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GENERAL INDEX. 



685 



of the structure of, and an opinion of the affi- 

 nity of, 71. 



Pentelasmis striata Leach, a mention of, 117. 



Panopffi v a Glyc^meris Turton, illustrated, 562. 



Paraselena?, see Weather. 



Parhelia, see Weather. 



Partridge, acts of, for preservation, 506. 



Patella pulchella Forbes, and other species, 591. 



Patella tricornis, the shell of, is the operculum 

 of the tube of Serpula wermicularis £., 621. 



Petrel, the storm, 513. 



Phasmidee, information on the, 304. 399. 



Pheasant, the common, in parks, an approved 

 mode of promoting the welfare of, 33 ; in. 

 stances of the common pheasant in plumage 

 white and pied, 112. 



Phyllos&ma sarniense Lukis, and other species, 

 461. 



Pigeon, the rock, a mention of a locality in 

 which it breeds, 162; some of the habits of 

 the passenger pigeon (Columba migratbria), 

 535 j the carrier pigeon, achievements of 

 certain of the, 619. 



Pimelea hispida Lindley. condition of the hairs 

 of, 631. 



Planaria cornuta, 674. 



Plants : species of plants in which the circu- 

 lation of the sap is more obvious, 630 ; hairs 

 of plants show a motion in the fluids they 

 include, 631 ; certain views on the variations 

 which occur in animals, which views are, it 

 is stated, equally applicable to plants, 40—49 ; 

 silica in plants, 631 ; species of plants observed 

 in a tour in Norway, 66. 249. 305 ; a list of 

 species of plants which grow on the slopes 

 of the Sharpestones Hill, close by Shrews- 

 bury, 278, note *; observations concerning 

 the indigenousness and distinctness of certain 

 species of plants included in the British 

 floras, 84 ; facts and opinions in question of 

 the distinctness, as species, of certain plants 

 reputed to be species, which inhabit Britain, 

 89; remarks in relevance of the question of 

 the indigenousness of certain species of 

 plants, reputed to be aboriginal in Britain, 

 386 ; instances of man's dispersing of species 

 of plants, 389, 390 ; habitats of certain spe- 

 cies of British plants additional to those 

 stated of them in Hooker's British Flora, 

 the third edition, and corrections and addi- 

 tions to some of the descriptions, and notices 

 of uses, in that work, 631 ; facts and views 

 on the subject, the length of time that seeds, 

 sown, will retain their power of germinating, 

 392, 393 ; directions for producing skeletons 

 of the leaves, calyxes, and seed-vessels, or 

 other parts of plants, 221 ; a mention of cer- 

 tain sentimental associations that are con- 

 nected in one mind with plants of certain 

 mentioned kinds, 282 ; fossil kinds of plants, 

 views on those of the coal-measures, 525 ; 

 species found in the Wealden rocks, 600. 



Plovers, see Char&drius. 



Podophthalma, see Crustaceous animals. 



Polecat, the, is reputed to feed upon shelled 

 molluscous animals, 227. 



Port&nus, see Crustaceous animals. 



Pounceford, see Geology. 



Prionops Geoffroy^Y Vieillot, a figure of, and 

 some information on, 372. 



Pr5to, see Crustaceous animals. 



Puffin, the facts on, 162, 163, 164. 



Pulmonaria officinalis and angustifblia, grounds 

 of an opinion that these are not distinct as 

 species, 89. 



Quail, the, instances of its being met with in 

 winter, one in February, 512. 



Quercus ^B'gilops and Cerris, 472. 



Rabbit, the wild, a remarkable locality for, 162. 



Radiata, see Ophiura, ^sterias, Gorgonocepha- 

 lus. 



Rain, a notice of the quantity which has fallen 

 at Kendal, Westmoreland, during 13 years, 

 345 ; a notice of the average quantity that 

 has fallen at Epping, 346. 



tfantinculus Ficaria, a list of observed varia- 



tions in the number of sepals and petals in. 

 280. 



Rattlesnake, see Snakes. 



