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Index. 



Brooke's Double Nosepiece for Mi- 

 croscope, 334. 



Frazer, A., M. A., On a Simple Form of 

 Self-centering Turntable for Ringing 

 Microscopic Specimens, 334. 



Fungus Foray in Roslin Glen, tbe, 

 294. 



Geological Notes on a few of the Ex- 

 cursions, 115. 



Geology of the Pentlands, Sketch of, 

 234. 



Gibb, P. B., M.A., Specimens of 

 Lizards from S. America, 107. 



Gibson, R. J. Harvey, M.A., on a 

 specimen of the Poisonous Lizard of 

 Mexico (Hclodcrma horrida, IVeig- 

 mann), 62. 



Granton, Marine Excursion to, 312. 



Great Auk or Garefowl, Remains of, 

 58. 



Grieve, S., How we spent the 30th 

 July 1879 in the Wilds of Kilmoni- 

 vaig and North-West Badenoch, 1. 



Some Notes on Remains of the 



Great Auk or Garefowl {Alca im- 

 pennis, L.) found in excavating an 

 ancient Shell - mound in Oronsay, 

 58. 



Note on the Westward Migra- 

 tion of the Flora and Reptilian 

 Fauna of the European continent, 

 as evidenced on the Mainland of 

 Scotland, &c., 166. 



Who were the early Inhabit- 

 ants of the Shell - mound named 

 Caisteal - nan - Gillean, on Oronsay ? 

 227. 



Opening Address, by, 269. 



The Red Deer (Ccrvus elaj}hus), 



278. 



Gyracanthus, on a specimen of, 50. 



Haining, The, Selkirk, 82. 

 Henderson, J., Sketch of the Geology 



of the Pentlands, 234. 

 Herbert, A. B., Note on the Habits of 



the Spotted Fly-catcher {Muscicapa 



grisola), 8. 

 ^- Note on the Wall - Creeper 



{Tichodroma Phcenicoptcra), and a 



few other Birds observed on a visit 



to Switzerland, 30. 



Bees and Bee-Culture, 62. 



The Hirundines, 119. 



Note on the Nest of the Reed- 



Warbler {Salicaria arundinacea), 

 162. 



The Nuthatch {Sitta europcea), 



184. 



Field-Naturalists, 189. 



Herbert, A. B., Note on the Appearance 



of the Saury Pike in the Forth, 



202. 

 Discovery of the Water-Spider 



{Argyroncta aquatica) near Balerno, 



297. 

 Hirundines, the, 119. 

 Hives, various forms of, 73. 

 Honey, adulteration of, 75. 

 Hoyle, W. • E., M.A., M.R.C.S., 



F.R.S.E., on the Structure of Small 



Parasites, as Illustrated by Ribbon 



Section-cutting, 333. 

 Huber, Francis, notice of, 65. 

 Hymenomycetes, the, 211. 



Imitative resemblances in the animal 

 kingdom, 34, 307; in the vegetable 

 kingdom, 35. 



Insects, Mouth-organs of, 33. 



Introductory Note, 1. 



Islay, animals found in, 133. 



Joppa, Marine Excursion to, 315. 



Kilmonivaig and North - west Bad- 

 enoch, the Wilds of, 3. 



King, M., Some American Plants 

 worth Notice, 163. 



Note on the Genus Lamium, 



250. 



Veronicas in the Neighbour- 

 hood of Edinburgh, 300. 



Kinnear, W. Tait, The probable effects 

 of a change of Elevation on the Flora 

 of a Country, 14. 



Note on the continued Flower- 

 ing of the Male flowers of Anacharis 

 alsinastrum, 81. 



Kitchen-midden on Inchkeith, Bones 

 and Shells taken from, 12. 



Knight, D., Natural Endo-skeleton 

 and Exo-skeleton of American Bull- 

 frog (Ccratophrys cornuta), 317. 



Lamium, Note on the Genus, 250. 



Leaves, Impressions of, new method of 

 taking, 120. 



Lindsay, J., Mimetic Plants, 33. 



The Haining, Selkirk, with 



Notices of its Antiquities, Topogra- 

 phy, and Natural History, 82. 



Concerning Lycopods and Sela- 



ginellas : Past and Present, 136. 



Note on the Distribution of 



Honey-Glands in Pitchered Insectiv- 

 orous Plants, 200. 



■ On Yews, with special Reference 



to the Fortingall Yew, 218. 



Notes on Marine Excursions : 



Granton, 312. 



