INDEX TO THE JOURNAL. 



Aborigines of South America, prospects of, 6S 



Acarus scablei, the, 86 



Acetic acid, improvement in the manufacture, 72 



Adders at Methven, 2; the bite of, 6 



Address, our, to the public, 1 



Aerolites, fall of in Brazils, 160; motion of, 72; tem- 

 perature ot\ 72; nature of, 83 



Africa, allusion to some of the animals of South, 136 



Agate shells, our plate of, described, 93 



Aglossa intestinalis noticed, I 10 



Ailurus, (Pandas.J plate of, (h'scribed, 133 



Albino, a Malay, described, lo9 



Amber, facts concerning, 2l', 72; the yellow, of Lake 

 Arendsee, 166 



Ambergris, account of, 24- 



Anatifa, genus of, described, 134 



Andes, Ulloa's ascent of, 31 



Animal magnetism, 20, 32, 52, 56 



Animalcules of snow, 21 



Annals of natural history noticed, 14-0. IIS 



Anser bernicla, in Cromarty and Beauly Frith, 95 



Ant, anecdote of the, 25 



Antelopes, plate of, described, 69 



Ambus arboreus, habits of, 110 



Apes, proboscis and solemn, plate of, described, 125 



Apple tree, the, in Russia, 106 



Aquita Chrysaetus described, 93 



Ardea stellaris, see Bittern 



Arendsee, Lake of, described, 166 



Arnee, the horns of, described, 159 



Arsenic, antidote for, 8i 



Artesian wells, notice concerning, 120 



Ascents, great, into the atmosphere, 4'4' 



