432 



GENERAL INDEX. 



Dove, turtle, not known in the 

 neighbourhood of Bottisham be- 

 fore 1823, 168. 



Doves, ring and stock, subject to 

 tumours ontheheadandfeet,167. 



Dragon-fly, mode in which the fe- 

 male lays her eggs, 250. 



Duck, domestic, monstrosity of, 187. 



Dung of caterpillars,remarks on,232. 



Dung-flies, carnivorous in their per- 

 fect state, 281. 



Dunlin, notes respecting some found 

 in the fens in July 1824, 181. 



E. 



Earth-worms, a large number found 

 together in a hole under 

 ground, 301. 



their phosphorescence at cer- 



tain times, 301,ofe. 

 Earwigs, seem partial to newly- 

 painted houses, 248. 

 Eel, two very large ones, 221. 



supposed by some to be vivi- 



parous, with curious fact re- 

 lating thereto, 222, note. 

 Eel-pout, sometimes found of large 

 size in the Cam, 220. 



a singular variety of, 221. 



Entomostraca, notes respecting cer- 

 tain species, 295. 



Eriosoma, a species of, that attacks 

 lettuces, 284. 



another species that attacks 



the Lysimachia nummularia, 

 285, note. 

 Eristalis tenax^ its habit of entering 



houses in the autumn, 277 

 Ewe, case of one with a strange 

 lamb, 84. 



F. 



Facts, the different kinds of, wanted 

 by the Naturalist, 6. 



the most trivial should be no- 



ticed, 13. 



their importance cannot be 



determined at the moment 

 of observation, 1 3. 



the best manner of searching 



for, 40. 



Fascination, remarks on the sup- 

 posed cases of, in animals, 69. 

 Fasciola terrestris, Miill. notice re- 

 specting, 314. 

 Fieldfare, remarks on the nature of 



its food, 126. 



Flies, the kinds that settle on horses 

 to suck the perspiration, 273. 



dead, having the appearance 



of life, found on the leaves 

 of trees in autumn, 273. 



extraordinary swarm of, 275. 



Fluke, ground, some account of, 314. 



liver, found in sheep, parti- 

 culars respecting, 312. 



Frog, common, its periods of spawn- 

 ing, hatching, &c., 199. 



edible, its occurrence in Cam- 



bridgeshire, 207, note. 



G. 



Gannets, two killed in Cambridge- 

 shire, 192. 



Geese, wild, much less plentiful 

 than formerly, and reason why, 

 186. 



Giraffe, remarks on the apparent 

 way in which it moves its legs 

 when in action, 50. 



