GENERAL INDEX. 



437 



Phenomena, tabular arrangement of 

 those most worthy of record, 

 341. 



average range of variation of, 



346. 



the mean date of, how ob- 



tained, 347, note. 



a selection of, best for pur- 



poses connected with clima- 

 tological inquiries, 348. 



M. Quetelet's plan for ob- 



serving, 349, 351. 



M. Quetelet's directions for 



observers of, 354. 

 Philodromus limacum, a mite found 

 on slugs, some particulars re- 

 specting, 291. 



Pike, instances of its voracity, 

 217. 



mode of taking in the fens, 



218. 



Pike-louse, notice respecting, 296. 

 Pipistrelle, taken on wing, with the 

 young adhering to the breast, 

 58. 

 Pipit, tree, nest and eggs of, 



135. 



Plover, great, notes respecting, 

 177. 



ringed, numbers in the fens 



in the summer of 1824, 

 179. 



Pontia cardamines, the males ap- 

 parently more plentiful than 

 the females, 264. 



Prejudices, those likely to interfere 

 with correct observation, 33, 

 35. 



Ptinus fur, destructive to books, 

 239. 



Q. 



Quadrupeds, the mode in which 

 various kinds suckle their young, 

 51. 



Quail, remarks on its note, 1 76. 



R. 



Rabbits, sometimes found with the 

 incisor teeth of monstrous 

 growth, 78. 



many found dead with their 



livers full of flukes, 80. 



Rail, water, notes respecting, 182. 



Raven, one that ate a bat entire, 

 140. 



Razorbill, one picked up alive near 

 Wimpole,191. 



Redbreast, anecdote of, 127. 



Redbreast, instances of its pugna- 

 cious disposition, 129, 130. 



singing in severe frost, 130. 



Red-eye, or shallow, note respect- 

 ing, 214. 



Red- spider, a mite that infests 

 fruit trees, some account of, 293. 



Redwing, remarks on the nature 

 of its food, 125. 



Rookeries, strong smell proceeding 

 from, 146. 



Rooks, their different times of com- 

 ing home to roost, 1 40. 



often restless during the night, 



142. 



remain much upon their nest 



trees before the breeding- 

 season actually commences, 

 143. 



sound the note of alarm to 



their companions on the 

 approach of danger, 143. 



