GENERAL INDEX, 
Ogilby, Mr., noticed, 205, . 
Oriole, golden, 175. 
Oridlus Galbula, 436. ‘ 
Ornithorynchus, query respecting, 470. 
Ornithology, native, query respecting, 470. 
Orobanche cerilea, 435. 
Oysters esteemed by the Romans, 41. 
Pachydérmes, 514. 
Palmer, the Rev. Mr., his list of plants, 189. 
Papyrus, vessels made of the, further illustra- 
tions of observations on, 535. ‘ 
Paris, garden of plants, and natural museum at, 
details respecting, by Mrs. R. Lee, 22. 
Paris, Dr., his life of Sir Humphry Davy,.389. 
Peacock, wild, food of, 146. 
Pearl fishery, British, now existing on the Con- 
way, 132: of the Conway, observations on, 
by W. Wilson, 451. 
Pearls, production of, explained, 249 ; among the 
Romans, 250; in America, 251. 
Pécora, 515. 
Pentacrites, fossil remains of, 275. 
Periodical works on natural history, advantages 
and disadvantages of, 297. 
Petrel, the stormy, 325. 
Pettychaps, Lesser, 520. 
Phalz‘na typicéides, remarkable visitation of 
the, 404. 
Pheasants, cock, circumstances respecting, 146. 
Philosophers, generally self-taught, 389. 
Philosophical and literary institution of Canter- 
bury, 154. 
Philosophical Society of Yorkshire, anniversary 
meeting of, Feb. 2., 437. 
Physa fontinalis, 53. 
Pig-parsnep, a good foliage for foregrounds, 99. 
Pike, extraordinary growth of, 147 ; stones found 
in the stomachs of, 241. 
Pimpinélla magna, 164. 
Plantago major, curious variety of, 482. 
Plants varying in the colour of their flowers, by 
Edwin Lees, 161; with white flowers, remark 
respecting, 190; night-smelling, query, 197. 
Polyadélphia, the class, described, 357. 
Polyandria, the class, described, 352, 
Polybrachion, the, 149. 
Polygamia, the class, described, 360. 
Polypus, fresh-water, by S. Woodward, 548. 
Poodles, notice of two singular ones, 290. 
Porphyry, green, fused, query respecting, 199. 
Powder mill, blowing up of a, 508. 
Preston, collection of shells from, by W. Gil- 
bertson, 170; remarks on, 171. 
Primary rocks, 64. 
Primates, 514. 
Primrose, oxlip, cowslip, and polyanthus, on the 
specitic identity of the, 406. 
Proverbs respecting natural appearances, 17. 
Pterdéstichus parumpunctatus, answer, 477. 
Puffin, the Manks, 325. 
Pyrenees, notes on the, by W. Ainsworth, 496. 
Pyrogeneous formations, in geology, 65. 
Pyrola sectinda, locality of, by H. C. Watson, 174. 
Quadrimanes, 513. 
Quail, arrival of, at Carlisle, 172. 
Quercus sessifldra, 165. 
Rain at Florence, 374 
Rainbow, a singular appearance of the, 544. 
Rats resisted by ducks and hens, account of, 146. 
Raven oak, the, 556. 
Rennie, J., critical remark on the goatsucker’s 
foot-comb, 296; supposed parasite habits of 
the night-jar, and nests of the cuckoo, 397. 
Rice, 60. 
Richardson, Dr., noticed, 205. 
Heehmond, early flowering and rare plants near, 
Rio Janeiro, letter from, by Mr. Matthews, 430, 
Robertson, John, on the Puruk sheep, 144. 
Haas, primary, 64; crystalline, of the Pyrenees, 
Rongeurs, 513. 
Rook, remarkable bill of a, 402. 
ooks, preying on young birds, query, 473. 
Rdsa sepium, 164; tomentosa, 164. 
ose, - B., fossil remains from Foxcote, 
figured and described, 159. 
575 
Rubi, three new species of, 481, 
Rimex, the genus, 61. 
Ruminantes, 514. 
Rush, the, 58. 
