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INDEX TO THE JOURNAL. 



Earthquake at Conception, described, 10 ; at Chiches- 

 ter, la ; in Croatia, 128 



Earthy substances, corrosive quality of some, 128 



Edible birds' nests, 62 



Edible roclis, 3 



Edinburgh, meteorology of the neighbourhood of, 

 from Mr Rliind's Excursions, 63 



Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal, notice of, 76 



Egg, lien's, anomalous structure of, 27, 52 ; preserved 

 fresli for 300 years, 15 



Egypt, remarks on llie vegetation of, 34? 



Electricity, effects of, on plants, 38 



Elephants, plate of, described, 81; anecdote of, 36; 

 their love of sweatmeats, 13; cause of their occa- 

 sional rage in confinement, 9 



Elevation of the land in Sweden, 71 



-^^^— of sea beaches by the tide, 1 1 8 



Elk, fossil, described, 58 



Erratic blocks of Jura, Agassiz on the, 135. ■ See 

 Boulders 



Estuaries, Mr MacGillivray's remarks on, 96, 144" 



Euphrates Expedition, notice of, 8 



Eupleres Goudotti, a new insectivorous animal of 

 Madagascar, 70 



Eurylaimes, plate of, described, 149 



Expedition for exploring Soutli Africa, results of, 88 



Fairy-rings, opinion of the cause of, 18 



Faico peregrinus, described, 109 



Falcuh'a palliata of M. Is. Geoffroy, described, G5 



Fallow-deer, plate of, described, 173 



Feigning death, animals, 38, 81' 



Felis, caracal, described, 141 ; colocolo, 141 ; leo, 



21 ; onca, 141 

 Fennecs, plate of, desciibed, 1 1 3 

 Ferns, hybrid, 131" 

 Finches, plate of^ described, 77 

 Fire-fly, notice of the, 37 



Fishes of Ceylon, Mr Bennett's account of, I?' 

 Fishes, eruption of living, from a volcano, 26 

 Fissilabi i, a new shell, 42 

 Flint, singular sections of Kentish, 19 

 Floating islands, notice of, 15 

 Flying-cats, plate of, described, 105 

 Flying-fish, account of, 17 

 Flood, remarkable of the Garonne, 7 

 Foot-marks on rocks, instances of, 15, 60, 62 

 Foot of the fly, mechanism of, 30 

 Forests, effects of, on rains, 112; pine forests of 



Scotland, 93 

 Forth, frith of, birds observed in, 129 

 Fossil bones, in Paris B'aein, 88; fossil camel in 

 the Himalayas, 88; remains in the coal formation 

 at Wardie, near Newhaven, 108; remains of mon- 

 keys, 11! ; horns found in Essex, 144; bones in 

 Devonshire, 155 ; oak in Aberdeen harbour, 7 ; 

 ferns, 23 

 Foxes, plate of, described, 85 ; Scottish varieties, 118; 



Arctic, plate of, described, 113 

 Fox-hound, described,, 5.3 



Fragrance, cause of the, of tropical countries, 74 

 Friendship ampng animals, 43 

 Frogs, anecdote of, 50 ; alleged shower of, 30 

 Frozen soil, depth of, in Siberia, 141 

 Fruit trees, naanagement of, 10 

 Fuci, the, used as food, 107 



Guir.LON's Aper5u d'Histoire Naturellc, notice of, 52 



Galagoes, plate of, described, 101 



Galeopitbecus, plate of, described, 109 



Galvanic telegraph, noticed, 164 



Gannet, black-tailed, described, 161 



Garrulus, plate of, described, 157 



Gas, inflammable, natural evolution of, 43, 44; 64 



Gedrite, a new mineral, 108 



Geese sometipies, carnivorous, 118 



Genets, plate of, described, 117 



Geographical distribution of animals, 126, 130, 138, 



141, 147, 151 

 Germinative power of seeds, 35, 52, 74 

 Gibbons, plate of, described, 121 

 Gingo tree, introduced into Europe, 42 

 Giraffe, plate of, described, 57 

 Gizzard of gallinaceous, birds, described, 147 

 Glow-worm, the, noticed, 56 

 Gnat-catcher, plate of, described, 85 

 Gnats, tormenting power of, 34 

 Goat-sucker, the, described, 149; Col. Maceroni's 



opinions of the, 159 

 Gold, sources of, 38; veins of, in North Carolina; 



composition of native, 3; coinage, notice of the, 4; 



medical virtues of, 152 

 Golden eagle, description of the, 93 

 Goose, anecdote of the, 45 

 Grouse, plates of, described, 43, 101 ; the black, de. 



