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GENERAL INDEX. 



Nature is an exhaustless source of means of 

 intelligence, 558. 



Nfematus cJlpreze F., facts on its habits, 265. 



fjf 422 ; instances of the effects of the ravages of 

 the caterpillar of, 4(22. 



Nematus ribfesii Stephens, facts on, 265. 



Nightjar ; facts on the migratory movements 

 of the species which visits Britain, 156. 347, 

 and note * ; certain localities of, 156. 347 ; 

 information on the habits of a species of 

 nightjar, in Peru, 633, and the external cha- 

 racteristics of it, 635 ; mentions of the night- 

 cries of the species of nightjar, 156 ; vulgar 

 prejudices against species of nightjar, 559, 

 560 ; pleas against these, 559, 560 ; remarks 

 on the unfitness of certain names applied to 

 the family of nightjars, 636. 



Noddy, the, identified, 74. 



Omens and superstitions connected with na- 

 tural objects, notices of certain, 545 — 567. 



Onion-fly, the, a notice of the habits of, 425 ; the 

 fly described, 428. note *. 



O^phion vfnulae, see ^ombyx menth&stri. 



©■^phrys fucifera, a notice of a habitat of, and 

 notes on the plant, 272. 



Orlgines zoologicse, 315. 390. 



Otter, notice of a mode of taking the, facts on 

 the otter's habits, 506. 538 ; the dimensions 

 of a fine otter, 592 ; a species of otter is em- 

 ployed by man, in India, to aid him in cap- 

 turing fishes, 592. 



Ouzel, water, information on the song, nest, 

 and habits, and on habitats of, 183. 540—543. 



Owls capture fishes, alive, for food, 146 ; an in- 

 stance of the barn owl's seeking its food at 

 midday, 146 ; the fur and bones of two field 

 campagnols found in the pellet of an owl, 147 ; 

 notes on owls, 335 ; a notice by Shakspeare, 

 of the owl's manner of flight, 593 ; a notice 

 of omens connected with the owl, 548. 



Ox, zoological recollections on the, 390. 



Ox^cera, a notice of the discovery of unde- 

 scribed species of, 61. 



Oyster-catcher, facts on the habits of, 151. 576. 



Papili6md£B, see Insects. 



Pkris quadrifdlia, the floral conditions of cer- 

 tain flowers of, 378, 



Partridge, the "Virginian, Mr. Audubon's notice 

 •f the comparative powers of swimming of, 

 criticised by Mr. Waterton, 72. 



Pea fowl, facts in proof that the, is naturally an 

 enemy of the serpent tribe, 152. 



Petrel, the storm, a defence of, from the pre- 

 judice extant against, 563. 



Pheasant, the, has been seen with the blind 

 worm (^'nguis fragilis) in its beak, 153 ; a 

 notice of some of the habits and anatomical 

 conditions of a pair of hybrid birds obtained 

 from the union of a male pheasant with hens 

 of the Bantam fowl, 153, 154 ; instances of the 

 pheasant in anomalous plumage, 595. 



Phlocerus MenetridsjV Fischer, a .mention of, 

 187, 188. 



PhyJUne grossa Johnston, a figure and a descrip- 

 tion of, 587. 



Phytolithus verrucosus and cancellatus, figures 

 of, and remarks upon, 137. 



Pigeon, historical and literary recollections on 

 the, 406. 



Pike, the, its capture of a rat and a swallow, 

 noted, 600. 



Plants : on the altitude of the habitats of plants 

 in Cumberland, with localities of the rarer 

 mountain species, 20 ; a notice of the proxi- 

 mity of the Alpine flowers to the eternal 

 snows and glaciers, 249 ; plants and subjacent 

 rocks, facts in argument; on the relations be- 

 tween, 274; facts and considerations discord- 

 ant with the idea of an affinity between plants 

 and the rocks subjacent to their habitats, 535 ; 

 varieties with white corollas of species whose 

 corolla is not white, instances of, and en- 

 quiries and conjectures on the cause of them, 

 536; a notice of habitats of certain less com 

 nion species of plants in Lcxden and its 

 neighbourhood, in Essex, 18 ; plants school 



I the feelings of man, 382 ; a notice of supersti- 

 I tions connected with plants, 555. See i^ungi, 

 ! Platycrinltes. See Crinoidea. 



