, a notice of the condition 



of, at a stated time past, 328, 329. 

 2?uccinum zetlandicum Forbes, 593 ; other 



forms of .Buccinum, 592, 593. 

 Bunting, the black-headed, facts on, 505. 

 Buzzard, the honey, facts on, 615. 

 Calluna vulgaris Sal., see Heather. 

 Campontia eruciformis Johnston, elucidated, 



179. 

 Canary finch, or bird, societies once extant for 



promoting the culture of it, 618. 

 Caprella, see Crustaceous animals. 

 Caprimulgus americanus Wilson, 470. 

 6'arduus crispus L., an English habitat of, 



636. 

 Carinella trilineata Johnston,674. 

 Cat, the domestic, one with eyes of different 

 colours, 610 ; white cats sleep less in the day 

 than cats of other colours, 610. 

 Cayman, see Crocodile. 

 Centaurga Scabiosa, three varieties of, 390. 

 Chas'non nigricans Westwood, its person eluci- 

 dated and habits imputed, 171 — 178. 

 Chameleon, the, and some kinds of lizards, an 

 abstract of a theory in explanation of the phe- 

 nomenon of their changing at will the co- 

 lour of their skins, 229. 



