Index. 



235 



Eyed Hawk moth, 203. 



Eyes of butterflies, 15, 45 ; of cater- 

 pillars, 15 ; of caterpillar of Eyed 

 Hawk moth, 203; of dragonfly, 

 201 ; of spiders, 15. 



F. 



TTalco peregrinus, 52. 



False legs of Caterpillar, 204. 



Female ants, 156. 



Ferns, 108 ; alternation of generations 

 in, 110; fronds of, 109. 



Fertilisation of flowers, 4" ; of bell- 

 heath, 97; by insects, 40, 46; of 

 oak by wind, 61 ; of queen bee, 

 133 ; of violet, 6, 7 ; of wild par- 

 sley, 129; of willow, 208: of yellow 

 flag, 198. 



Fieldfare, The, 185. 



:Fir tree, The, 109. 



Fishes, The age of, 188. 



Flagella of Puss moth caterpillar, 

 207. 



Flea, The, 215 ; performing, 163. 



Fleur de lys or Fleur de luce, 199. 



Flies attracted by catkins of sallow, 

 208. 



.Flowers of bell-heath, 96, 97 ; of haw- 

 thorn, 27; of horse-chestnut, 76; 

 of ling, 96 ; of mignonette, 43, 46 ; 

 of violet, 5 ; of wild parsley, 129 ; 

 of wild rose, 38 ; of willow, 209 ; 

 of yellow flag, 198; scent of , 42 ; 

 brightest coloured with least scent, 

 48. 



My orchis, 178. 



Food of ants, 169; of lizard, 176 ; of 

 mole, 144 ; of otter, 226 ; of squir- 

 rel, 65 ; of toad, 219, 223. 



Foraminifera, 174. 



JForceps of earwig, Use of, 153. 



Forces of sub-aerial denudation, 93, 

 119, 187. 



Forficula auricularia, 153. 



Formation of apple, 38 ; of bogs, 85 ; 

 of clouds, 85, 88 ; of fossils, 188 ; of 

 hip of rose, 38 ; of pear, 38 ; of 

 planets, 71 ; of snail-shell, 145 ; of 

 strawberry, 38 ; of wax by bees, 

 131. 



formic acid squirted by caterpillar 

 of Puss moth, 206. 



JTormica fusca as slave ants, 166, 

 167 ; rufa, 155 ; rufesceiis, 167 ; 

 sauguinea, 166. 



Fossil animals, 119, 191 ; fishes, 188; 

 how formed, 108, 188, 191 ; human 

 skulls, 192 ; lessons from,191 ; of 

 the chalk, 174 ; pknts, 108. 



Fraxinus excelsior, 33. 



Fronds, 109, 110. 



Galium, 197. 



Gall insects, 44. 



Giirlic, Odour of, 49. 



Gault, 119. 



Genetic sequence of colour develop- 

 ment in flowers, The, 48. 



Geographical distribution of birch, 

 105. 



Geological research, 187. 



Geology of the Medway valley, 119. 



Ghost moth, The, 225. 



Gills, Structure of, 221. 



Glands of caterpillars, 206; scent, 

 42, 49 ; odoriferous, 208, 225. 



Globigeriua ooze, 174, 188. 



Glow-worm, The, 69, 181, 230. 



Goat moth, The, 228. 



Gold crest's nest, 54. 



Gossamer spiders, 11. 



Grain-storing ants, 158. 



Grasshopper, 152; Warbler. 184,230. 



Gravel deposits in river, 119, 187, 

 193 ; of post-tertiary age, 189. 



Grayling butterfly, 154. 



Green Oak moth, 51. 



Greensand deposits, 119. 



Growing point of seeds removed by 

 ants, 158. 



Growth of a snail-shell, 145. 



Gull, The black-headed,185; common, 

 185; greater black-backed, 186; 

 herring gull, 186; lesser black- 

 backed, 186 ; lesser black-headed, 

 185; little, The, 186. 



Gypsum, 194. 



H. 



Habits of lizard, The, 176. 

 Hawfinch, The, 52. 

 Hawks enemies to lizard, 178. 

 Hawthorn, 23, 50, 67 ; scent of, 43. 

 Heather, The, 90, 95 ; honey from, 



98 ; yo..ng, 98. 

 Hedgesparrow, The, 55. 

 Helix arbustorum, 146 ; fruticum, 



146 ; hortensis, 146 ; nemoralis, 