Plectrophanes lapp6nica, a notice of the cap- 

 ture of, along with larks, near Preston, Lan- 

 cashire, 56. 



Pleurobranchus plilmula Flem., a figure and a 

 description of, 348. 



Plumage of birds : the structure of the plumage 

 of water.inhabiting, is adapted to the resist- 

 ance of water, 73 ; conditions pertaining to 

 variations in the plumage of certain birds, 

 named, 489 ; instances of birds in anomalous 

 I plumage, 593. 



} Polygonum Persic^iria, a superstition connected 

 with, mentioned, 567. 



Poly<'jmmatus Alexis, Fcarus, and Ickrius, in- 

 formation on synonymy relative to, 82; the 

 name P. Alexis referred to certain facts pre- 

 viously stated, 532. 



Polypes, the, incidental remarks in distinguish- 

 ment of polypes from the compound A\cy- 

 bnia, 13. 



Polypori, a habitat of certain, 53%. 

 I Poultry, a few facts and investigations on dis- 

 eases in, expressed in the language of com- 

 parative morbid anatomy, 630 ; a notice of a 

 barn-door hen which crowed and had plumage 

 likethat of a cock, 103. 



Pterophori, notes on, with a description of 

 Pterophorus similidactylus Curt. 263. 



Ptilinus pectinic(jrnis F. (one of the Ptfnidje), 

 facts on the habits of, 473. 



Ptinid£e : the Anbbium strikturn ticks as a 

 deathwatch, 468 ; the ticking imputed to the 

 larva's gnawing its progress through the wood 

 which it perforates, 470 ; instances of the 

 Ptinida; consuming wood, 472. 



Pulse, notes on some species of insects which 

 consume, 255. 



Purre, the, breeds at Martin Mere, 599. 



Quail, facts on the, 517. 



Rabbit, domestic, some instances of depraved 

 appetite in the, 136. 



Racbdium cellare, a habitat of, 537. 



Rain, a statement of the quantity of, which has 

 fallen at High Wycombe, Bucks, during the 

 last ten winters, with remarks, 239. 



Rainbow, facts and arguments in relation to the 

 causes of a singular appearance of a, 448. 



Rat, the, an instance of its impatience of thirst 

 impelling it to gnaw through the wall of a 

 leaden water-pipe, 455 ; and to expose itself 

 by day, after rain, 455, 4.55. note * ; instances 

 of rats gnawing, for food, the roots of trees, 

 456. note t ; an instance of a rat's conveying 

 a brood of young turkeys to a t;ubterranean 

 depository, where most of them were found 

 alive, 457 ; rats will pass under water upon the 

 mud at the bottom of the water, 592 ; facts on 

 the habits of the water rat, 458. 



iJanunculus Ficaria L., an exhibition of the 

 floral condition of 2682 specimens of, to the 

 end of determining the genus of, 375. 



Rattlesnakes of America, information on the, 

 165. 



Reason versus instinct, ,501. 



Redpole, a second species of, is thought to exist 

 in Britain, 488. 



Redstart, a male, has aided in sustaining and 

 protecting the offspring of another pair of 

 redstarts, 24,5. 



Redwing, the common, is resident, throughout 

 the year, in the extreme north of Scotland 

 and in the Isles, 175. See, also. Thrush. 



Ringdove, a description of the habits of the, 

 328; a notice of a male ringdove domesti- 

 cated in a good degree, 517. 



Ret^pora cellulbsaZ.amfl'rcA:, synonymes,figures, 

 and a description of, 638. 



Rhine and Rhone, iniormation on the causes of 

 the colour of the water of the, 438. 



Robin, the, an instance of its building its nest 

 in the festoon of a bed, and rearing a brood 

 of young there, 517; the nest of the robin 

 sacred even to boys, 56&; a pair of robins 



