INDEX. 



American Chimney Swallow, 39. 



American Lesser Redpole, 39. 



April showers bring spring flowers, 185. 



Auk, Little, 32. 



Autumnal Tones, 260. 



Baloenoptera Rorqual, 282. 

 Beggar Woman's Dog, 62. 

 Birds, Common, Characteristics of, 189, 220. 

 Birds' Nests, 117, 143, 171. 

 Birds, Rare, 112, 113, 197. 

 Bird Eetreating, 24. 

 Birds, Singing of. in 1857, 164. 

 Birds, Song of, 237. 

 Birds using: oil from 'Glands, 25, 111. 

 Bittern, 138. 

 Blackbirds, 163. 

 Blackbirds and Rat, 20, 

 Blind Horse, Beautiful action of, 165. 

 Blue Tit, 33. 

 Butterflies, 203, 236. 



Butterflies and Sphinges observed at Lau- 

 sanne, 80. 



Cader Idris, Ascent of, 13. 



Classification of the Animal Kingdom bv the 



Nerves, 48, 97, 117, 174, 207,' 240.' 

 Clausilia Rolphii, 248. 

 Clouded Yellow Butterfly, 236. 

 Collyweston Slate, 16. 



Contributions to Entomology of Banffshire, 87. 

 Corn Crake, 185. 

 Cotteswolds, On the, 194. 

 Crossbill, 262. 

 Crustaceans, Notes on, 232. 

 Cuckoo, The, 163. 



Destruction of Birds, 3, 101. 

 Dog, Curious Freak of a, 111. 

 Dyson, Mr. David, Death of, 43. 



Eagle, White-tailed, 112. 



East Cumberland, Notes on Natural History 



of. 225, 250. 

 English Snakes, 66. 

 Entomological Captures in 1856, 82 

 Entomological Dream, 108, 134. 

 Entomology, Curious Incident in, 65. 

 Erebia blandina at Braemar, 212. 

 Eristalis nubilipennis in Ireland, 211. 

 Exchange, 20, 38. 

 Exchanging Insects, 271. 

 Extracts from Correspondence with a Brother 



Naturalist, 5. 



Filling and Emptying an Aquarium, 67. 

 First Appearance of Migratorv Birds near 



Kilnsay, 153. 

 Fish Notes', 150. 

 Four Days Collecting near Dorking, 236. 



Grey Phalarope, 32. 

 Grease in Drawers, 260. 

 Greenfinch, Late Breeding of, 283. 

 Guillemot, Bridled, Specific Distinctions of, 



217. 

 Guillemot, Ringed, 212. 



Remarks upon, 166. 



Harlequin Duck, 163. 

 Heratical Subject, 40. 

 House, Fall of, 235. 



Hudson's Bay Tit, 39. 

 Hymenoptera, Setting of, 140. 



Ichneumon and Tortrix Larva, 250. 

 Insects, Injurious, 54. 

 "Water, 247. 



Kingfishers, 20. 

 Kittiwake, 63. 

 Knot, 33. 



Larks, Extraordinary Flight of, 64. 

 Lepidoptera, List of near Wisbeach, 61. 



near Bungav. 273. 



of Suffolk', 253, 273. 



Liparis monacha in Lincolnshire, 212. 



Marine Shells, Exchange of, 259. 

 Merlin, 32. 

 Migration, 156. 

 Mistletoe, The, 154, 188. 

 Mole, Utility of, 213. 



Natural curiosity, (Yellow-breasted Martin,) 



137. 

 Naturalist's Wish, The, 232. 

 New Forest, Quaere respecting Entomology 



in, 284. 

 Nightingale, 19, 68. 

 Notes from Norfolk, 60. 

 Notice, 232. 



Notice of Diurnal Lepidoptera, 85. 

 Nova Scotia, Birds of, 103, 



■ Addenda to, 136. 



Nunburnholme, Natural History of, 269. 

 Nuthatch, 261. 



Oil Glands of Birds, 164. 



Orchis, Flv, 20. 



Ornithological Notes, 283. 



Ornithology in the House of Commons, 210. 



Owl, Long-eared, 112. 



Peep at the Ferns of Sutherland and Ross, 



8, 29, 77. 

 Penguin, 260. 



Plants, Resuscitation of. 211. 

 Pupae found on roots of Ash Trees, 40, 41, 

 Purple Emperor in Lincolnshire, 212. 



Rara Avis, 65. 



Raven, 112. 



Redbreast, 226. 



Representation of Snow and Ice in Bird 



Cases, 39. 

 Reviews : — 



Blunders in Behaviour, 92. 



British Botanists' Field Book, 188. 



Hours of Sun and Shade, .34. 



Index Filicum, 188. 



Natural History of the Tineina, 281. 



Natural Histofv Review, 35, 68, 114, 139, 

 186, 260. 



Nine Botanical Diagrams, 282. 



Prize Essay on the Prevention of the Smoke 

 Nuisance, 34. 



Simple Catechism of the Animal, Vege- 

 table, and Mineral Kingdoms, 34. 

 Ring Ouzel, 284. 

 Ring-tail Harrier, 32. 



