IV 



INDEX. 



Oak, Leafing, 91, 144, 145, 177 

 Object Glasses, Testing of, 92 

 Observations of Injurious Insects, 226 

 Oligocene Formation, The, 69 

 Ophryodendron pedicellatum, 103 

 Origin of the Rocks and Scenery of North 



Wales, 214, 237, 266 

 Original Research : The Darwin Prize, 181 

 Ormerod, (Miss.) Observations of Injurious 



Insects, (Revieiu,) 226 

 Ornithology, 13, 14, 16, 20, 21, 44, 68, 69, 91, 



119, 120, 145, 146, 178, 179, 277 

 Oscott College, Notes from, 119 

 Oxford Natural History Society, 206 

 Oysters, Roman, at Leicester, 121 



Parasitism in the Toad, 99 



Pascoe's, (F. P.,) Zoological Classification, 



(Review,) 227 

 Pavement, Ancient Roman, 228 

 Penine Chain, the Age of, 1 

 Penning's (W. H.) Text-book of Field 



Geology, (Review,) 64 

 Phenological Notes, 22, 47. 119, 143, 176, 178, 



203, 204. 229, 230. "54, 295 

 Phenomenon on a "Welsh Hill, 9 

 Phillips, (W.,) Botany, &c, of Shrewsbury, 



(Revieiu.) 16 

 Phillips, (W.,) on the Fungi of Dwel'ing 



Houses, 34, 52 

 Phillips, (W.,) on British Lichens, 125, 167, 



196. 241 

 Photography at Sydney Exhibition, 206 

 Physomycetes, 55 



Pitcher Plants, on the Structures of, 5, 58 

 Plants at Falmouth, 67, 297 



Growing at Great Depths, 47, 93 



White varieties of, 177 



Pleurocarpi, 81 

 Polytrichaceaa, 12 



Pond Life, Anureea longispina, 166 

 Prank's Elementary Text Book of 



Botany, (Review,) 274 

 Primroses, 43 

 Primula vulgaris, 43, 66 

 Proliferous Cardamine, 67 



Quadrupeds of Bodicote, 221 



Rainbows, (Lunar,) 45 

 Rainfall for November, 1879, 19; Decem- 

 ber, 42; January, 1880, 66 ; Feb- 

 ruary. 89; March, 110: April, 

 139; May, 174; June, 199; Julv, 

 225 ; August, 251 ; September, 

 274, October, 293 



of 1879, 42 



Rambles, (Entomological,) 83 



Ramsay, (A. C.,) Geology and Geography 



of Great Britain, (Review,) 112 

 Rana Esculenta, (Edible Frog,) 295 

 Rat, Sagacitv of, 43 

 Research, (Original,) Encouragement of, 



181 

 Reviews : 



Atlas of Anatomy, or Pictures of the 



Human Body. 17 

 Botanical Note Book, 64 

 British Moss Flora, 225 

 Cassell's Natural History, 113 

 Crocodilian Remains Found in the 



Elgin Sandstones, 272 

 Elementary Text-Book of Botany, 274 



Reviews : 



Floral Dissections, illustrative of 



TypicalGenera of the British Natural 



Orders, 17 

 Geology of Nottinghamshire and 



Derbyshire, 114 

 Geology of the Yorkshire Coalfield, 16 

 Guide to the Botany, Ornithology, and 



Geology of Shrewsbury, 16 

 Land and Freshwater Shells of the 



British Isles, 271 

 London Catalogue of British Mosses 



and Hepaticse, 279 

 Manufacture of Gun Flints, 115 

 Notes of Observations of Injurious 



Insects, 226 

 Observations on the Fauna of Norfolk, 



63 

 Outline Descriptions of British Coleop- 



tera, 17 

 Physical Geology and Geography of 



Great Britain, 112 

 Proceedings of the Liverpool Natural- 

 ists' Field Club for 1878-9, 15 

 Report of the Wellington College 



Natural Science Society, 227 

 Santorin et ses Eruptions, 227 

 Text-book of Field Geology, 64 

 The British Characese, 273 

 Zoological Classification, 227 

 Rimmer's (R.) Land and Freshwater 

 Shells of the British Isles, (Review,) 

 271 

 Ripariacese, 81 

 Rivals, The, 9 

 Rocks of Charnwood Forest, 121 



of North Wales, 214, 237, 266 



Roman Oysters at Leicester, 121 



Pavement at Woodckester, 228 



Sagacity of the Horse, 20 



of the Rat, 43 



Santorin et ses Eruptions, (Revieiu,) 227 

 Sarraceni8B, 5 



Scenery of North Wales, 214, 237, 266 

 Science Primer, Introductory 205 

 Scott-White, (A. H.,) Arbor Low, (a 



Megalithic Circle,) 282 

 Sea-water, Artificial, After Six Months' 



Use, 33 

 Seeds, Germination of, 104 

 Shells, Land and Freshwater, of the 



British Isles, (Review,) 271 

 Shipman, (J.,) a Visit to the Creswell 



Caves, 135 

 Shrewsbury, Botany, Ornithology, and 



Geology of, (Review,) 16 

 Simpson's, (M.,) Fossils of the Yorkshire 



Lias, 70 

 Simple Mode of Aerating Marine Aquaria, 



270 

 Skertchly, (S. B. J.,) Manufacture of Gun 



Flints, (Review,) 115 

 Snail Shell, How it is Formed, 56 

 Societies— Reports of 



Birmingham Natural History and 

 Microscopical Society, 22, 48, 70, 94, 

 121, 146, 179, 207, 232, 254,279, 293 



Birmingham and Midland Institute, 

 Scientific Society, 22, 48, 71, 95, 123 

 148, 180, 255, 280, 300 



Birmingham Philosophical Society, 71 



Burton-on-Trent Natural History and 

 Archaeological Society, 23,71,95, 123 



Caradoc Field Club, 208, 255 



