XUl 



Beetle musicians, 7366 



Beetles, luminous, 73(i8 



Beetling at the Cape and in Java, 7325 



Birds, rare, at West(M)-su|)ei-Mare, 7312; 

 American, occuntuce of iu Europe, 

 7346 ; singular instance of sa<jacity 

 in, 7382 ; rare, at Scarburou<!!i, 738S ; 

 occuiiing (luring the trost, 7388, 7426 ; 

 rare, water, near Shrewsbury, 7388 ; 

 British, collected observations on tiie 

 nests and eggs of, 7393, 7439, 7474, 

 7637, 7639 ; of the family Megapo- 

 diidiE, nidificatiou of, 7435 ; oil-gland 

 in, 7439; of New Zealand, brief notes 

 on, 7464 ; of Belgium, notes on, 7537, 

 7625; little, preservation of, 7640; ex- 

 traordinary assemblage of, 7641 ; sum- 

 mer, arrival of at Blackheath, ?f/. ; in 

 the neighbourhood of Plymouth, 7647 ; 

 of Shetland, 7706 ; small, destruction 

 of, 7707, 7729, 7794 ; imporlance of, 

 to Agriiultore, 7730; deslruction of, 

 7740; remarks on some that breed in 

 the Gulf of St. Lawrence, 7742; un- 

 coniioon, at Balta Sounti, 7753; food 

 of, 7809 



Birds' nests, iron, 7639 



Bittern, 7487 



Bitterns, 7392 



Blackbird, 7399, 7753 ; pied, near Lynn, 

 7381 ; with while head and neck, 7643 



Blackbirds singing iu the night, 7428 



Blackcap, 7441, 7640 



Blackcock and common pheasant, hybrid 

 between, 7545 



Bledius crassicollis, 7530 



Bluebottles and ants, 7766 



Bombycilla garrulu, 7345 



Bombyx Callunae, on the habits of, 7359 



Botys fuscalis, description of the larva of, 

 7765 



Brachelytra, notes on two new, 7530 



Brad\ccllus liarpalinns, 7365 



Bree,'C. R., M.D., F.L.S., ' Species not 

 Transmutable, nor the Result of Se- 

 condary Causes,' 7577 



Breeding-ca^e, improved, 7576 



Buck-sh(Jotiug in the Korea, 7463 



Bullfinch, 7475 ; varieties of, 7429, 

 7754 



Bunting, blackheaded, 7447; common, 

 id.; cirl, 7448; Lapland, 7626; Or- 

 tolan, id.; snow, nest of, in Shetland, 

 7709 



' Bush Wanderings of "a Naturalist,' 

 7691 



Bustard, little, in Norfolk, 7315 ; in 

 Essex, 7352; in Suffolk, 7353 ; in the 

 county of Coik, 7385; in Mnray,7433; 

 near York, 7507 ; Chinese, 7711 



Bustards at Kala-hai, 7433 



Butalis incongruella, case of, found on 



birch, 7536 

 Butterfly, rate of speed of flight of a. 



7358 ' 



Buzzard, 7396; near Lvnn,738I; near 



Swansea, 7427 ; honey, 7396 

 Cabera pusaria, description of the laiTa 



of, 7761 



Calliinorpha dominula, description of the 



larva of, 7822 

 Calomopliilus biarmicus, 7445 

 Cam|)togramma hilineata, description of 



the larva of, 7323 

 'Canadian Naturalist and Geologist,' 



7305 

 Canis familiaris, var. borealis, 7775 



)> „ vai-. lagojuis, id. 



„ orcidentalis, var. griseus, 7772 

 Capercally, 7483 

 Caprimulgus europEeus, 7481 

 Carbo cormoranus, 7497 



„ cristatus, 7498 

 Cat taking the water, 7378; musk, of 



Shanghai, 7704 

 ' Catalogue of the Lepidopterous Tnsecis 



in the Museum at the East India 



House,' observations on the, 7357 

 Catopiria ulicetiina, description of the 



larva of, 7765 

 Ceuidomyia Taxi, economy of, 7802 

 Cells of hive bees, hexayonal form of, 



7369 

 Cerlhia familiaris, 7479 

 Cerlhida?, 7466 



Ceutliorhynchus inornatus, 7616 

 Chaffinch, 7391, 7448 ; singular variety 



of, 7428 ^ 



Charadrida?, 7469 

 Charadrina Alsines, description of the 



larva of, 7682 



„ blanda, description of the 



larva of, 7683 

 Cbaradrius cantinnus, 7486, 7647 

 „ hialicula, 7486, 7507 



„ morinellus, 7485, 7628 



„ pluvialis, 7485 



Chelonia caretta in Brilain, 7795 

 Chiffehaff, 7443 

 Chloeophora prasinana, description of the 



Ian a of, 7362 

 Chough, 7477; alpine, as observed in the 



Ionian Islands, 7352 

 Chrysotis auropalHata, 7352 

 Cidaria dotata, description of the larva 

 of, 7822 



„ prunata, description of the larva 

 of, 7324 



reticulata iu the Lake District, 

 7361 



