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GENERAL INDEX, 



Char, facts and remarks on the characteristics 

 of the species of fish so called, and a sugges- 

 tion respecting the synonymy of it, 231. 

 CharSdrius pluviSlis and Hiaticula, facts on the 

 habits of the, 505 ; minor, an individual of, 

 taken in Britain, 510. 615 ; certain contrast- 

 ing characteristics of minor and Hiaticula, 

 616. 

 (7helid6nium majus and grandifl6rum are very 

 eligible for observing the circulation of the 

 sap in them, 630. 

 Chrysochldris capensis, a mention of, 107. 

 Climate, the influence of forest-vegetation 

 upon, 473 ; facts, arguments, and a deduction 

 from them, that the climate of the world, 

 when the species of plants, now fossil, in the 

 coal measures were growing, was different to 

 what it has been generally admitted to be, 

 526. 

 Coalhood or bulfinch, 517. 

 Coal measures, see Climate, see Geology. 

 Columbus, United States, see Weather. 

 Comatula ? rosacea, facts on the instincts, of, 69 ; 

 facts an the structure and a view of the affi- 

 nities of comatulas, 70, 71. 

 Coot, the, feeds on grass, 362. 

 Cormorant, the, facts on, 35. 162 ; notes of a 

 visit to the haunts of the cormorant and facts 

 on its habits, 166. 

 Crab, see Crustaceous animals. 

 Crake, the corn, one taken in December, 512 ; 



the spotted water, one seen in January, 512. 

 Crayfish or crawfish, see Crustaceous animals. 

 Crinoidea, facts on the structure.of, and a view 



of the affinity of, 71. 

 Crocodile, the, of the Nile, argument on the 

 identity of this species of animal with the 

 " than " of The Scriptures, and, incidentally, 

 in the argument, information on this species 

 of animal, 194 ; cayman, the, facts on, 309. 321. 

 Crow, the carrion, on leaving its eggs in the 

 nest does not cover them, 301 ; the hooded 

 crow has attacked a kestrel possessed of a 

 snipe, 574. 

 Crustaceous animals : views and facts on the 

 course of their developement, 267, 268. 271. 

 277. (^ga, &c) 550, 551 ; views on trans- 

 formation in them, 275, 276. 469. 482; the 

 structure of the young of the common lob- 

 ster and of the freshwater crayfish and 

 of other crustaceous animals, considered in 

 relation to the questions, the occurrence 

 or non-occurrence of transformation in crust- 

 aceous animals, 482 ; the spider crab in a 

 state of moulting, 467 ; facts on the moulting 

 of the freshwater crayfish, 468 ; Facts on 

 parasitic crustaceous animals in the West 

 Indies, 205 ; some minute crustaceous animals 

 about' St. Vincent, from their habit of boring 

 wood and their countless numbers, are not 

 less injurious than the Terddo, 277 ; a notice 

 [ of variableness in the characteristics of crus- 

 taceans of the same species, according to age, 

 sex, &c, 277 ; a clew to a description of a 

 mode of preserving specimens of crustaceous 

 animals, 277. 

 Amphfpoda, a cursory definition of the, 



668, note *. 

 Ancdus forficularius Risso, synonymes of, 



and other information on, 273. 

 Astacf 11a longicornis Fleming, a description 

 and figure of, 494 ; a clew to further in- 

 formation on, 668, note *. 

 .4'stacus Bartbm, 540. 

 Branchi6poda stagnalis, 620. 

 Caprella, a monograph on the species and 

 genus of, and figures of three of the spe- 

 cies, 668. 

 Cyclops Geoffroyw Leach, 62a 

 Cypris conchacea, 620. 

 Diendcia, see Hippolyte, below. 

 Edriophthalma, definitions of the, 668, 



and note *. 

 Eur^nome ? spinbsa Hailstone, ? aspera in 

 a young state, a description and figure 

 of, 549; correction to these, 638. 

