468 



Index. 



E. 



Eainbird, 93 



RallicUe, 103 



Ranunculus, 256 



Keform of English Spelling, 46 



Beischek, A., 84, 87, 90, 92, 93, 95, 

 96, 105, 108, 110 



Eeports, Auckland, 422 ; Canterbury, 

 425 ; New Zealand Institute, 408 ; 

 Otago, 429 ; Wellington, 416 ; West- 

 land, 432; Hawke's Bay, 435; 

 Southland, 436 ; Nelson, 437 



Rhipidura, 102 



Eiver Terraces, 424 



Eobin. New Zealand, 102 



Bock Sections, Preparation of, 428 



S. 

 Scieropepla, 165 

 Scinde Island, Geology of, 327 

 Scirpus, 277 

 Scott, Prof., 327, 429 

 Seagulls, 100 

 Sea Swallows, 99 

 Sections of Bones and Teeth, 428 

 Seismograph, New, 69 

 Shag, 100 

 Shand, A.. 25 

 Skeleton of Notornis, 78 

 Skey, W., 401 

 Smith, W. W., 131 

 Southland Institute, 436 

 Spliterotherium novcc-zealand'ue, 139 

 Sphenodon, 118 ; punctatum, 1U8 

 Sphenceacus, 102 

 Sphygmograph, 420 

 Spiders of New Zealand, 184 

 Splachnidium rugosum, 309 

 Stackhousia, 258 

 Stellaria, 257 

 Sterna, 99 



Stoat, Habits of, 110 

 Stone Age in Europe, 425 

 Stone Axes, 25 

 Stone Clubs, 25 

 Stone Weapons of the Moriori and 



Maori, 24 

 Stitch-bird, 84 

 Stringops, 98 

 Sun-fish, 135 



Sun's Heat, Maintenance of, 394 

 Survival of the Fittest, 422 

 Suter, Bight Bev. Dr., 375 

 Swamp-bird, 102 



Swamp Hawk, 97 

 Swamp Hen, 99 

 Symes, Dr. W. H., 426 

 Symphyogyna, 251 



T. 

 Tarepo, 113 



Tertiary Shells, New, 333 

 Thelymitra, 272 

 Theridium, 187 

 Thiotricha, 164 

 Thomson, G. M., 141, 427 

 Thought Transference, 425 

 Timbers, Building, 37 

 Tiora (Stitch-bird), 84 

 Tongatabu, New Volcano near, 41, 421 

 Transplanted Trees, 311 

 Travers, H. H., 26 

 Travers, W. T. L., 30 

 Tregear, E., 3 



Triploceras tridentatum, Maskell, 325 

 Trout in Silverstream, 413 ; Hutt, 414 



U. 



Ulrich, Prof., 428 

 Urquhart, A. T., 184 



Vegetable Caterpillar, 20; I 

 Vegetable Tissues, 427 

 Vorticelhe, 215 



W. 



Waders, The, 103 



Wanganui Svstem, 336 ; Mollusca of, 



346 

 Warbler, 102 

 Weasel, Habits of, 110 

 Weather, Notes on the, during 1855, 



422 

 Weka, 105 



Wellington Philosophical Society, 411 

 Westland Institute, 432 

 White, Taylor, 83, 134 

 Wood-hen, 99 

 Wood Pigeon, 103 

 Wren, 101 



X. 



Xenicus, 101 



Zoopsia, 250 



LTON AND BLAIR, PRINTERS, LAMBTON QUAY, WELLINGTON, N.Z. 



