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GENERAL INDEX. 



Studer, Professor, the late, of Berne, a notice 

 of the extent of the collection of preserved 

 specimens of insects that he had possessed, 

 220, 221. 



Swaine, Mr., see Entomological Society. 



Swainson, Mr., see Entomological Society. 



Swallow, the, a young one of, detained after 

 the departure of swallows generally by being 

 accidentally fettered into the nest, one of its 

 parents had stayed to attend it, 513 ; means 

 conducive to the keeping of the swallow alive 

 through the winter in Britain, 572; earliest 

 and latest dates of seeing the swallow in 

 Britain, 572 ; of the window swallow (Hirdndo 

 tirbica), and chimney swallow (H. rustica), 

 light-coloured, and even albino, individuals 

 have been known, 111. 



Sweet, Robert, biography of, 410. 



Swift, the, one of, seen alive, wild, in Perth, 

 shire, on Nov. 8. 1834, 513. 



Switzerland, a superstition which is extant in, 

 similar to that of the rupture-ash in Britain, 

 569. See Insects. 



Teal, the, facts on, 166. 363. 



Temperature exerts no permanent gradual in- 

 fluence in altering the characteristics of the 

 races of man, 47 ; a consideration of its con- 

 nexion with the seasonal variations in the 

 colour and nature of the coats of animals, 

 49. 53. See Weather. 



Testaceous animals : notices of certain marine 

 species of testaceous animals dredged up off 

 the coast of the Isle of Man, 68 ; a list of the 

 land and freshwater shells of the Isle of 

 Man, 69. 



Tit, the blue, a notice of an individual of, in 

 plumage of a very light colour, 112 ; a notice 

 of the nest of a tit being found buried in 

 the decayed wood of a tree, 324. 



Trichiosbma lucbrum, facts on the habits of, 628. 



Tritonirt pinnatifida Cuv., a description and 

 figures of, 61 ; a notice and figure of the jaws 

 of a Tritonia, 75. 



Turnip, information on species of insect deemed 

 to puncture or feed upon the tuber of the, 

 171—179. 



Udonella Johnston [? An abbreviation ofHi- 

 rudonella: the animal is a tiny leech.], cali- 

 gorum Johnston, illustrated, 496. 



United States of America, see Alleghany, see 

 Weather. 



Vegetation, the, of Nova Scotia, and vegetation 

 in general, conclusions on the results on, of 

 certain natural and artificial causes deemed 

 to actuate and affect it, 641. 



Vegetation, relatively to elevation, 400 ; the in- 

 fluence of forest vegetation upon climate, 473. 



Ferbascum Thapsus, its stamens, 632. 



Fiola imberbis Leighton, the characteristics of, 

 277; this identified with the suavis Bieb., 

 and information given on this species, 384, 

 385 ; lactea, facts in proof that this is a varia- 

 tion of canlna, 279; a variation of canlna, 

 280; odorata, images of certain endeared 

 scenes that are connected with it in one 

 mind, 281. 



Vertebrate animals, the number of British 



: species of, 359. 



Volcanic emanations ; an attempt to trace me- 

 teoric phenomena, vicissitudes in the seasons, 

 prevalent disorders, &c, to these as the 

 effecting agent, in which attempt many in- 

 stances of volcanic emanations are cited, 1. 

 129. 417. 



Wagtail, facts on the yellow, pied, and grey 

 species, 547 ; one of the grey-headed wagtail 

 shot at Walton on the Naze, 617; the hy. 



bridism of the genealogy of a kind of wagtail 

 deemed a hybrid of iV/otacflla lugubris and 

 M. alba questioned, with reasons, 228. 



Walton Hall and park, the demesne of Charles 

 Waterton, Esq., some account of, 28. 



Water-rat, the, is preyed upon by the common 

 heron, 454, 455 ; by the stoat, 609. 



Waterton. See Walton. 



Wasps of the species Fespa britannica, vul- 

 garis, and holsatica, facts on the habits of, 

 626, 627. 



Wax- wing, or chatterer, the Bohemian, indivi- 

 duals of, some seen, some shot, 511; one 

 living in a state of domestication in England, 

 511, 512; one shot with five appendages on 

 one wing, seven on the other, 615. 



Wealden rocks or beds, information on the, 

 597—604. 



Weasel, the, destroys mice in stacks of corn, 

 609; facts on the weasel, 547. 



Weather, facts and views on the effecting 



, agents of ; see ,in the essays on meteoric 

 phenomena, &c, 1. 129. 417 ; facts and views 

 on the relation of displays of aurora to the 

 state of the weather after and before the oc- 

 currence of the displays, 92 — 99. 343 ; spe- 

 cified instances of solar and lunar haloes, 

 parhelia, paraselenae, and meteors, viewed as 

 harbingers of the falling weather which 

 followed, 501 ; a proposition, and grounds of 

 it, that the explosion of large quantities of 

 gunpowder effects extensive changes in the 



* condition of the atmosphere, 223 ; state of 

 temperature in various parts of the United 

 States on Jan, 5. 1835, 347 ; state of the wea- 

 ther at Columbus, United States, in January 

 and February, 1835, 347. 394; state of the 

 weather at Boston, United States, in March, 

 1835, S47; see, besides, under Rain. 



Wheatear, the, facts on the habits of, 547. 



Wigeon, the, notes on the habits of, 361 : it has 

 been found breeding, wild, in the north of 

 Scotland, 509 ; a fact on the, 166. 



Wind, argument on certain instances of, that 

 they were connected with terrestrial heat, 

 27, 28. 129—139; the gales in the autumn 

 and winter of 1833, facts adduced in argument 

 on the operating causes of the, 1 : see Hurri- 

 canes. 



Wolf, the last, that was killed in Scotland, 571. 



Woodcock, the (Scolopax rusticola L.), the 

 date of its appearing in inland localities, 611 ; 

 instances of its breeding in Britain, 612 ; an 

 unusual individual of the Scolopax rusticola 

 L., or an individual of a distinct species, 

 612. 



Woodpeckers, an opinion on the habits of, 34. 



Woolwich ; see Geolsgy. 



Worcestershire, natural history society, the, 

 condition and scope of, 403. 522. 



Wren, the, facts on the habits of, 242. 545. 547. 

 617 ; the gold-crested wren, facts on, 547. See 

 Kinglet. 



Wryneck, facts on the habits of, 303. 



Yellowhammer, or, yellow bunting, a, with a 

 white head and tail, 110. 



Yew tree, the : its green leaves are fatal food to 

 horses, 91 ; its withered leaves are fatal food 

 to chickens of the Guinea fowl, 91 ; opinions, 

 on the safety of eating the fleshy portion of 

 the fruit of the yew differ, 92. 



Zoology, remarks incentive to the promotion of 

 the study of, in!Britain, 519. 



Zoology,British, Dr. Johnston's illustrations in, 

 59. 81. 179. 202. 258. 341. 376. 465. 486. 494. 

 565. 594. 668. 674. 



Zyga^na filipendula?, habits of, 629. 



