RANDOM NOTES ON NATURAL HISTORY. 



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Table of Contents, Vol. I 



Ajajarosea, iii, 4; iv, 7; v,4; vi, 4. 

 Albinism, ii, 9. 

 Amber, v, 11. 



Animals, Curious, death of, iii, 3. 

 Preservation of life in 

 Winter, iv, 8. 

 Aquaria, Fresh water, vii, 10. 

 Arsenical soap, x, 3. 

 Autumn, x, 10. 



Bailey, W. W., Mistletoe, xii, 9. 



Plant Collection, 

 , viii, 6. 



Batrachians of R. I., H.C. Bumpus, 



X, 4; xi, t>; xii, (i.. 

 Beetles, Dynastes hercules, ii, 7. 



tityus, ii, 8. 

 Bird. New for R. I., v, 8. 

 Birds, Attracted by light, xi, 6. 



Color of eyes of, i, 3; ii, 3; 



iv, G; vi, 3. 

 Feathered engineers, ix, 4. 

 Migration of, C. H. Mer- 



riam, xii, 5. 

 Toes of, V, 3; xii, 10. 

 Bonney, Mrs. S. E., deceased, iv, 6. 

 Bouquet, An unusual, iii, 6. 

 Buffalo moth, xi, 3. 

 Bumpus, H C, Reptiles and Ba- 

 iracliians of R. I.,x, 4; xi, 6; 

 xii, 6. 



Callidryas eubule in R. I., v, 8. 



Camels, v, 11. 



Carpenter, Horace F., Shell-bear- 

 ing moUusca of R. I., i, 5; ii, 

 6; iii, 7: iv, 8; v, 9; vi, 8; vii, 

 7; viii, 7; ix, 7; x, 6; xi, 7; 

 xii. 7. 



Catlinite, iii, 8. 



Cement for Shells, v, 10. 



Stone or Marble, i, 8. 



Collecting Plants, W. W. Bailey, 

 viii, (>. 



Color of Birds' Eyes, i, 3; ii, 3; iv, 

 6; vi, 3. 



Conchological Check-lists, T. Ritch- 

 ie, Jr., i, 10; ii, 10; iii, 9; iv, 

 13; V, 12; vi, 10; vii, 9; viii, 9; 

 ix, 10; X, 9; xi, 10; xii, 11. 



Corncrake, English, in R. I., vi, 3. 



Crossbill, Late, in R. I., vi, G. 



Death, Curious, of Animals, iii, 3. 

 Dynastes hercules, ii, 7. 

 tityus, ii, 8. 



Eagle, Black, ix, 4. 



Echiuoderms, i, 4. 



Eddy, E. B., Porphyritic iron ore, 



iv, 11. 

 Education of Children, iii, 3. 

 Eggs of Lawrence's goldfinch, ix, 6. 

 Electric light. Action of, v, G. 



Fern flora of S. California, xi, 9. 

 Fly-catcher, Scissor-tailed. viii, 3. 

 Fox, Arctic, x, 4. 



Franklin Society, i, 4; ii, 8; iii, 6; 



vii, G. 

 Frogs and Toads, vi, 7. 

 Fulgur, Egg-laying season of, vii, 8. 

 Fungi, Preserving, ix, 8. 



Grebe skins. Tanning of, ix, 9. 

 Greeleyi Lieut. A. \V., iii, 5. 

 Guillemot, Brunnich's, in R. I., i, 



G; ii, 8. 

 Gun, Loading a, v, 5. 

 Gyrfalcon in R. I., i, 6. 



Hawk, Nest of Marsh, vii, 6. 

 R(id-shouldered, xi, 9. 

 Heron, Night, in winter, i, 9. 

 Hierofalco gyrfalco, var. sacer, in 



R. I., i. G. 

 Himalaya Mountains, viii, 4. 

 Historical Trees of R. I., ix, 9; 



xi, 4. 

 Hornblende, i, 3. 

 Humming-birds, Taming wild, i, 9. 



Insects, ii, 9. 



Cheap setting-board for, 



iv, 10. 

