GENERAL INDEX. 



565 



Pontia cardamines seen May 17. 1832, 199 ; 

 P. Chariclea seen Feb. 10. 1831, 88. 176 ; 

 P. brassies, rapae, napi, dates of the ap. 

 pearance of, and facts on, 379. 

 Thecla quercus acquires its pupa state in the 

 earth, 189; information on T. betulas 

 and quercus, 227. 376. 544 ; T. rabi, 544. 

 Vanessa Atalanto, dates of the appearance 

 of, 88. 379 ; V. Vo, dates of the appear- 

 ance of, 176. 379 ; V. urfica?, dates of the 

 appearance of, 88. 228 ; V. urticae and 

 polychlbrus, a correction of an application 

 of the names of, 5;X). 



Buzzard, the honey, facts on the habits of, 447 



Calf, monstrosity in a, 67; calves, three pro. 

 duced at one birth, each fertile, 78. 



Canary bird, a, which sang by gas-light, 523. 



Cane fly of Grenada, see Delphax. 



Caprella acuminifera, figured and described, 41. 



Carex heleonastes, a Swiss habitat of, 469; C. 

 speirostachya, a Welch habitat of, 367. 



Carinella trilineata Johnston, figured and de- 

 scribed, 232. 



Catchweed beetle, see Timarcha. 



Chalcidida?, the characteristics of some groups 

 and species of, 121. 418. 495. 



Chalk, see Geology. 



C'hara, circulation" of the sap in, 549. 



Chiffchaff; see Sylvia. 



Chinchillidce, reference to a monograph on the, 

 503. 



Chit-chat, No. II., 1. 



Choreia nlgro-a^nea Westwood, 122. 279. 380. 

 419. 



Cicadidae, information on the structure and 

 habits of the, 409. 



Cicindela camp^stris, facts on, 201 ; a picture 

 and a description of each of the British spe- 

 cies of Cicindela, 533 ; synonyms of them, 

 554. 



Cimicida?, see Bug tribes. 



Cirl bunting, the (Emberlza Cirlus L.), indivi- 

 duals taken and seen, 151. 



Cirratulus Medusa Johnston, described, 123; 

 figured, 124. 



Classification, see Genera; 



Colour of the coverings of animals, changes, to- 

 wards winter, in the, 79. 



Corncrake, landrail, or daker, facts on the habits 

 of, 114. 199.279. 



Corvorant, facts on the habits of the, 29. 



Crinoideal remains discovered by Mr. Conway 

 in mountain limestone from Ireland, 125 ; the 

 relations of these remains to the Encrinltes 

 and Cyathocrinltes contested, 281,282. 470. 560. 



Cross bill, facts on the habits of the, 112. 



Crow, the carrion, its habits described, 208 ; the 

 hooded crow, remarks on the, 200. 



Crustaceous animals: CaprtJUa acuminifera 

 {Montagu ?), described, 41 ; Nymphum coc- 

 cineum Johnston, described, 42 ; Squilla Des- 

 martist» Risso, 230 ; the soldier crab, Pagurus, 

 mentions of, 30. 200 ; some of the animals pa- 

 rasitic on crustaceous animals noticed, 94. 



Cuckoo, a captured and caged young one adopted 

 and fostered by a pair of wrens, 83 ; the cuckoo 

 sings at night, 199, 200. 374. 



Cuckoo-spit insect (Aphrophora spumaria), the 

 economy of, 410. 



Curculi6nidae, certain, devour the acorns of 

 oaks in America, 95. 



Curtis, Mr., his remarks on the conduct of Mr. 

 Stephens, 437 ; these rebutted, 437 ; renewed 

 by Mr. Curtis, 553; by Mr. Dale, 554. 



Cyathocrinite, see Crinoideal remains. 



Cygnus Bewicks, see Swan. 



Cynictis OgUby, a reference to the genus, 502. 



Cynipideous insects, their general habits, 491 ; 

 one species of, is parasitic on A^phis rbsaj, 492. 



Dabchick, see Grebe. 



Delphax saccharfvora Westw., its characters 

 and affinities, 413 ; its habits, 407. 



Dendrocitta Gould, a reference to the descrip- 

 tion of the genus, and species of, 504. 



Dentition, remarks in relation to the physiology 

 of, 21. 390. 



