INDEX. 



501 



ceum, Edward Sheardown, 362; Observations 

 on " The Naturalist," pattim, EDWIN Lebs,F.L.S., 

 M.E.S., 363 ; Backwardness of the Spring of 1837, 

 /d.,364; Doncaster Lyceum, &c, Id., 366; Con- 

 cerning two Errors in a Review of Hewitson's 

 " British Oology,'' W. C. Hewitson, 386; " For 

 Many Years Past," Rev. F. 0. Morris, 367; Ha- 

 bits of the Wagtails, J. D. Salmon, 422; Struc. 

 ture of the Kingfisher's Nest, Id., 423 ; Does the 

 Hooded Crowbreed in Lincolnshire ? Id., 423; 

 Nullification of the Golden-crowned Kinglet, James 

 Dillon, 482. 



PROCEEDINGS OF NATURAL HIS- 

 TORY SOCIETIES. 



St. James's Ornithological Society, 39; Royal 

 Asiatic Society, 39; Horticultural Society, 40; 

 Linmean Society, 40; Zoological Society, 41; 

 Entomological Society, 42; Botanical Society, 

 42; Id., 90; Zoological Society, 91; Horti- 

 cultural Society, 92; Entomological Society, 

 92; Geological Society, 92; St. James's Or- 

 nithological Society, 94; Geological Society, 

 151; Natural History Society of Athens, 152; 

 Horticultural Society, 153; Linnean Society, 

 154; Royal Geographical Society, 154; Zoolo- 

 gical Society, 154 ; Ornithological Society of Lon- 

 don, 155; Zoological Society, 217; Botanical So- 

 ciety, 219; Medico-Botanical Society, 219; Geo- 

 logical Society, 264 ; Zoological Society, 265 ; Ash- 

 molean Society of Oxford, 266 ; Shropshire and 

 North Wales Natural History and Antiquarian 

 Society, 267 ; Doncaster Lyceum, 268 ; Zoological 

 Society, 315; Botanical Society, 316; Horticul- 

 tural Society, 316; Entomological Society, 316; 

 Zoological Society, 369; Royal Society, 369; 

 Horticultural Society, 373 ; Geological Society, 

 445 ; Botanical Society, 447 ; Horticultural So- 

 ciety, 448 ; Zoological Society, 483 ; Entomolo- 

 gical Society, 484 ; Horticultural Society, 485. 



EXTRACTS FROM THE FOREIGN 

 PERIODICALS. 



Zoology — On the genera Dipu* and Gerbillut, 43 ; 

 Observations on a species of Fox inhabiting the 

 Desert of Sahara, 43 ; On Parasitic Larvae, 44 ; 

 Notes on Viviparous Serpents, 44 ; True Cause of 

 the Sound produced by Insects in flying, 45 ; the 

 Chigger Flea, 96 ; Organs of Sensation of Pentai- 

 toma tomioidet, 97; Antediluvian Blatla, 98; 

 Leeches'and Reptiles of Chili, 98; Spirula Pe- 

 rmit, 99 ; Parmacella, 99 ; Observations on the 

 Kangaroos, 155 ; Monograph of the Arvicules of 

 Liege, 156 ; New Instance of a Shower of Toads, 

 156; Remarkable Instance of Intelligence in s 



Dog, 157; Structure of Teeth, 157; Nature of 

 Dartoid Tissue, 158; Specific Characters of the 

 large Cetacea or Whales, 158; On the Migrations 

 of North American Birds, 270; do., concluded, 317; 

 Reptiles of Barbary, 318; On the Lammer Geyer, 

 319; Propagation of Spiders, 320; On the genus 

 Pagurut, &c, 374 ; Observations on Helmintho- 

 logy, 375 ; On a Peculiar Human Race of the 

 Atlas, 376; Formation of Spiders* Webs, 376; 

 Mode of Attack and Defence employed by Spi- 

 ders, 377 ; On the genus Pagurus, 485. 



Botany. — Synopsis of the Jungermannice of Ger- 

 many and the neighbouring Countries, 46 ; Repro. 

 duction of Algae, 99 ; " Mantissa Muscorum ad 

 Floram Pedemontanam," 159 ; Rhizobotrya, a New 

 Genus of Plants in the German Flora, 160 ; On 

 Lythrum alternifolium, 272 ; Organography of the 

 Cittacea, 321 ; Botanical Geography of Switzer- 

 land, 377; Phanerogamous Plants naturalised 

 near Montpellier, 487. 



Geology. — Fossil Flora of Silesia, 46 ; Interesting 

 Phenomena relative to Ananchitet and Spatangus, 

 100; On the Basilosaurus, a New Genus of Sau- 

 lian Fossil, discovered in America, 160; Fossil 

 Bones found near the Jamna, in India, 321. 



CHAPTER OF MISCELLANIES. 



Zoology. — The Brake Nightingale breeding in Con- 

 finement, 52 ; Departure of the Chimney Swallow 

 in 1836,52; Peewit Lapwing, 52; Anecdote of a 

 Shetland Pony, 52; Robin Redbreast with the 

 Mandibles of the Bill crossed, 53 ; the Birds of 

 Scotland in the Winter of 1836—7, 53; Capture of 

 the Jer Falcon near York, 53 ; Singular Locality 

 for the Common Conger, 53 ; Distribution of the 

 Corn Bunting in Britain, 54 ; Early Singing Birds, 

 64; Distribution of the Golden-crowned Kinglet 

 in England, 54; Partial Migration of the Sky Lark, 

 54 ; Notes on the Duck family, 55 ; Backwardness 

 of the Spring of 1837, 101 ; Plumage of the Warb- 

 lers, 101 ; Wanton Destruction of Swallows, 102; 

 Early Nidification of the Robin Redbreast, 102 ; 

 Hipparchiablandina, five specimens taken in 1836, 

 102 ; Instance of the Attachment of the Sky Lark 

 to its Oflspring, 102 ; the Italian Glow-worm, 103 ; 

 Burrowing of the Mole, 103 ; Spring Oatear in Nor- 

 folk, 103; Common Crossbill, 103; the Yellow- 

 nosed Albatross a British Bird, 104 ; Song of tha 

 Sky Lark, 104; Chace of the Wild Boar, 104; Dis- 

 position of the Robin Redbreast, 105 ; Period of 

 Arrival ef the Garden Fauvet, 105; Song of 

 the Missel Thrush, 105 ; Preservation of Zoological 

 Specimens, 105 : Missel Thrush singing on the 

 Wing, 106 ; Hawking with the Golden Eagle, 106 ; 



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