 Preservation of. i, 7. 

 Iron, Porphyritic, ore, E. B. Eddy, 



iv. 11. 

 Iron, Rhode Island, v, 3. 

 Itacolumite, ix, 6. 



Jay, Defence of nest, vi, 4. 

 Jet, x, G. 



Kingbirds, xii, 10. 



Kingfisher captured by clam, x, 3. 



Life, Animal, in winter, iv, 8. 

 Lonsdale Botanical Society, iii, 6; 



iv, 11; V, 7; vii, 6; ix, G. 

 Lucas, F. A., Taxidermist, viii, 3. 

 Lutra canadensis, vi, 5. 



Magnetic Sand, ii, 5. 



Merriam, C. Hart, Migration of 



birds, xii, 5. 

 Merriam, C. Hart, Red Squirrel of 



Adirondacks, viii. 5. 

 Milvulus forficatus, viii, 3. 

 Mistletoe, W. W. Bailey, xii, 9. 

 MoUusca, Shell-bearing, of R. I., 



i, 5; ii, G; iii, 7; iv, 8; v, 9; 



vi, 8; vii. 7; viii, 7; ix, 7; x, 



6; xi, 7; xii, 7. 

 MoUusca, Shell-bearing, of R. I., 



Admission of certain species 



to tiie Fauna of R. I., John 



Ford, xii, 9. 

 Monstrosities, vi. 9. 

 Moths, Buffalo, xi, 3. 



Means of capturing, vi, 11. 



Newport Historical Society, i, 4; 

 ix. G. 



Oil-well in Russia, xi. 7. 



Orygia leucostigma, xiii, 8. 

 Otter, American, vi, 5. 

 Owl, Death of saw whet, i, 4. 



Feet of, i, 3. ' 



Great gray, vii, 3. 



Horned, vii, 3; viii, 4. 



Nest of short-eared, i, 8. 



Spectral, vii, 3. 



Passerina ciris in R. I., v, 8. 

 Pele's hair, vii, 5. 

 Plants, Preserving color in, iv, 11. 

 Platysamia cecropia, Larvae of, iii, 



G. 

 Poisons in Taxidermy, iv, 5. 

 Porphyritic iron ore, E. B. Eddy, 



iv, 11. 



Quartz, vi, G. 

 Quercus magnifica, i, 7. 



Reptiles and batrachians of R, I., 

 H. C. Bumpus, X, 4; xi, G; xii, 

 G. 

 Rhode Island, Callidryas in, v, 8. 

 Crossbills, late, in, 



vi, G. 

 English Corncrake 



in, vi, 3. 

 Entonjological So- 

 ciety, i, 4; iii, 6; 

 V, 7; vii. G. 

 Franklin Society, i, 

 4; ii, 8; iii, 6; vii, 

 6. 

 Guillemot, Brun- 



nich s, i, 6; ii. 8. 

 Gyrfalcon in, i, 6. 

 Historical trees of, 



ix, 9; xi, 4. 

 New bird for, v, 8. 

 Newport N. H. So- 

 ciety, i, 4; ix, G. 

 Passerina ciris in, 



V, 8. 

 Reptiles and batra- 

 chians of, H. C. 

 Bumpus, X, 4; 

 xi, G; xii, G. 

 Rodentia of, vii, 4; 



ix, 5. 

 Shell-bearing mol- 

 lusca of, H. F. 

 Carpenter, i, 5; 

 ii, G; iii, 7; iv, 8; 

 V, 9; vi, 8; vii, 7; 

 viii, 7; ix, 7; x,6; 

 xi, 7; xii, 7. 

 Same, John Ford, 

 xii, 9. 

 Ritchie, J., Jr., Conchological 

 check-lists, i, 10; ii, 10; iii, 9; 

 iv, 13; V, 12; vi, 10; vii, 9; viii, 

 9; ix. 10; x, 9; xi, 10; xii, 11. 

 Robin bathing, vii, 3. 

 Rodentia of R. I., vii, 4; ix, 5. 



Sand, Magnetic, ii, 5. 



