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GENERAL INDEX. 



I. 



Jackdaw, its habit of building in 

 chimneys, 1-52. 



a white variety of, 153. 



attacks stacks in April, 153. 



occasionally seizes young 



birds, 153. 



Jays, remarks on their food, 154. 



Insects, the sorts first seen on wing 



in the spring, 225. 

 - wet probably more prejudi- 

 cial to them than cold, 226. 



some found in odd situa- 



tions, 229. 



great scarcity of, in 1845, 



229. 



Tsanthesic lines, 338. 

 Juncus articulatus, monstrosity of, 

 caused by the attacks of the Lima 

 jyncorum, 282. 



K. 



Kestrel, nest of, 118. 



feeds occasionally on insects, 



118. 



King-fisher, its shrill piercing note, 

 158. 



L. 



Landrail, remarks on its note, 1 83- 



its nest and eggs, 184. 



Lettuce-blight, some particulars 



respecting ; caused by a species 

 of Eriosomcti 284. 



Lice, not proportioned in size to 

 that of the animal they infest, 

 286. 



Lice, much more abundant on some 



birds than others, 287. 

 Limneus glutinosus, notice of its 



occurrence in large quantities, 



318. 

 Livia juncorum , notice respecting 



the nidus of, 281. 

 Lionis productus, notice of its habits, 



242. 

 Lizard, common, remarks on the 



reproduction of the tail after frac- 

 ture, 197. 



Lizard, sometimes produces a large 

 number of living young, 1 98. 



its food, 199. 



Lock of a drawer containing the 



nest of a mason-wasp, 252. 

 Lumbricnsvariegatus, notice of, 299. 



M. 



Martin, house, time of its appear- 

 ance and disappearance, 160. 



its nest often seized by spar- 



rows, 160. 



its practice of daubing walls 



with mud, 161. 



Martin, sand, supposed to have been 

 found torpid in one instance, 

 162. 



not common in Cambridge- 



shire,^. 



Mason- wasp, some particulars re- 

 specting, 250. 



nest of one in the lock of a 



drawer, 252. 



Meloe proscarabtvus , note respect- 

 ing the supposed larvae of, 247. 



Merganser, redbreasted, one taken 

 alive in summer, 190. 