Aspidium dumetorum, 104- 



Ass, peculiarity in giving milk, 29 



Audubon, letter from, on board of the Crusader, 171 



Aurochs, notice of, 149 



Aurora borealis, 100, 168 ; Sir John Ross' views of, 24- 



Australian ornithology, by Gould, 134, 136 



Baboons, plates of, described, 145, 153 

 Bachmanns, Dr, description of the hares of North 



America, 162 

 Batoon excursion, 4 

 Barley, native country of, 43 

 Barometer, submarine register, 44 

 Bats, plate of, described, 113; the Scottish, 81 

 Beaches, see Sea Beaches 

 Beagle, the, described, 53 

 Bears, our plate of, described, 129 

 Bee-eaters, our plate of, described, 109 

 Beer, preventive against acidity of, 92 

 Bees, culture of, 9; anecdote of, 37 

 Beet-white, Beta clcla^ sugar from, 58 

 Beetles, plate of, described, 37 

 Bellamy, Mr J. C, contributions of, 104, HI, 115, 



126, 130. 138, 140, 147, 151, 155, 158, 162, 174 

 Bennet, Mr Ed. R, obituary of, 76 

 — ' George, Wanderings in New S. Wales, noticed, 



27 



■ J. W., his fishes of Ceylon noticed, 12 

 Bernacle shell described, 134 

 Bill of birds, its frequent elongation, 138 

 Birds, diseases of. 134 ; mortality of, 105 ; quantity of 



seed devoured by, 90 ; social habits of, 9 

 Bittern, the, noticed ; digestive organs described, 174 

 Blackbird, breeding with the thrush, 102: prolificacy 



of, 143 » F J 





Blind-worm, notices of, 168, 172 



Blood-hound, the, described, 53 



Body, human, eflfect of compressed air on the, 76 



Bog-bean, the, described, 1 19 



Bogs, moving, notice of, 31, 71 



Bone caves in New Holland, 10 



Bornca, notice concerning the inhabitants of, 16 



Bos Urus, notice of, 149 



Botany, fossil, Brongniart*s researches in, 58; of Lower 



Egypt, 54 

 Boulder, at. summit of Dunkcld hill, 51 ; near Castle 



Stuart, 55 

 Boulders, buoyancy of at great depths, 75; upborne 



by icebergs, 75 

 Brent Goose in Cromarty Frith, 95 

 Breves, our plate of, described, 141 

 Bridgewater treatise, Mr Kirby's, noticed, 4 

 British birds, Mr MacGillivray's descriptions of, 90, 



93,98, 105, 109, 114, 117, 121, 125, 133, 1)5, 



149, 157, 165, 169, 173 

 Brugmansla Zippelli, the plant described, 51 

 Buceros, see Hornbills 

 Buccinum acutlssimum, 58; Anglicanum, described, 



58 

 Bulls, our plate of, described, 89 

 Buntings, plate of, described, 89 

 Bonaparte, Prince Charles L., his comparative list of 



European and American birds, noticed, 152 

 Butterflies, our plate of, described, 13; feasts upon, 



in New Holland, 18 



Camels, plate of, description of, 25; pace of, 9; step 

 of, 78 



Canary, anecdote of the, 29 



Caprimulgus, the, described, 149 



Cargueroc's, or men-carriiTs of the Andes, noticed, 40 



Caryopliyllea sessilis, coral, described, 1 10 



Cat tribe, plates of, described, 19, 21, 141, 161 ; do- 

 mestic cat, anecdote of, 26; Mahomedan cat-hospital, 

 52 



Caverns, remarkable, in Brazils, 128 



Cebus, plate of, described, 105 



Celery, new mode of blanching, 3 



Cercopitheci, plate of, described, 105 



Chaffinch, Mr Waterton on the, 152 



Chats, plate of, described, 73 



Chillingham Park, Mr Hindmarsh's account of wild 

 cattle of, 161 



Chimpansee, figure of, described, 121 



Cinnatnon tree, described. 128 



Circus, plate of, described, 121 



Civets, plate of, described, 1 17 



Claws, irregular growth of, 82 



Coal, discovery of in Greece, 10; in Mount Lebanon, 23 



Coatis, plate of, described, 133 



Cochineal of Armenia, described, 65 



Cockatoos, plate of, described, 129 



Cod, the fecundity of the, 33 



Coffee tree, description of the, 103 



Cold, effects of, on new-born infants, 59 



Colouring, Mr Hay's remarks on harmonious, 47 



Colour, change of, in birds, 164; in plants, 38; sepia 

 colour obtained from peat water, 80 



Columba palumbus, described, 125 



Comets, account of, 4; notice of Halley's, 11, 24 



Cones, conus, plate of, described, 61 



Coral found near Plymouth, 1 10 



Cormorant, notice of the Chinese, 168 



Corn, effectual mode of preserving, 163 



Corn-crake, described, 165, 81 



Cosigiieina volcano, eruption of, 15 



Cossus ligniperda, endurance of the larva without food, 

 131 



Coturnix dactylisonons, see Common Quail 



Cowdie tree, the limber of the, 10 



Crabs, changes in the stomach of, when casting their 

 shell, 74 ; crab-stones, 74 



Cromarty Frith, Mr MacGillivray's description of, 96 

 lUO, 144 



Crossbills, plate of, described, 97; resident In Scotland, 

 142 



Crow, anecdotes of, 37, 66 ; anecdote of the hooded, 

 118; of the carrion, 118; piscatory habits of the car- 

 rion, 138 ; short-Iailed crows described, 141 



Crystals, formation of artificial, 116 



Cuckoo, the, described, 145; seen in November In 

 Morayshire, 131 



Curlew, the, described, 169 



C'uscuta epilimun), a British plant, 151 



Cushet, the, described, 125 



Cuvier, the Baron, Statue of, in Montbelllard, his 



native town, 16 

 — — , M. Fr., his observation on the Jerboas, 122 



Cynocephalus, plate of, described, 145 



Cypselus murarius, described, H)5 



Darkness, Influence of, on human body, 104 

 Davy's, Sir H., Safety Lamp, objections to, 12 

 Dayaks of Bornea, description of tliese aborigines, 27 

 Deer, plates of, described, 6, 165, 73. Uecr hunting 



in Texas, described, 167 

 Deluge, Mr Harcourt's Treatise on the Doctrine of, 



alluded to, 144 

 Dentdu Midi, fall of, 59 

 Devonshire, South, Mr Bellamy on the fauna of, 126, 



138, 140, 147, 151 ; on the slates of, 162 

 Dew-butter, the so called, 31 

 Diamond, the, described, 6G ; facts regarding, 72; 



the Matton, 31 

 ricolytcs, see Peccaries 

 Digestive organs of birds, described, 94, 98, 143, 147, 



170 

 Diseases of birds, remarks on the, 134 

 Divers, the powers of, 16 

 Dodo, the authenticity of the, 22 

 Dogs, plates of, described, 41, do, 1 13 ; anecdotes of, 



13, 92, 105; a hybrid between the dog and jackal, 



61 J hydrophobia In the, 150 

 Dolomites, phenomena connected with, 112 

 Douglass, Mr David, obituary notice of, 7G 

 Dove, habits of the blue-backed, 99 ; the ring-dove, 



described, 125; the rock-dove, described, 133 

 Dreams, Dr Gregory's notes on, 20 

 Drew's, Mr, remarks on the Australian wagtail, 174 

 Dromedary, plate of, described, 25 

 Dunn's Ornithological Guide, notice of, 88 

 Dutrochet's Observations on the Sleep of Plants, 95, 



99, 123 



Eagles, plate of, described, 117; fisher-eagles, plate 

 of, described, 125; the golden-eagle, described, 93; 

 digestive organs described, 143; white-tailed sea- 

 eagle, described, 98 ; nests, the localities of their, 

 91 

 Eaine, an aerolite called Inflammable snow, 4 

 Earth, temperature of, 23; of the Interior, 75 



