INDEX. 



ORIGINAL PAPERS. 



Page. 

 On the LemurUhe, or Lemur Family 1 



Description of the Muscular Apparatus of the 

 Wings of Birds. By W. MacGillivray.A.M., 

 F.K.S.E., M.W.S 13 



Notes on the Amarce. By Peter RYLANDS.Esq. 20 



An Explanation of the Latin Names of British 

 Birds. By the Rev. F. O. Morris, B.A 21 



A Catalogue of, and Remarks on, the Medicinal 

 Plants found principally in the neighbourhood 

 of York. ByE 30 



The Sense of Smell in Carrion Birds. By the 

 Rev. F.O. Morris, B.A 34 



Habits of the Fitchet Weasel ( Mil stela pulorius, 

 Linn.). By Mr. W. R. Scott. 35 



Period of the Arrival of Birds of Passage. By 

 Mr. Edward Blyth 37 



On the Impropriety of placing the Columbidce in 

 the order Rasores. By Mr. Thomas Allis. . . 57 



The Naturalist abroad. By Edwin Lees, F.L.S., 

 M.E.S.L 62 



Papilio podalirius a British/Insect, By the Rev. 

 F. 0. Morris, B.A 69 



An Explanation of the Latin Names of British 

 Birds. By the Rev. Francis Orpen Morris, 

 B.A., M.O.S.L., Hon. M. Ashmol. Soc., &c. . . 70 



The Charms of a Natural Aviary. By Mr. Ed- 

 ward Blyth 77 



Leicestershire Flora. By the Rev. Andrew 

 Bloxam 79 



Some Account of Tripluena Jimbrku By the 

 Rev. F. 0. Morris, B.A.,&c 83 



Notes on the Laridce. By Mr. Beverley R. 

 Morris 85 



A Botanical Tour in Herefordshire, Monmouth- 

 shire, and South Wales. By Edwin Lees, 

 F.L.S., M.E.S.L 115 



A New System of Nomenclature, illustrated by 

 a List of British Birds. By the Rev. F. O. Mor- 

 ris, B.A 122 



Notes on the Species and Varieties of Pontia. By 

 Pbter Rylands, Esq 127 



Ornithological Notes. By Mr. Beverley R. 

 Morris. 130 



On the Caterpillar of the Gwt Moth. By E. . . . 131 



Leicestershire Flora. By the Rev. Andrew 

 Bloxam 132 



On the Organ of Self-preservation in Animals. 

 By J. Vimont, M.D 136 



Page. 



Addenda to the Explanation of the Names of 

 British Birds. By the Rev. F. Orpkn Mor- 

 ris, B.A 140 



Habits of the Common Avocet (Avocelta alrica- 

 pilla). By Robert Mudie 112 



Catalogue of the Mammalia, Birds, Reptiles, and 

 Amphibians found in Dorsetshire. By J. C. 

 Dale, Esq., A.M., F.L-S ....... 171 



On the Decrease of the Oak in Great Britain. 

 By Mr J.E.Davis 183 



On the Lemurida?, or Family of Lemurs 189 



A Botanical Tour in Herefordshire, Monmouth- 

 shire, and South Wales. By Edwin Lues, 

 F.L.S., M.E.S.L., &c 204 



A Chapter on the Varieties of Animals. By the 

 Rev. F. O. Morris, B. A., M.O.S.L 208 



Remarks on the Natural History of the Central 

 Portion of the Transition Range of the South 

 of Scotland, in which arise the Sources of 

 the Tweed. By W. MacGillivray, A.M., 

 F.R.S.E., M.W.S 227 



Notes on the Amarce. By Pbter Rylands, Esq. 240 



A List of Plants collected near Liverpool, in the 

 Summer of 1836. By Mr. T. B. Hall 210 



Some Observations on the Smaller British Birds. 

 By Neville Wood, Esq 251 



A Botanical Tour in Herefordshire, Monmouth- 

 shire, and South Wales. By Edwik Lkks, 

 F.L.S., M.E.S.L 254 



Rough Memoranda concerning sundry Reptiles, 

 Fishes, and Molusca, natives of the County of 

 York. By Peter Murray, M.D 285 



A Commentary on Nos. vii. and viii. of "The 

 Naturalist" (The Lemurs' Mode of taking 

 Food. — Specific Distinctions..— Fitchet and Er- 

 mine Weasels. — Occurrence of Papilio podali- 

 rius in Britain. — On removing Columbidce from 

 Rasores, and general Observations on Classi- 

 fication. — The Skua mentioned at p. 86, pro- 

 bably L. Rieliardsonii, and not L. parasiticus 

 — Distribution of the Com Bunting in Britain. 

 —Does the Locustell run or hop f— The Dif- 

 ference between Budytesflava and B. neglecta. 

 — Song of the Crossbill.— Occurrence of the 

 Yellow-rimmed Albatross near Gainsborough. 

 —Hawking with the Golden Eagle, Erne, &c. 

 — Missel Thrush singing on the wing. — Black- 

 cart Fauvet darting into the Air after Insects. 



