INDEX. 



603 



150 ; a Live Toad embedded fan Stone, 450; Extra- 

 ordinary Fowl's Egg, 450 ; Portland Veneer, 451 . 

 Black Variety of the Hare, 451 ; Engraving of the 

 Common Kingfisher, 451 ; the King Pigeon, 488 ; 

 Substitute for Cork-lining in Entomological Cabi- 

 nets, 488; Large Ray, 489; Hybrid between a 

 Lion and a Tiger, 489; Notice respecting the 

 Whiteheaded Osprey, 489 ; Lamb without a Head, 

 489 ; Starling with an elongated Upper Mandible, 

 489; Cross between a Cock Pheasant and a Grey 

 Hen, 489; White Varieties of the Partridge, 490 ; 

 White-headed Osprey, 490; Insect Food, 490; the 

 Garden Ouzel crowing like a Cock, 491 ■ Cram/tut 

 argyreus, 491 ; Crambns margaritellus, 491 ; Num- 

 ber of Eggs of the Starling, 491 ; Eggs of the Wood 

 Lark, 491. 



Botany.— Rare Flowering Plants found near Don- 

 caster, 55; (Enothera speciosa, 108; Agaricus co- 

 chteatus, 108; Additions to Cooper's "Flora 

 Metropolitana," 108; Addendum to the Paper 

 on the Medicinal Plants of Yorkshire (p. 30), 

 108; Query respecting the British Species of 

 Nuts, 169; Veronica, its Derivation, and how pro- 

 nounced ?. 169 ; the Fluid absorbed by the Spon- 

 gioles of Plants, how conveyed to the Leaves ?, 225 ; 

 Dates of the Appearance'of a few common Flowers 

 in the Springs of 1836—7, 225; the Wood of Trees 

 which have died, and that of those which have 

 been felled, is there any Difference between ?, 225 , 

 Backwardness of the lnte Spring, 278 ; Derivation 

 and Accentuation of Veronica, 278 ; Venerable 

 Elm, 278 ; Foliage of the Oak, 278 ; Remarkably 

 large Poplar, 278; Rise of Sap in Plants, 335; 

 Mushrooms, 390; Extraordinary Fungus, 390- 

 Large Fungus, 390; Manure for Grapes and As- 

 paragus, 390 ; Fuchsia fulgens, 492 ; the Tea Tree, 

 492; Enormous Turnip, 492; a Fact for Natu- 

 ralists, 492 ; Victoria rcgaiis, 492, 



Geology and Mineralogy — Analysis of a Mineral 

 Substance from a Calcareous Rock near Ghasni, in 

 India, 50 ; Singular Fact regarding the Road from 

 Shoreditch to Newington, 169; Geological Con- 

 struction of Asia Minor, 169; Silex, 170; Test for 

 distinguishing Amber and Copal, 278 ; Insects in 

 Copal, 279; Edible Earth, 390; Remarkable Ca- 

 verns, Geology, &c, in Brazil, 492. 



REVIEWS OF NEW PUBLICATIONS. 



A Synopsis of the Birds of Australia and the adja- 

 cent Islands, by John Gould, F.L.S., Part I„ 

 47 ; Contribution to a Natural and Economical 

 History of the Coco-nut Tree, by Henry Mar- 

 shall, 47; A History of British Quadrupeds, by 



Thomas Bull, F.R.S., F.L.S., Part vii., 19 ; The 

 Ornithological Guide, by C. T. Wood, jun., (Esq., 

 50; The Naturalist's Library, Vol. VI., Ordinary 

 Cetacea or Whales, 51 ; Magazine of Zoology and 

 Botany, conducted by Sir W. Jardine, Bart., P. 

 J. Selby, Esq., and Dr. Johnston, No. v., 51 ; 

 The Analyst, edited by William, Holl, F.G.S., 

 and Neville Wood, Esq., No. xix., 51 ; The 

 Naturalist's Library, Vol. VII., Birds of Western 

 Africa, by W. Swainson, Esq., A.C.G., F.R.S., 

 M.W.S., 109; British Oology, by W. C. Hewit- 

 son, Nos. xxx. and xxxi., 112 ; A Nomenclature of 

 British Birds, by Henry Doubleday, 160; Sa- 

 cred Philosophy of the Seasons, Vol. II., Spring, 

 Vol. III.. Summer, by the Rev. Henry Dun- 

 can, D.D., 225; The Botanist, conducted by B. 

 Maund, F.L.S., assisted by Prof. Henslow, Nos. 

 far. and v., 226; An Analysis of the British Ferns 

 and their Allies, by G. W. Francis, 226 ; A His. 

 tory of British Birds, by W. MacGillivray, 

 A.M., F.R.S.E., M.W.S., Vol. I., 279; A History 

 of British Birds, by William Yarrell, F.L.S., 

 Sec. Z. S., Part i., 281 ; Supplement to the Flora 

 Metropolitana, by Daniel Cooper, A.L.S., 282; 

 Journal of a Horticultural Tour through Ger- 

 many, Belgium, and Part of France, in the Au- 

 tumn of 1835, by James Forbes, A.L.S., 282; A 

 Guide to an Arrangement of British Insects, by 

 John Curtis, F.L.S., 336 ; British Oology, by 

 W. C. Hewitson, Nos. xxxii. and xxxiii., 337; 

 The Language of Birds, by Mrs. G. Spratt, 339 ; 

 A History of British Bird-", by W. Yarrell, 

 F.L.S., Secretary Z.S., part ii., 397; A His- 

 tory of British Quadrupeds, by Thomas Bell, 

 F.R.S., F.L.S., Part xi., 392; The Entomo- 

 logical Magazine, Nos. xix. and xx.,393; Bib- 

 liotheque Universelle de Geneve, No. xvii., 394 . 

 Annales des Sciences Naturelles, 394 ; On the Na- 

 tural History and Classification of Birds, by W. 

 Swainson, A.C.G., F.R.S., F.L.S., Vol. II., 494 ; 

 Catalogue of the Cellulares or Flowerless Plants 

 of Great Britain, by W. A . Leighton, B.A. , 

 F.B.S.E., 495; A Catalogue of the South African 

 Museum, 495 ; The Entomological Magazine, Nc. 

 xxi., 495 ; Address of Earl Stanhope, President 

 of the Medico-Botanical Society, for the Anniver- 

 sary Meeting, Jan. 16, 1837, 496. 



LITERARY INTELLIGENCE. 



MacGillivray's History of British Birds, Vol. I., 

 226; Forbes* Horticultural Tour through Ger- 

 many, &c., 226 ; Annual Report of the Shropshire 

 and North Wales Natural History and Antiqua- 

 rian Society, 226 ; Gould's Birds of Europe, Part 

 xxii., 340; Swainson 's Birds of Western Africa, 

 Vol.TI., tSS; Entomological Magazine, No. xxi.,452; 