 ? Hippolyte ? rubra Westwood, ? Hippolyte, 



macrochfiles Hailstone, Dienecia West- 

 wood, sp. Westwood, descriptions, fi- 

 gures and synonymy of, 272, 273, 274. 

 394, 395. 551, 552, 553. 

 Hyas sp. " ? coarctata in a young state" 

 Westwood, serratus Hailstone, a descrip- 

 tion of, a figure of, and remarks upon, 

 262, 263. 267. 

 Is6poda, a cursory definition of the, 668, 



note *. 

 Lsemodipoda, definitions of the, 669. and 



668, note * ; a monograph upon the, 668. 

 Macropbdia ? Phalangium in a young state, 

 a description and a figure of, and re- 

 marks upon, 263, 264. 267. 551. 

 Paguri, remarks on the mode of the cir- 

 culation in, 276 ; a mention of numerous 

 crustaceous animals supposed to be im- 

 mature Paguri, 276; the Pagiiri avail 

 conchologists, 564. 

 Pandarus alatus Johnston, illustrated, 202 ; 



lamnaj Johnston, illustrated, 203. 

 Podophthalma, a note on the adjustment 



of the eyes in the, 277. 

 Pont6philus trispinbsus Hailstone, a de- 

 scription and a figure of, and remarks 

 upon, 261. 266. 394, 395; bispinbsus 

 Westwood, Hailstone, a description and 

 a figure of, and remarks upon, 270, 271. 

 273, 274. 394, 395. 

 Porcellana minuta Westwood, " Linneana 

 Leach" Hailstone, descriptions and fi- 

 gures of individuals of, remarks upon 

 them, and synonymy of the species, 264, 

 265, 266, 267, 268, 269, 270. 394, 395. 

 551, 552. 

 Portunus(not" Portumnus," as printed in 

 p. 277.), a mention of a striking species 

 of, 277. 

 Prbto, a monograph on the species and ge- 

 nus of, and two figures of two varieties 

 of the species pedatus, 672. 

 Squflla Desmaresta' Risso, illustrated by 

 description and figures, 462. 

 Cuckoo, the common (Cuculus canbrus L.), 

 facts and views contributive to the history 

 of, 283—301. 325—340. 380—384. 394. 

 Dale's, Mr., rejoinder to Mr. Stephens, 395. 

 Daphnes, the fruit of, is eaten by birds, 517. 

 Dfcranum, remarks on certain species of, 281, 



282. 

 DienScia, see Crustaceous animals. 

 Di6psis, a clew to information on species of, 



415. 

 Dipper, the, its affinities, habits, and certain 

 localities of it, 374 ; its reputed faculty of 

 walkingiunder water cited, 375 ; itsjpossession 

 of this faculty disputed, 514; contended for, 

 638 ; remarks relative to the character of the 

 dipper's nest, 358. 

 Dodder, the greater, facts on, 634. 

 Douglas, Mr., biography of, 410. 

 Dove: the turtle dove in Cumberland, 512; 



shot in Perthshire so late as Oct. 20., 512. 

 Dredging, records of the results of, 68. 591. 

 Drbsera rotundifblia, associations with, 282. 

 Duck: habits of the mallard, 541, and, inci- 

 dentally, in 363. 505; a hybrid kind of duck, 

 produced wild, 509; a duck which flew with 

 the power of a crow, supposed to be a tamed 

 wild duck, 45, note *. 

 Dundee Watt Institution, 410. 

 Earthquake, an instance of, in Kentucky, 189; 

 Mr. Clarke has, in his essays, 1 — 28. 129 — 

 161. 417 — 450., mentioned many instances 

 which have occurred in various parts of the 

 world. 

 Earthworm, see Lumbrlcus. 

 Pchineis, the, a parasite, is preyed upon by 



parasitic crabs, 205. 

 Edinburgh Cuvierian Natural History Society, 



409. 

 Eel, the, its habits, 233 ; it is preyed upon by 



the cormorant, 166, 167. 

 Eggs: a mode of removing from eggs their 

 yolk and white in the preparation of their 

 shells for preservation, 470; fowls' eggs for 



