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GENERAL INDEX. 



Scheuchztrv'rt palustris L., habits of, 368. 469,470. 



Seas, inland, of Southern Europe, remarks on 

 some statements respecting, 477. 



Semnopithecus, a notice of Mr. Owen's analysis 

 of the sacculated stomach of, 503. 



Seplola vulgaris Leach and S. stenodactyla 

 Grant, reference to Dr. Grant's treatise on, 

 503. 



Serpents, see Viper. 



Shrew, water, localities for the, 452. 512 ; the 

 oared water shrew, a locality for, and facts on, 

 512. 



Sigalion Boa Johnst., figured and described, 322. 



Silkworm, a Welch epigram on the, 9; 285 yards 

 of silk in the cocoon of one, 306 yards in the 

 cocoon of another, 10. 



Sinod£ndron cylindricum, a figure, and facts on 

 the habits, of, 333. 



Siphunculus Dentalii Gray, figured and de- 

 scribed, 234. 



Siskin, see Aberdevine. 



Snakes, see Viper. 



Slugs and Snails, see Molluscous animals. 



Snow prevents the escape of heat from the earth 

 and from plants and animals, SO ; snow, red, 

 see Protococcus. 



Snow flake or Snow bunting, facts on the habits 

 of, 205 ; on the habits and generic affinities of, 

 387. 483. 486 ; its nest on the neck of a dead 

 child's body, 524. 



Sphagna fraxinea, facts explanatory of the eco- 

 nomy of, 548. 



Sphex sabulbsa, facts on the habits of, 477. 



■Sphinx stellatarum, 223 ; S. A'tropos, 272. 



Spiders feed on grapes, 271. 



Spoonbill, notice of a, 454. 

 . Spring of 1833, remarks on the vernal appear- 

 ances at Parkstone, 157 ; at Godalming, 198 ; 

 at Allesley, 488. 



Squilla Desmar^stw Risso, figured and described, 

 230. 



Squirrel, the striped, of Canada, its habits, 365. 



Starling, habits of the, 37. 334. 542. 



Stoat, on the food and habits of the, 202. 



Stock dove, the (Columba CE\ias); facts on, 326. 



Stylops and cognate genera, remarks on, 377. 



Subgenera, see Genera. 



Sugar-cane, insects which attack the, 407—413. 



Sulphur, native, in Northumberland, 463. 



Sulphuret of iron, facts on, 480. 



Sundew, see Drosera. 



Swallow, facts on the, 4. 7. 270. 454. 456. 490. 524. 



Swans, a natural enmity obtains between the 

 black and white swans, 139. 278. 514; the 

 wild swan cr hooper, Virgil's opinion of its 

 note, 115 ; facts on two presumed individuals 

 of C^gnus Bewicks, 449. 



Swift, the white bellied (Cypselus ahpinus^TVm.) 

 described, 286 ; facts on the common' swift, 

 199.490. 



Swiss peasants date the commencement of 

 spring by the appearance of bears, 510. 



Salvia, information on rearing, in captivity, the 

 species of, 268; facts on the habits of the 

 Dartford warbler, 112; the chiffchaff of the 

 north of Ireland is the S. rufa Lath., and 

 facts on it, 447 ; on the willow wren in Ire- 

 land, 448 ; does the willow wren sip the nectar 

 of the flowers of the"! crown imperial? 184; 

 characters and affinities of S. lbquax Herbert, 

 522; of S. rafa Lath., 522; or S. hippolais 

 Temminck and Bechstein, 552. 



Teal, a reference to an account of the nest and 

 eggs of one, 384. 



Teeth, see Dentition. 



Tenthrddo amerlna?, the singularity ascribed to 

 the larva of, belongs to the larva of Trichio- 

 sbma luc&rum, 157. 



Testaceous, see Molluscous animals. 



Theclcr, see Butterflies.' 



Thrush, on the migration of a species of, 218 ; 

 this species shown to be the red wing, 516 ; fact 

 on a thrush, 196 ; on the missel thrush, 198. 



Timarcha tenebricbsa, facts on, 534. 



Titmouse, the long tailed, facts on, 193. 



Toad, early appearance, in 1833, of the toad, 

 157. 289 ; toads in Berwickshire, 14 ; toads 

 incarcerated in rocks and timber, 458, 459. 



Trees : every kind of tree has its distinct phy- 

 siognomical character, and, when acted upon 

 by wind, supplies a distinct sound, 8. 



Trilobite, the figure, name, and locality of three 

 species of, 476. 



Trossachs, the, described, 2. 



Turpentine, spirit of, see Preserving. 



Twite, the, is now and then shot on Munsted 

 Heath, 113. 



Typha latifblia L., uses of, 367. 



Vanessa, see Butterflies. 



Vel£lla, a most interesting species of, figured 

 and described, 318. 



Vermicelli successfully employed as food for 

 birds, 268. 



Vernal appearances, see Spring. 



Wspa vulgaris, facts and an enquiry on the 

 habits of, 490, and notef ; V. britannica, facts 

 on the habits of, 535 ; of V. campanaria, 536 ; 

 of V. holsatica, 539. 



Ficia sylvatica L., a habit and habitat of, 89. 



Viper, the common, in Berwickshire, 14 ; one 

 eaten of by a hedgehog, 457 ; another by a 

 mouse, 457; serpents are not naturally de- 

 stroyed by either hedgehogs or mice, 457 ; the 

 red viper described, 399 ; identified with the 

 young of the common viper, 526 ; the black 

 viper mentioned, 527 ; the Dumfries snake, a 

 query on, 401 ; remarks on, 527. 



Volcanic emanations, their supposed causal in- 

 fluence on certain contemporaneous meteoric 

 phenomena, vicissitudes in the seasons, and 

 prevalent disorders, 289. 



Volcanoes, geographical position, and history, of 

 active, 344. 



Vulture, the, or the turkey buzzard, arguments 

 and facts on the means by which it traces its 

 food, 83. 163. 



Warbler, see Salvia. 



Wasp, see J^spa. 



Waterton's Wanderings in South America, 282. 

 382 383. 552 



Weasel, facts on the, 175. 195, 195. 202. 268. 379. 



Weather, see Meteorology. 



Whinchat, the, occurs atKillaloe, inIreland,15L 



Wigeon's nest and eggs, a, mistaken for those 

 of a teal, see Teal. 



Winter, see Meteorology. 



Woodpeckers, facts on, 334 ; the lesser spotted 

 woodpecker occurs in Derbyshire, 327. 



Worm (Lumbrlcus), when one is cut into pieces, 

 do these form worms ? 384. 



Wren, the common, materials of the nest of, 

 172. 523 ; a pair of, have adopted and fostered 

 a young captured and caged cuckoo, 83 ; does 

 any wren sip the nectar of the flowers of the 

 crown imperial ? 184 ; willow wren, see Sylvia. 



Yew tree in Buckland churchyard, near Dover, 

 47. 



Zoophytes of Berwickshire, noticed generally, 

 17. See, in addition, Pluraularia. 



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