Sabine, Mr., remarks on, 293, 
Saint Hilaire’s theory in zoology, 420. 
Salmon, varieties of, opinion respecting, by Thos. 
Hawkins, 94; queries respecting, 480. 
Samlet, doubts on the, confirmed, by Thos. 
Hawkins, 94; botcher and gillion, answer to 
query respecting, 196. 
Saul, M., rats resisted by ducks and hens, 146, 
Saxifraga granulata, 351. 
Scallop worn in the hats of pilgrims, 256. 
Scenery on the Hudson River, 494. 
School of botany at Paris, 26. 
Scélopax grisea, figured, 28; Sabini, 29. 
Sc6lopax, peculiarity in the beak of, 29. 
Scotland, west of, facts and queries on birds in, 
194; calendar of nature for, 391. 440. 566. 
Scouler, Dr., noticed, 207. 
Sea, vision over, 96; luminousness of, 308, 
Sea-trout, queries respecting the, 480. 
Secondary rocks, 66. 
Senécio lividus and sylvaticus, query, 197. 
Sepia, the, whether parasitical or not, 5365. 
Shadows, double, correction respecting the, 468. 
Shamrock of Ireland, observations on, 294. 
Sheep, the Puruk, of Ladusk, remarks on, 145. 
Shellfish, fossil, 280. 
Shells, arrangement of, by conchologists, 335 ; 
multivalve, 335; bivalve, 325; univalve, 337 ; 
revolute, 537; mother-of-pearl, 339; manner 
in which they are formed, 340; the colouring 
of, 545 ; influenced by light, 346; admirable 
formation of, 548 ; of molluscous animals, con- 
nection of the, 525. 
Shetland and Orkney ornithological visit to, 321, 
Shining moss, figured and described, 462. 
Sicily, on the geography, geology, &c., 105. 
Silks and flannels emitting sparks in frost, 488. 
Siphdnie, 268. 
Siskin finches, notice of a pair hatching, 440. 
Skate spawn, query on, 93; conjecture, 195, 450; 
answer, 478. 
Skins of birds, answer to query on softening, 93. 
Sky, unusual appearance in, 199, 
Slapton, on the natural history of, 393. 
Slight, H., on the habits of the cameleon, 232, 
Smith, H.S., on a remarkable Vanéssa l‘o, 194. 
Smith’s stratigraphical table of echinites, 278, 
Snails, how to keep in confinement, 470. 
Snakes taking the water, not uncommon, 450. 
Snipe of a novel colour shot near Kington, 437. 
Snipe’s beak, critical observation respecting, 449. 
Snipes, British, supplement to the notice of, 27, 
Snow at Florence, 374. 
Society of Naturalists, hints respecting, 185. 
Song of birds, critical remarks respecting, 447. 
Sowerby, J. D. C., catalogue of the fossils from 
Foxcote, 159 ; his opinion respecting cowries 
and cones, &c., 544. 
Sparrowhawk, female, with a blue back, 449. 
Spence, W., observations relative to Dr, Carus’s 
discovery of the circulation of the blood in 
insects, 48 ; on the weather at Florence, 374. 
Spiders, flight of, by Thomas Thompson, 147; 
aerial, critical remarks on, by J. Murray, 189; 
aeronautic, ascent of, critical remarks respect- 
ing, by J. Blackwall, 456 ; critical observations 
on the ascent of, 457; flight of, critical ob- 
servations respecting, 457. 
Spring, C., notice respecting the cuckoo-mate, 
474; observations on, 475, 
Sponges, geological remains of, 268, 
Stanley, J., birds near Whitehaven, 171, 
Star-fish, fossil remains of, 275, 
Star-stone, impression of one in flint, 152, 
Steam-boats, American, 492. 
Stickleback fish, some account of, 329; the black 
variety, 332. 
Sticklebacks, 522. 
Stoat pursuing a water rat through a pond, 145. 
Stobs’s powder-mill, certain effects attending 
the blowing up of, 507. 
Stock, D., Orchidee and uncommon plants 
found in the vicinity of Bungay, 155; Calen- 
