GENERAL INDEX. 



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1832 and 1833, 52 ; the names of a few rather 

 rare birds which have been met witli in the 

 neighbourhood of Charmouth, Dorsetbhire, 

 513; a notice of the occurrence of certain less 

 common species of birds in Lexden and its 

 neighbourhood,; in Essex, 18, 19; " In 1833, 

 birds increased prodigiously, and, in conse- 

 quence of the drought,were driven to desperate 

 measures," 197: see also Poultry; and, for other 

 kinds of birds, see their English generic names. 

 Bittern, the, occurs at Maldon, Essex, 511. 

 Blackbird, a notice of its agency in consuming 

 grubs in the soil, 459. and note* ; blackbirds 

 in white plumage, noted, 596. 

 Boatflies, Noton^ctEe, facts on the habits of, 258. 

 Bombus terr^stris will perforate flowers to 



make way to their nectar, 571. 

 jBumbyx menthastri,a pupa of, six pupas of the 

 O^phion vfnulffi, and a pupa of ^umbyx 

 vlnulus, all found in company within, and 

 bred from the hard cocOon of the ^6mbyx 

 vinulus, 60. 

 Booby, the, identified, 74 ; it acquires wariness 



in places frequented by man, 75, 

 Brambling, or brarable-finch, a description of 

 the song of, 487 ; a note on the variation in 

 the plumage of, 489. 

 56ccinum undatum, a description of the ana- 

 tomy of the proboscis of, 410 ; B. pal6stre 

 Mailer, synonymes of, 380 ; figure of a trun- 

 cated variety of, 161. 380. 

 Bullfinch, a poetical notice of the, 148. note* ; 

 instances of the bullfinch in white plumage, 

 noted, 593, 591 ; an amendment in names for 

 the bullfinch proposed, 593. 

 Bustard, information on the great, 458 ; an in- 

 dividual of the little bustard has been killed 

 near Chatham, 458. 

 Butterfly, see Insects. 



Canine animals, facts suggesting to man his 

 fittest mode of defending himself from the 

 attacks of, 1. 

 Caprimulgus, see Nightjar. 

 C^rex heleon&stes Ehrhart, the circumstances 

 of the discovering it in Switzerland, and a 

 description of its habitat there, 499 ; Ckxes. 

 Gaudimdwa Hoppe, characteristics and notice 

 of a Swiss habitat of, 500. 

 Cat, the domestic : one of its acts resembles, it 

 is suggested, one of the lion's, 139 ; sportsman- 

 like deeds of certain cats, 139. 502; an in- 

 stance of a cat's cognizance of the sound of a 

 door-bell, 502 ; the cat can, it is stated, imitate 

 the voice of birds, and this to the end of en- 

 ticing them, 540 ; instances of an extraor- 

 dinary capability of abstinence in cats, 140 ; 

 notices on the history of the tailless cats of 

 the Isle of Man, 139. 142 ; zoological recol- 

 lections on the cat, S'-25 ; notices of certain 

 omens connected with the cat, 545. 

 Catbird of N. America, Wilson's defence of, 



from the prejudices prevalent against, 562. 

 Catocila elocJita, stated to be not indigenous to 



Britain, 177. 

 Cerambyx b&julus has eaten way through sheet 



lead, 456. note f . 

 Certira vinula, remarks on the colour of its 



eggs, 532. 

 Chamze^leon, see Lizards. 

 Char, a fact on the habits of the, 637. 

 Ch^lifer cancroides, facts on the habits of, 162. 

 Chough, the red-legged, occurs in Jersey, 462. 

 Cicada, a notice of the note of a species in St. 



Vincent, 371. 

 Cicind^Ia, synonymy belonging to, 78. 

 Classification : remarks on the conditions ne- 

 cessary to be complied with in consociating 

 species into subgenera, genera, families, and 

 other groups, 62. 64. 97- 

 Climate, see Volcanic emanations, 

 Clytus ^rietis, facts on, 254, 

 Cuccidte of the West Indies, a note on, 602. 

