INDEX. 
Acanthocephala, 112 
Acherontia atrepos, 83 
Age of the Earth, 163 : 
Agency, Mr. Marsden’s Natural History, 
261 
Aleyonidium hirsutum, 26 , 
Allman, (G. J.,) Address at Annual Meeting 
of British Association, 236 
Allport, (S.) and the Wooliaston Fund, 80 
Allport (S.) and W. J. Harrison on the 
Rocks of Brazil Wood, 243 
Alton, Excursion to, 248 
American Predictions of Storms, 261 
@parterly Microscopical Journal, 
Ameceba, 237 
Anderson, (J.,) A Lepidopterist’s Notes on 
the Season of 1878, 65 
Anemone fulgens, 304 
Anemones, Sea, 79 
Animals and Plants, Geographical Dis- 
tribution of, 9 
Answers to Correspondents, 28, 264 
Ant, Natural History of the, 55 
— Protecting Beetles, 144 
qoearetic Ice, Thickness of, 103 
pples and Pears, Exhibition of, 260 
Aquaria, 1, 53, 78, 79, 100, 151, 163, 246 
Aquarium, Marine, 1 
Arachnida, 113 
Arran, Marine Zoology at, 182 
= sy a a Artificial Sea-water for, 
Audiometer, 202 
aren Animals, Geological History 
or, 
Autumn, Gardening Hints for, 301 
Badcer, (EH. W.,) Suburban Gardening, 273, 
Bagnall, (J. E.,) Moss Habitats, 36, 89 
Bagnall, (J. E.,) Cryptogamie Flora of 
Warwickshire, 220, 253, 278 
Bagnall, (J. E.,) Excursion of the Bir- 
mingham Natural History Society to 
Falmouth, 228, 285 
Bagnall, (J. E.,) On Microscopical Pre- 
parations by Rey. J. E. Vize, 73 
Barmouth, Excursion to, 192 
Bathybius Heckelii, 236 
Beale, (C.,) Examination of Drift, 226 
Bedford Natural History Society, 213 
Bee-eater, 188, 210, 235, 258 
Bees in November, (1878,) 19 
— Starving in July, 234 
Beetles, Predaceous Water, of Leicester- 
shire, 57 
Protected by Ants, 144 
—— Bembidium adustum, 212. 
Bewdley Forest, Entomological Rambles 
in, 193, 229 
Birds—Age of, 25 
and their Habits, 83 
Blackbirds, Peculiar, 101 
Hawtinch, Notes on, 122, 123 
Jackdaw, a Venerable, 25 
Migratory, 23,158, 159, 160 
Mortality amongst, 52, 74, 98, 101 
Nest in a Letter Box, 211 
Rare in South Leicestershire, 94 
Thrush Singing at Night, 101 
Unusual Departure of, 76 
(see also Ornithology.) 
Birmingham Natural History Society: 
Excursion to Falmouth, 228 
Excursion to Arran, 182 
Museum for, 285 
Reference Library, Fire at the, 55 
— Restoration Fund, 81 
Bittern Shot, near Leicester, 53 
Blackbirds, 74, 77, 98, 101, 124, 159, 187 
Black Cap, 128, 159, 160 
Bladderworts and their Bladders, 12 
Blatch, (W. G.,) Bewdley Forest, 193, 229 
Blateh, (W. G.) Cannock Chase, 291 
Blatch, (W. G.,) Midland Entomology, 30 
Bolton, (Thos.,) Microscopists’ and Natu- 
paliste’ Agency, 50, 76, 97, 127, 162, 213, 
Books, Scientific, 28, 213, 310 
Borings, (Deep,) 161 
Boston Microscopical &. Society, 25 
Botanical Locality Record Club, Report 
of, (Review,) 69 
Botany—Bladderworts, 12 
Bulbs, Flowering, When to Plant, 
Calendar of Nature, 1878, 152 
Cause of Hardiness in Plants, 58, 
HUTT 
Chey eoanleuaaes alternifolium, 158, 
Placa of Hhguiatel 175 
ryptogamic Flora of Warwick- 
shire, 220, 253 ii 
Defoliation of Trees, 308 
Diphtheria Fungus, 289 
Fertilisation of Orchids, 21 
Ferns of Northants, 44 
Fungi, on the Study of, 145 
Hanes in Plants, Cause of, 53, 
Insectivorous Plants, 12, 265, 295 
Lichens, 81, 84, 129, 206 
Lichen-Flora of Great Britain, 
Ireland, and Channel Islands, 
81, (Review,) 206 
(See also Natural History Notes) 
Miero-fungi, 73, 84 
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