Raven, the American, habits of, 186 ; a locality 

 in which the raven of Britain breeds, 162. 



Razor-bill, the, facts on, 162, 163, 164. 167. 



Reptiles have the power to assimilate, in some 

 degree, their colour to that of the objects 

 about them, 230. 



Reynolds, Messrs., Thetford, Norfolk, a testi- 

 mony of their skill in stuffing and setting 

 skins of birds for preservation, 113. 



Rhinoceros, the, has it an elastic ball to its 

 foot that enables it to spring like a deer ? 396. 



RhynchosporaalbaFaA/and fusca Smith,ari elu- 

 cidation of the distinctive characters of, 675. 



Rice plant, a question on the possibility of cul- 

 tivating the, so far north as Westphalia, 399. 



Roach, the, is very fecund, 455 ; a locality of 

 the variety with lips chestnut-coloured, 471- 



Robin, the, facts on its habits, 241, 242. 516. 518. 

 545 ; reference to mentions of individuals of 

 the robin in white plumage, 112. 



Rook, the, facts on, adduced in argument that it 

 consumes more' of insects than of grain, 113 



Salmonidae of Scotland, a notice on, 232, 233, 

 and note * ; the gravelling of the river Taw, 

 Devonshire, an account of, 54. 470; inci- 

 dental information on the skegger trout of the 

 Thames, 54. SeeXhar. 



Salt, remarks on the deposition of, in the Medi- 

 terranean sea, 225 ; see, besides, Gas. 



Sandpiper (Totanus hypoledcus Temminck), 

 facts on the habits of, 303. 



Saull's, W. D. collection of geological speci- 

 mens, 679. 



Serpula vermicularis L., the shell of Patella 

 tricornis is the operculum of the tube of, 620. 



Shells, a notice of certain works on, 396—398; 

 a list of species of shells found in the neigh- 

 bourhood of Sudbury, Suffolk, 580 ; see, be- 

 sides, Testaceous animals. 



Shrike, the red-backed (LSnius Collurio Lin.), 

 a notice of a very remarkable individual of, 

 and some observations on this species, 364. 

 371 ; facts on the large shrike (LSnius ex- 

 cubitorZ,.), 371 ; Geoffroy's shrike (Prionops 

 Geoffroyw Vieillot), 372. 



Shropshire and North Wales Natural History 

 Society, 678. 



Sigalion Bda, 674. 



Sipho Brown, 592. 



Siskin, see Aberdevine. 



Snails and slugs, a mode of decoying them, 81 ; 

 the species of snail, Hdlix aspersa, has eaten 

 of Clematis Flamrrrula L., 518. 



Snakes : views on the manner in which the rat- 

 tlesnake's poison is communicated from the 

 fang to the object bitten, 190—192 ; the mode 

 in which three snakes have taken live frogs 

 as their food, 183; notes on snakes, their 

 fangs, and their mode of procuring food, 663. 



Snipe, 574. 612; ? Sabine's snipe, 613, 614. 



Snowdrop, the (Galanthus nivalis), facts relat- 

 ing to the question, Is it native in Britain ? 

 386. 388. 



Sparrow, the, destroys numerous insects, 242. ; 

 an individual of the sparrow in plumage ano- 

 malous in colour, 111; a notice of a very light- 

 coloured tree sparrow, 111. 



Sparrowhawk, the, its defence of its nest, 507. 



Spiders : some habits of the diadem spider, 

 575 ; egg-cases of species of spider, 575—579; 

 " the spider " of the English Version of The 

 Bible has been deemed to be a species of 

 lizard, 321 . 



Squilla, see Crustaceous animals. 



Starfishes, see Radiata. Views on the classifi- 

 cation of the starfishes, 70. 



Starling, an incidental notice of the agency of 

 the, in freeing grass lawns of larva? of insects, 

 114; the starling nidificates in the fissures 

 of certain cliffs, 162. 



Stickleback, a notice of six British species of, 

 280, 281. 



Stoat and water-rat, a contest between, 609. 