 Cblia* H^ak and Ediisa, notes on the condi- 

 tions which affect the periodical abundance 

 and scarcity of, 260 ; notes on C. Edusa, as 

 observed in the Isle of Jersey, 473 ; a species 



of Cblias has been observed to pass in an ex- 

 tended column across Trinidad and the Gulf 

 of Paria, 610. note f ; a profile of the human 

 face is observable upon the upper side of the 

 primary wings of Cblias Edilsfl, female, 262. 

 Conchology, British, a notice of the difficulties 



which at present beset, 379. 

 Cordiilia Curti'sii Dale, described, 60. 

 Crinoidea : information on the structure of the 

 fossil animals of the genera Encrinltes, Cy- 

 athocrinltes, Apiocrinltes, 78. 179 ; and Platy- 

 crinltes, 180. 

 Crocodile, an instance of its fascinating a bird, 

 519 j Anthony Tempesta has, in his prints, 

 depicted the act of riding a crocodile, 334. 

 note *. 

 Crossbill, facts on the habits of the, wild, and 

 in captivity, 54, 58 ; an amendment in the sys- 

 tematic names of, proposed, 594, 

 Crow, the carrion, its eggs are sometimes co- 

 vered, 514 ; a pair of crows appropriate to 

 themselves a certain range, and beat intruders 

 from it, 514; the crow pecks out the eyes of 

 living sheep and lambs, 147 ; the crow does 

 not distinguish rook's eggs from her own, and 

 does not know the length of time which her 

 own require incubating, 103. 105 ; crows in 

 white plumage noted, 595. 

 Cuckoo, facts on the, 342. and note * ; a cuckoo 



pursued by a meadow pipit, 348. 

 Curculionidze, information on the habits of some, 



459. note *. 

 Cuttlefish, description of the structure and of- 

 fice of the cup-like suckers upon the arms 

 of, 417. 

 Cyathocrinltes, see CrinOidea. 

 Cynthia c&.rdui, notes on the conditions which 

 affect the periodical scarcity and abundance 

 of, 260. 

 Cyrfena trigonula Wood, described, and figured, 

 and its relations to C. dep^rdita Sowerby 

 stated, 275. 

 Deathwatch, see Ptfnidte. 

 Deili^phila nerii and line^ta, a note of the cap- 

 ture of each in England, 260. 

 D^lphax saccharivora Westwood, additional 

 particulars on, 496 ; some of these employed 

 in an argument on another subject, 610, 

 Dew, facts and arguments on the causes of, 



453. 

 Dog, the, zoological recollections on, 321 ; in- 

 stances of dogs' feeding upon unusual food, 

 137; an instance of a dog's feeding upon 

 fishes just caught, 240 ; dogs are remarkably 

 fond of the alpine mouse, 181 ; facts suggest- 

 ing to man his fittest mode of defending him- 

 self from canine animals, 1. 

 Dormouse, the common, an individual of, eats, 



of its own choice, certain insects, 143. 

 Dordnicum Pardali&.nches L. a British habitat 



of, 273. 

 Dove, a notice of a hybrid, 154 ; zoological re- 

 collections on the dove, 406. 

 Drbsera rotundifblia L., occasionally exhibits 



its flowers in an expanded state, 273. ', 

 Ducks, certain, thought to have proceeded from 

 a union between the domestic duck and the 

 domestic fowl, characteristics of, 516 ; a men- 

 tion of an individual of the ferruginous duck 

 shot, 151. 

 Dungfly, the, facts on, 61. 530. 

 Dytiscus glkber, and minfitus, facts on, 260 j D. 



margin^is, seCiLimnocharis. 

 Eagle : two cinereous or white-tailed eagles 

 have been taken on a rabbit-warren, near 

 Thetford, Norfolk, 52 ; Mr. Waterton's ana- 

 lysis .of Mr. Audubon's account of an aerial 

 encounter of an eagle and a vulture, 69. 

 Eel, the, sometimes breeds in isolated ponds, 

 601 ; a habitat of, 538 ; a clew to information 

 on the mode of propagation and on the habits 

 of, 283. 

 Eggs of anomalous structure, facts and remarks 

 on, 355 ; facts and considerations on the con- 

 ditions which appertain to birds in their pro- 

 ducing of their eggs, Sm. 



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