GENERAL INDEX. 



433 



Giraffe, mode of suckling its young, 

 51. 



Glow-worms, sometimes continue 

 their light till after mid- 

 night, 238. 



said to put out their light 



after connexion with the 

 male, 239, note. 



Gnats (Chironomi) a cloud of, re- 

 sembling smoke, 271. 



a small jet-black species, 



very active during winter, 

 272. 



(Culices), only the females 



that bite, 269. 



extremely abundant in houses 



in 1828,270. 



their immense numbers in 



South America, 270, note. 

 Gold-fish, a monstrosity of, 211. 

 Gonepteryx rharnni, fond of the red 



valerian in autumn, 264. 

 Gordius aquaticus, 303. 



argillaceus, 303. 



Grampus, skeleton of one found 



near Thorney, 85. 

 Grasshoppers, different species of, 

 capable of being distinguished by 

 their notes, 249. 

 Groundling, note respecting its 



habits, &c., 215. 

 . . two varieties of, described, 



216. 



Gull, coddy-moddy, a sort found 

 inland in Cambridgeshire in 

 autumn, 1 94. 



common, a tame one that 



brought up a young duck, 

 195. 



H. 



Habits of observing, productive of 



much pleasure, 17. 

 Habits peculiarly adapted to a coun- 

 try life, 20. 



in Natural History, tend to 



foster a devout turn of mind 

 21. 



tend to sharpen the senses, 



28. 

 Hare, common, one without ears, 



77. 



Harrier, marsh, remarks on, 119. 

 Hawkmoth, death's-head, weight of 



the caterpillar, 266. 

 Hedge-hog, its mode of feeding, 



61. 



Helix carthusiana, its peculiar habit 

 when handled, 322. 



lapicida, notice respecting, 



321. 



Helodes phellandrii, notice respect- 

 ing, 246. 



Hen, common, anecdote of, 171. 



Hornet, small nest of one found in 

 an empty bee-hive, 261 . 



Horse and Elephant, remarks on 

 the order in which they lift 

 their feet from the ground, 

 50. 



Horses, their mode of standing out 

 at pasture in hot weather, 

 81. 



and oxen, their modes of 



lying down and rising from 

 the ground, different, 49. 

 Humming in the air in summer, 

 remarks on, 227. 



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