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GENERAL INDEX. 



Aberdevine or siskin, facts on the, 113 151. 



^'crida verrucivora, instruments in the oviposi- 

 tor of, 288. 



Actinia, some of the species met with on the 

 coast of Berwickshire noticed, 17. 



Aerolites, notices of theories of the origin of, 

 468. 508. 



JE'shna varia, an instance of sagacity displayed 

 by, 271. 



Albatross, the wandering, facts and speculations 

 on, 372. 



A116tria vfctrix Westw. described, 494 ; is para- 

 sitic on A^phis rbsae, 492. 



-4nagallis arvensis L., and caerulea Sckreber, the 

 specific distinctness of, 178, 179. 



A y nas aegyptlaca, individuals of, observed in 

 Britain, 12. 514. See also Duck, and Geese. 



i4nembne nemorbsa L., on the scent of the 

 flowers of, 279. 



Animals/remarks on the result to, of the changes 

 which are produced in the colour of their co- 

 vering, with the changes of the seasons, &c, 

 179 ; animals direct their actions by a species 

 of reasoning, 81 ; the instinctive properties of 

 animals never completely obliterated by do- 

 mestication, 68 ; animals, marine, descriptions 

 and figures of a few species of, 314 ; animals, 

 molluscous, see Molluscous animals ; animals, 

 rayed, see Radiate animals. 



Animal substances, modes in which the spirit in 

 which they are preserved may be kept from 

 evaporating, 92. 284. 



Annelides: Cirratulus Medusa Johnston, de- 

 scribed, 123 ; figured, 124 ; Carinella trilineata 

 Johnston, figured and described, 232 ; Siphun- 

 culus Dentalii Gray, figured and described, 

 234 ; Sigalion 2?ba figured and described, 322 ; 

 Sabella amoe v na Johnston, figured and de- 

 scribed, 406 ; a query on the physiology of the 

 earthworm, 384. 



Ant, the great black, facts on, 287, 288 ; on other 

 6pecies of, 476. 



Antelope, the M'horr, mentioned, 501. 



Aphelochelrus Westwood, a genus connecting 

 the land and water bug tribes, defined and de- 

 scribed, 229. 



A x phis rosffi is subject to destruction from the 

 parasitical habits, 492, of Allotria vfctrix 

 Westwood, described, 494. 



A^pteryx australis Shaw, information on, 503. 



A'rgulus foliaceus Jurine Jils, information on, 

 94. • 



Ash tree, remarks relating to the fall of an aged, 

 327. 



Astrantia major wild in Berkshire, 379. 



Atmosphere, dense, magnifying power of, 183. 



Audubon, J. J., and his Biography of Birds, con- 

 troversial remarks upon, 215. 369. 464, 465. 550. 



Bat, a, found within the timber of a tree, 459. 



Baya bird, the Indian (L6xia philipplna L.), its 

 characters, pendulous nest, and some of its 

 habits, described, 219. 



Bears in Switzerland, dates of the spring appear- 

 ance of, 510. 



Beaver, facts on the habits of, in Canada, 511. 



Bees, their perforation of the corollas of flowers, 

 469. 



Berberry, the harmlcssness of, to crops of wheat, 

 367. 



Beroe pileus Lam., a locality for, 501. 



Berwickshire Naturalists' Clubj Dr. Johnston's 

 address to the members of the, 11; species of 

 animals and plants observed by the members, 

 12—21. 



Bewick, an enquiry respecting the literary re- 

 mains of the celebrated xylographer, 283. 



Birds : something about sea birds, 25 ; more 

 about birds, landones, 111 ; characteristic man- 

 ners of the birds of the moors and of those of 

 the sea side, 12 ; manners of some birds op a 

 winter's morning, 158; manners of certain 



birds, as observed by Mr. Dovaston, 3 ; his 

 experiments on the migration of birds, 5 ; the 

 alarm note of one species of bird is understood 

 by all other species, 70 ; on the question of 

 birds dressing their feathers with oil from a 

 gland, 159—162. 274—277 ; nests and nidifica. 

 tion of birds, see Nests ; remarks on the ap- 

 pointed principles which actuate the changes 

 in the colour of J,he plumage of birds, ac- 

 cording to season and climate, 79, to changes 

 in the constitution of birds, 502 ; philosophical 

 remarks on systematic classification of birds, 

 484 ; utility of preserving birds on farms and 

 in orchards, 143. 518; a plan proposed for in- 

 troducing from abroad new breeds of birds, 

 525 ; the bird whose nightly note foretells ap- 

 proaching weather, 93, is the action of the 

 atmosphere on the auditory nerve diseased, 

 185 ; dates of the appearance of some spring 

 birds in the neighbourhood of Clitheroe, Lan- 

 cashire, 72 j a list of the birds seen in twelve 

 months in the neighbourhood of Southminster 

 Vicarage, Essex, 452 ; the rarer kinds of, met 

 with in Berwickshire, 11 ; on preserving the. 

 colour of the legs and bills of stuffed birds, 92. 

 183 ; short communications on birds of various 

 species, 68—73. 139—154. 268—270. 447—456. 

 513—526. 



Bittern, facts on the habits of, 114; in the his- 

 tory of, 9. 



Blackbird, the, destroys the cockchafer in its 

 grub state, 518. 



Blackcap, the, its song described, 113. 



Blood, a newt's tail well exhibits the circulation 

 of, within it, 549. 



B6mbus, a, probably B. lapidarius L., facts on, 

 173. 



Ztombylius major L., some of the habits of, 73 ; 

 remarks relative to the, 173. 



2?6mbyx menthrastri, and six O'phion vinula?, 

 all hatched from a cocoon of i?6mbyx vinulus, 

 378. 



Z?6mbyces, familiarities effected with, 222.' 



2J6pyrus squillarum Lai., history and habits of, 

 94. 



Bristol Philosophical Institution, remarks rela- 

 tive to the, 126 note, 262. 273. 474 note. 



Bug tribes, land and water, on the genus Aphe- 

 loche'irus Westwood, a connecting fink be- 

 tween the, 229. 



Bustard, the great, facts on, 150. 513 ; an indi- 

 vidual of the little bustard, shot in Cornwall, 

 technically described, 141 ; one shot in Cam- 

 bridgeshire, 5ia 



Butterflies, a list of, and remarks on, the various 

 species of, met with around Pontnewydd 

 Works, Monmouthshire, 224. 541 ; notes on 

 butterflies, &c, made in a part of Cumber- 

 land, in May, 1832, 198 ; familiarities effected 

 with butterflies, i?6mbyces and Sphinx stel- 

 latarum, 222. 374; an identification by the 

 late Mr. Haworth of some of the varieties of 

 Papilionida? or butterflies figured and de- 

 scribed in the fifth volume, 175; criticisms 

 and notices by Mr. Bree in relation to various 

 species of butterfly, 374 ; by Mr. Dale, 377. 379. 

 Argynnis Lathonia,date of capture of, 379. 

 Cynthia cardui, date of the vernal appear- 

 ance of, 88. 379. 

 Gonepteryx.rhamni, dates of the appearance 

 of, 88. 228. 379; remarks on the habits 

 and colour of, 224. 375. 

 LycaeW Phlae N as, a date of its appearing, 



201. 

 Mazarine blue, and other blue species, que- 

 ries and facts on, 96. 190. 201. 

 Melita^a Seldnf, date of the appearance of, 

 379 ; M. A'rtemis, two extraordinary va- 

 rieties of, figured, 378. 

 Poly6mmatus Argiolus, a date and place of 

 its appearance, 544. 