Dianas^ Baird/'i Johnston, figured and de- 

 scribed, 320. 



Dottrell, the (Charadrius Morinellus L.), breeds 

 on hills in Aberdeenshire, 151. 



Dragon fly, see M'shna varia. 



Dog, one that reasoned riding to be preferable 

 to walking, 67 ; instances of eccentric appe- 

 tite in dogs, 364 ; facts on the Canadian dog, 

 511. 6 ' 



Donkey, a white, 67. 



Dorcus parallelipipedus, a figure, and facts on 

 the habits, of, 332, 333. 



Draba verna L., facts on, 193. 



Drosera rotundifolia L.,.the leaves and glandu- 

 lated hairs of, do possess irritability, 177; 

 they do not, 178 ; the flowers of, observed ex- 

 panded, 178 ; the D. rotundifolia L. and an- 

 glica Huds., in Switzerland, 469 ; the glandular 

 hairs on the leaves of these species not ob- 

 served to be irritable, 469. 



Ducks, ferruginous (.d^nas rutila L.), descrip- 

 tion of a pair of, 141 ; a duck that had strayed 

 from Denmark (?), shot in Sussex, 450. 



Eagles, a pair in Norfolk, facts on, 448. 



Eggs : what relation do the colour of, and marks 

 on, an egg bear to the bird hatched from it ? 

 184 ; eggs of the common fowl remarkably 

 spotted, 184 ; the number of the eggs of the 

 domestic fowl annually imported from France 

 into the ports of London and Bristol, 141 ; 

 eggs and nest of a bird found within the wood 

 of a tree, 460. 



Egg-shells for cabinets, on preserving, 171. 



Elephant, notice of the dentition of, 392. 



Elks, skeletons of, found near Killaloe, Ireland, 

 and in the Isle of Man, 462. 



Encrinite, see Crinoideal remains. 



Falcons, the Iceland and Ger, probably of di- 

 stinct species, although not usually deemed 

 so, 107 ; the ash-coloured falcon, a notice of, 

 139; the harrier hawk and moor buzzard 

 breed in a fen in Norfolk, 150; systematic 

 associations in the falcon family suggested,487. 



Feathers, see Plumage. 



i^esttica ovina var., probably F, hirsuta Hort., 

 a habitat of, 368. 



Finch, the mountain, occasionally visits the 

 neighbourhood of Godalming, 113; a canary 

 bird which sings by gas-light, 523 ; greenfinch 

 of Pennsylvania, of what species ? 384 ; haw- 

 finch, see Hawfinch. 



Fishes possess an audible voice, 527 ; facts on 

 the habits of gold and silver fishes, 527 ; the 

 rarer of the kinds of fish met with on the 

 coast of Berwickshire, 14 ; some kinds caught 

 in the Trent, 326 ; notices on the grayling, 189; 

 mintiew, 201; loach, 201; the tunny, 529; 

 the bonito, 529; the toothed gilthead, 529 ; 

 the piper, 529 ; the streaked gurnard; 530 j 

 the opah, 530; Sblea variegata, 530; enor- 

 mous sturgeon, 530 ; Leptocephalus Morris*'/, 

 530 ; some of the animals parasitic on fishes 

 noticed, 94, 95. 



Flamingoes, facts on, 285. 384. 



Florence, Mr. Spence on the weather at, 252. 



Flycatcher, the pied, shot, 151. 



Fossils, the kinds of, met with in a 6hort tour 

 in Derbyshire, 129 ; skeletons of the elk in 

 Ireland and the Isle of Man, 462; trilobites, 

 476 ; new species of enormous fossil reptile, 

 75 ; fossil stag's horn found near Lower Meu- 

 don, near Paris, 180. See also Crinoideal re- 

 mains. 



Foxes, their usual prey, 207. 



Frogs, facts on, 141. 456, 457 ; a frog found in- 

 carcerated in the wood of a tree, 459. 



Gastrocha^na Pholadia, facts on the habits and 

 economy of, 401. 



Geese from the Netherlands, shot on the Trent, 

 450. See also J^nas, and Duck. 



Genera and subgenera, the principles on which 

 they should be established : Mr. Jenyns, 385 ; 

 Mr. Newman, 481; Mr. Blyth, 486. 



Geological Society of France, information on, 

 416. 



Geology of Berwickshire, 19 ; general consider- 



