VI 



INDEX. 



Primula vuleraria, varions Coloora, 163 

 Priiiiiua, AntoRraphic, 132, 165 

 Propagation of Mehcerta riugens in an 



Aiiuarium. '274 

 Protococcus, (illust.,) 113 

 rnuiella vulgaris, Wnite, 136, 163, 161 

 Pumplirev's Autographic Printing, (lUust ) 



132, Itjj 



Badcliffo Observatory, Oxford, 110 

 ItiiMi^fil Kobin, White, I'.W 

 Kailway Siunalliim, Automatic, 339 

 Kaiiifall of 1877, 39, 23J 



at Wolverhampton, 102 



Rain-wash, 273 



Kance, (C. K. de,) Superficial Geoloey. 

 Sontli-west Lancashire, (Review,) 278 

 Ranunculus, Nectaries of, 107 

 Kaphides and Plant Crystals, 159 

 Rat, Story of a, 136 

 Rttv Societv, 171, 216, 251 

 — ^ — aud Palajoutotjraphical Societies : 



An Appeal, 70 

 Redpoll, the, U)8, 227 

 Reindeer in the Midlands, 255 

 Reparation, a Curious Case of, PC 

 Reports of Societies. See Societies. 

 Reviews: 



Adventures in the Air, 131 

 British Harrows : a Record of Sepul- 

 chral Mounds. 128 

 Flowers: their Origin, Shapes, Per- 

 fumes, and Colours, 221 

 Geology of the Fenland, 301 

 Notes of Lessons on Elementary 



Botany, 105, HI 

 Practical Taxidt-rmy, 222 

 Pr<)ceLnliiif,',>4 of the Hirmingham Philo- 

 sophical (Society, 277 

 Report of ltu';by School Natural 



History Society, 224 

 Report of the Hurtnn-upon- Trent 



Natural History Society. 3U5 

 Buperficial Geology of the Country 

 ailjoiuing the Coasts of South-west 

 liaiieashire, 278 

 The Birmingham Saturday Half- 

 Holiday (iuido, 225 

 The Herefordshire Pomona, 330 

 The Old Cross Magazine, KiS 

 The Voyage ot the Challenger, 44 

 Tourists' Guide to Derbyshire, 306 

 West Yorkshire— Geology, &c., ot, 331 

 Bovolv ng Table for Microscope, 335 

 Rbetic Fossils, 2 ill 



Uobson, (George,) The Artizan Naturalist, 

 310 



Note on, 330 



Rockp, Carboniferous, of West Yorkshire, 

 33 J 



Cambrian (Uppe-) Fossils, 208 



-^^— (Limestone ) Borings in, 30il 



Malvern. 217 



Pa icciziiic, 2''i, 54 



The Charnwood, 1.53 



' Tromadoc and Pre-Tremadoc, 205 



—— Tri INS c, 18 

 Roman Milestone, 312 



Vil.a Kxeavuted in Surrey, 229 



■ Inscription, 23), 312 



Rosa, (teiiuH o(, in WarwicUshirc, 41, 281 

 RoHii latebrosu, 2H0 

 Rotation, the Direction of, 103 

 Ro'ifer. Note on a Tliecated, 317 

 Botifera, M, 7'J, U4, KH, 108, UG, 125, 202, 

 M7, -MM, 976. 30',^, 313, 314, 317, 336 . 



Royal Oak, at Boscobel, 259, 282 

 Royal Society's Bakerian Lecture, 23 



Medals, 23, 337 



Rubi, Notes on, 140 



Rugby School Natural History Society, 

 Report of, (Review.) 224 



Salamander, 166 



Samian Ware, JcO 



Sea, Dredging at Arran, 11 



Dredgmgs. the Atlantic, 44 



Indian Seas, 24 



Sepulchral Mounds, 128 



Scheme for Examination of Glacial 



Deposits, 242 

 Science and .^rt Department Lectures, 229 

 Science, the Meaning of, 29 



the Study of, 278, 285, 312 



Scientific Books, Classification. 311 



Discovery, the Art 01, 337 



Names, 121, 119, 295, 336 



Societies, Organised Work for, 78, 



199, 220, 242, 249 



Terms, on Accuracy in the Use of, 51 



Reply to, 79 



Self-heal, White, 1.36, 163 



Sharks at Westminster, 23 



Shineton Shales, 206 



Shipinan, (J.,) On Some New Features In 



the Geology of East Nottingham, 18, 30, 



2U0 

 Shone, (W.,) How we Found Microzoa in 



the Boulder Clays of Cheshire, 292 

 Shropshire Fossil.s, 208 



Geology of, 2U5, 255 



Signalling, Automatic, Railways, 339 

 Siphoniiccte, 147 



Skertchley, (S. B. J.,) Geology ot the Fen 



Lands, (Rcvieiv,) 304. 

 Silver Pennies, (iliust.,) 1,58 

 Smith, (E.,) On Freshwater Life. I. Ento- 



mostraca, 16, 33. II. liotifera, 94, 125. 



III. Infusoria, 289, 320 

 Smith. (W. G.,i " Our Cover," 25 

 Smithsonian institute, Report, 54 

 Snipe Breeding, 253 

 Societies in Midland Union, 3, 83, 140, 178 



312 



Dudley and Midland Geological and 



Scientific Society and Field Club, 

 History of, 48 



Reports of : 



Barrow-in-Furness Naturalists' Field 



Club, 201 

 Birmingham and Midland Institute 



Scientific Society, 83,111,230,285,315, 



338 

 Birmingham Natural History and 



Microscopical Societv, 2t), .55, 83, 111, 



142. 165, 2t)l,231, 284, 313, 338 

 Birmingham Philosophical Society, 



Proceedings of, 141 

 Birmingham School Natural History 



Society, 286 

 Burtdu-upnn-rrent Natural History 



and Archa5i)logical Society, 27, 111, 



142, 202,231. 256, 286,305. 339 

 Caradoc Field Club, 111, 257,286. 315 

 Cheltenham Natural Science Society, 



.05, HI, 160, 20:3, 315 

 Derhyshire Naturalists' Society, 160 

 Dudley and Midland Geological and 



Scientifli! Society and Field Club, 48, 



167, 2.")7. 280 

 Evesham Field Naturalists' Club, 111, 



167, 203, 231, 257, 287. 339 



