GENERAL INDEX. 



575 



Ogllby, Mr., noticed, 205, 

 Oriole, golden, 175. 

 Oriblus Galbula, 436. 

 Ornithorynclms, query respecting, 470. 

 Ornithology, native, query respecting, 470. 

 Orobanche csriilea, 435. 

 Oysters esteemed by the Romans, 41. 

 Pachyd^rmes, 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, pioduction of, explained, 249 ; among the 



Romans, 250 j in America, 251. 

 P^cora, 515. 



Pentacrites, fossil remains of, 275. 

 Periodical works on natural history, advantages 



and disadvantages of, 297. 

 Petrel, the stormy, 325. 

 Pettychaps, Lesser, 520. 

 Phalae''na typicSides, remarkable visitation of 



the, 404. 

 Pheasants, cock, circumstances respecting, 146. 

 Philosophers, generally self-taught, 389. 

 Philosophical and literary institution of Canter- 



bury, 154. 

 Pliilosophical Society of Yorkshire, anniversary 



meeting of, Feb. 2„ 437. 

 Ph^sa fontin^is, 532. 



Pig-parsnep, a good foliage for foregrounds, 99. 

 Pike, extraordinary growth of, 147 ; stones found 



in the stomachs of, 241. 

 Pimpinella m&gna, 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. 

 Polyad^lphia, the class, described, 357. 

 Poly&ndria, the class, described, 352. 

 Polybrachion, the, 149. 

 Polygamia, the class, described, 360. 

 Polypus, fresh-water, by S. Woodward, 348. 

 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. 

 PrimJltes, 514. 

 Primrose, oxlip, cowslip, and polyanthus, on the 



specific identity of the, 406. 

 Proverbs respecting natural appearances, 17. 

 Pter6stichus parumpunctktus, answer, 477. 

 Puffin, the Manks, 325. 



Pyrenees, notes on the, by W. Ainsworth, 496. 

 Pyrogeneous formations, in geology, 65. 

 Pyrola secunda, locality of, by H. C. Watson, 174. 

 Quadrtimanes, 513. 

 Quail, arrival of, at Carlisle, 172. 

 ftuercus sessiflbra, 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. 

 Richmond, early flowering and rare plants near, 



168. 

 Rio Janeiro, letter from, by Mr. Matthews, 430. 

 Robertson, John, on the Puruk sheep, 144. 

 Rocks, primary, 64 ; crystalline, of the Pyrenees, 



497. 

 Rongeurs, 513. 



Rook, remarkable bill of a, 402. 

 Rooks, preying on young birds, query, 473. 

 iJbsa sepium, 164; tomentbsa, 164. 

 Rose, W. B., fossil remains from Foxcote, 

 figured and described, 159. 



Ruhi, three new species of, 481, 



liamex, the genus, 61, 



Rumin&ntes, 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. 

 5axifraga granul&ta, 351. 

 Scallop worn in the hats of pilgrims, 256, 

 Scenery on the Hudson River, 494. 

 School of botany at Paris, 26. 

 Sc61opax grisea, figured, 28 j Sabini, 29, 

 Sc61opax, 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. 



5en&cio lividus and sylvaticus, query, 197. 

 Sfepia, the, whether parasitical or not, 535. 

 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, 335; univalve, 337; 

 revolute, 337 ; mother-of-pearl, 339 ; manner 

 in which they are formed, 340; the colouring 

 of, 345 ; influenced by light, 346; admirable 

 formation of, 348 ; 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. 

 Siphbniae, 268. 



Siskin finches, notice of a'pair hatching, 440. 

 Skate spawn, query on, 93; conjecture, 195. 450 j 



answer, 478. 

 Skins of birds, answer to query on softening, 93. 

 Sky, unusual aj)pearance in, 199. 

 Slapton, on the natural history of, 393. 

 Slight, H., on the habits of the cameleon. 232. 

 Smith, H. S., on a remarkable Vanessa Vo, 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., 344. 

 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 j 

 aerial, critical remarks on, by J. Murray, 189 j 

 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 efJects attending 



the blowing up of, 507. 

 Stock, D., Orchidea; and uncommon plants 

 found in the vicinity of Bungay, 155 j Calen- 



