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INDEX. 



159 ; Carabus agrestis, C. horteiisis, and ft nemo- 

 ralis, 159; Natterjack Toad, 1*9; Siskin near 

 Scarborough, 160; Sayings and Doings of Skaters, 

 160; Oological Cabinets, 211; Rare Birds taken 

 during the late Frost. 211; Weaver's Museum at 

 Birmingham, 212; How to drown a Fish, 212; 

 Hooper Swan, 213; Entomological Notes, 213; 

 Effect of the Drainage of Fens, 214; Royal 

 Poacher, 214 ; Dromedary breeding in England, 

 215; Red-necked Grebe in Cumberland, 215; 

 Grousnear Richmond during the Frost, 215; Sin- 

 gular Mode of taking the Stork, 215 ; Albinism 

 in a Swallow, 215 ; Garrulous Roller near Scar- 

 borough, 216 ; Hooper Swan, 516 ; Pigeon frozen 

 on its Perch, 216; Kingfisher frozen to Death, 

 216; Red-breasted Merganser, 216; Instance of 

 Extraordinary Fecundity in the Sheep, 216; 

 Death's-head Moth, 216; Crenilabrus rupestris, 

 in the Frith of Forth, 217; Six-spot Burnet near 

 St. Andrews, 218; Insects in Turpentine, 218; 

 American Wigeon taken in Lincolnshire, 279; 

 Submarine Wood at Bootle, 279; Occurrence of 

 the Otter near Cupar, 279 ; Chrysomela polita, 

 322 ; Conchology of the Neighbourhood of Liver- 

 pool, 32«J; Turtle Dove shot near Scarborough, 

 323; JEshna versus Eschna, 323 ; Sparrow's Nest 

 in January, 323 ; Bohemian Waxwing in York- 

 shire, 324 ; Kyssia zonaria, 324 ; Animals eat in 

 Proportion to their Temperature, 324; White 

 Moles, 325; First Swallow near Worcester in 

 1838, 325; Birds, &c„ noticed in April, 1838, 

 near Maidstone, 325: Harmless Nature of the 

 Slow-worm, 325 ; White Crow, 325 ; Manna, 326 ; 

 Important Article of Food for Horses, Dogs, &»., 

 326; Death of a valuable black Tigress, 326; Ex- 

 traordinary Lamb, 327 ; Further News of the 

 Bonite, 327; Flight of Locusts in Benares, 327; 

 Invertebrata of the Coasts of Norway, 327 ; Or- 

 ganic Changes in Nature, 328; New Animals, 

 328 ; Mode of repelling the Wolf, 329 ; Arrow- 

 head in the Body of an Eagle, 329 ; Additional 

 Locality of the Red Grous, 436; Occurrence of 

 Velio, rivulorum, Jan. 5, 1838, 437; Nightingale 

 to the North of Doncaster, 437 ; Singular Locality 

 for the nest of the Robin Redbreast, 437 ; Lophius 

 piscatorius, 437; Remarks on Bats, 437; New 

 Herring found on the Coast of Iceland, 437; Oc- 

 currence of Amara ovata, 438; Scarce Swallow- 

 tail {Papilio podalirivs) a doubtful British Butter- 

 fly, 438; Pied Wagtail's Nest on a Railway Line, 

 439 ; New Shell allied to Cyclostoma, 439; Pippin 

 Crossbill in Cheshire, 439; Electrical Lady, 439; 

 Cure of Cancer, 440; Mode of destroying Snails, 

 440 ; Arcturtis Sparshalli at Horning, 440 ; Snow 

 Bunting near Scarborough, 440; Ospreyshot near 



Bury, 440; New Birds, 440; Scientific Expedi- 

 tion, 441 ; the Capelin (Mallotus Gramlandicus), 

 491. 



Botany.— Large Apples, 50; Extraordinary Cab- 

 bage-, Potato-, and Turnip-roots, 50, 51 ; Propa- 

 gation of Apple-trees, 51 ; Result of cutting down 

 Forests, 51 ; Species of Nuts indigenous to Bri- 

 tain, 160; Clematis vitaTba in Essex, Hampshire, 

 &c, 161 ; Blood-red Wheat, 161 ; Common But- 

 cher-broom (Ruscus aculeatut,) 161, 162; Kohl 

 Rabi, 162; New Wood for lining Entomological 

 Cases, 162; Hardy Natureof the Fuchsia, 162; In- 

 troduction of Tobacco into Britain, 162 ; Clinopo- 

 diumvulgare not a common Plant, 163; Locali- 

 ties for the Rough Shieldfern (Aspidhtm lonchitis), 

 219; Expansion and Closing of the Corolla of the 

 Water-lily, 219; Mad. Copin's Taste for Flowers, 

 220; Mildness of December, 1837, 220; Extraor- 

 dinary Increase of a Pea, 220 ; Cultivation of the 

 Cranberry, 220 ; Uses of the Alder-tree, 221 ; Spe- 

 cimen of Agave Americana at Clowarce Park, 

 221 ; Proportion of Forests to the Rest of the Soil 

 in the various Countries of Europe. 280 ; Enor- 

 mous Mushrooms, 280; Effects of the Frost in the 

 Horticultural Gardens, 200; Numerical Estimate 

 of the British Flora, 329; Sea-Kale Beet, or Silver 

 Beet, 330; Effect of Carbonic Acid on Vegetation, 

 330; Importance of Azote to Plants, 3RQ; Pro- 

 gress of Vegetable Life, 331 ; Cedar mountains 

 of South "Africa, 331 ; Mode of restoring frozen 

 Potatos, 439; Effects of the Winter of 1838 on • 

 Vegetation, 441 ; Effect of Carbonic Acid on Vege- 

 tation, 442; Localities of Plants in the Neigh- 

 bourhood of Liverpool, 491 ; Possibility of Cul- 

 tivating Tea in Northern Countries, 492; Cultiva- 

 tion of Vanilla in France, 492; Power of Lightning, 

 492 ; Ancient Oak, 493. 



Geoi.ooy. — Bemains of Mammalia in Cheshire, 

 52; Minerals in Jamaica, 52 ; Interesting Remains 

 on the Bristol Road, 52t Antediluvian Remains 

 in Jackson County, Ohio, 52: Principal Works 

 on Geology, 163; Visit to the Salt-mines at 

 Northwich, 221 ; Teredo in Fossil Wood, 221 ; Pe- 

 trescent Tree, 222; Skeleton of Ichthyosaurus 

 found at Twerton, 281; Carbonized Tree, 281 ; 

 Fossil Shells on the Western Railway, 332 ; Sub- 

 marine Volcano, 493 ; New Fossils, 493 ; Colossal 



. Remains found in the Avon, 493. 



Meteorology.— Meteors on the Nights of Novem- 

 ber 12—14, 222 ; Patrick Murphy, Esq., 222. 



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