scribed, 114; the red, 117; hybrid with the black- 



cock, 82 



Guacharo of the cavern of Caripe, in Cutnana, 86 



Guadaloupe, human skeleton of, 131 



Guenons, plate of, described, 93 



Guyana tea plant, 51 



Gulf Stream, account of the, 10 



Gun flints, manufacture of, 84 



Gunpowder, history and manufacture of, 12 



Hailstones, the shape and size of, 72 



Hair in the intestine of the horse, 165 



Haliaetus, plate of, described, 125 



Hares, the, of North America, described, 162 



Harrier, the, described, 53 



Harriers, plate of, described, 121 



Hay, Mr D. R., notice of his work on colouring, 47 



Hedgehog, the, said to be proof against poison, 32 



Heifer, which yielded milk, 2 



Herring, Mr Shaw on the food of, 186 



Hibiscus mutabilis, change of colour in the flowers of, 

 26 



Hogs, plate of, described, 157 



Honey buzzard, described,. 153; killed in Scotland, 

 153 



Hoopoes, plate of, described, 113; observed in Scot- 

 land, 86 



Horsburgh, Capt. James, biographical notice of, 60 



Horn, irregular growth of, 82 



Hornbills, plate of, described, 173 



Horny excrescences in men, 36 



Horse, rabies in the, 130 ; toes on the feet of the, 46 



Hot blast, the, in ironworks, 64- 



Hot springs, notices respecting, .39, 64 



Howison, Dr, on the mountain-ash, and apple-tree 

 in Russia, 106 



Howlers, plate of, described, 169 



Humboldt, Baron Wm. de, his death, 4 



Humming birds, plates of, described, 29, 65, 89, 101, 

 113 



Hybernation of animals, 34, 42, 50 ; instances in 

 swallows, 164 



Hybrid animals, 82 ; plants, 131 



Hydra, described, 167 



Hydrophobia as occurring in the lower animals, 150 



Hylobates, plate of, described, 121 



Ice affected by cold, 80 ; striking light with steel, 4S 



Icebergs of Southern hemisphere, 39 



Ictides, plate of, described, 133 



Ignes fatui, instances of, 55, 64 



Indian death blast, effects of, 4 



Indris, plate of, described, 101 



Infusoria, fossil in Tripoli Slate, 92 



Ink. indelible, Dr Traill's, 155 



Insects in India, numbers of, 2 



Instinct, animal, 163 



Ireland, introduction of frogs and snakes into, 70 ■ 



Irritability in the stems of plants, 87 



Itch, insect, noticed, 66 



Jackal, plate of, described, 113 



Jaguar, described, 141 



Jardine's, Sir Wm., History of British Birds, Vol. I., 



noticed, 132; illustration of ornithology, noticed, 



136 

 JSys, plate of, described, 157 

 Jerboas, M. Fr. Cuvier's observations on, 122. 

 Jersey, the rare plants of, described, 83 



Kinglets, plate of, described, 49 

 King-fisher, the, described, 157; its nest, 109 

 Kirby's Bridgewater treatise, noticed, 4 

 Knowle-Park beech, dimensions of the, 14 

 Knight, Mr Thos. A., biographical. notice of, 156 

 Krubut, Rafilesia Arnoldii, described, 14 



Lacerto geeko, mechanism of foot of, 30 



Lagopus Scotiqus, described, 117; cinereus, describ- 

 ed, 118 



Lakes, filling up of North American, 38 



Lamium album, and maculatum, not distinct, 103 



Lanius, plates of, described, 161, 169 



Lark, maternal affection of, 102 



Laurus cinnamomum, described, 128 ; minutus ob- 

 served in Britain, 86 ; sabinii found in Ireland, 86 



Larva; in the human stomach, 110 



Lead, the salts of, 152 



Leeches, the habits of, 73 



Leopard, (Felis Leopardus,) described, 21 ; the black, 

 described, 161; the hunting, 161 



Lepus, species of, in North America, 162 



Libraries, public, niimber of books in some of the 

 principal, 45 



Life, tenacity of, in animals, 78 



Light, influence of, in human body, 104 



Lightning, Fusinieri's views of, 80 



Lion's tail, the spine at the point of the, 54 



Longevity, case of, 16; in birds, 134 



Loris, plates of, described, 101, 137 

 Loxia curvirostra, habitat of, 142 

 Luminosity of the sea, example of, 84 

 Lycaons, plate of, described, 113 

 Lynx, the, described, 141 



Macacoes, plate of, described, 113 



Magazine of Natural History, Charlesworth's, noticed, 

 84, 100, 148 



Magnetism, Mr Scoresby's experiments on, 46 



Maggots, plate of, described, 113 



Makis, plate of, described, 101 



Man, extinct race of, in South America, 32 



Manna, on the, of the desert, 46 



Mandrake root, in Russia, 46 



Mandrils, plate of, described, 153 



Manganese in Aberdeenshire, 156 



Marble, the, of the Western Islands, 14 



Marmosets, plate of, described, 97 



Maternal affection of animals, 26, 49, 95 



Melon, the, of Bochara, 1 1 1 



Menyanthes trifoliata, described, 119 



Mercurial mines of Almeyda, 43 



Merlin, habits of the, 110 



Merops, plate of, described, 109 



Meteors, appearance of, 7, 11, 92; near London, 10 



Mexico, inundations in, 31 



Mice, field, ravages of, 102 



Migration of birds, on the, 6 



Military, mortality of the, in the British Colonies, i 



Mines, greatest depth of, 1 4 



Misseltoe, the, described, 121 



Monkey. See Apes 



Moon, mountains, &c. in the, 36 



Moose deer> plate of the, described, 173 



Morus nigra, described, 1 15 



Mosses, destruction of, in pastures, 154 



Motacilla neglecta, observed in Britain, 86; Yarrellii, 

 Mr Gould's description of, 131; boarula, describ- 

 ed by Mr Drew, 174 ; motacillae of South Devon, 

 158 



Mountain-ash of Russia, 106 



Mulberry-tree, description of, 115 



Mule, anecdote of the, 13 



Mummy, examination of a, 52 



Murray's, Dr, Northern flora, noticed, 88 



Musk deer, notice of the, 168 



Mustelia Genus, Prince Musignano's division of, 

 131 



Mycetes, plate of, described, 169 



Naturalist, the, notice of, 100, 148 



Naturalist's Library, Sir Wm. Jardine's, notice of, 132 



Niagara, fall of table rock at, 10 



Nichol's spar-prism for assisting to discover shoals in 



the ocean, 76 

 Nightjar, the, described, 149 

 Nitrous oxid, its effects on human frame, 39 



Oaks, dimensions of Scottish, 154 



Ocean, Arago on the colour of, 171 



Ocelot, (Felis pardalis,) described, 21 



Olive-tree, the, described, 123 



Orang-outang, plate of, described, 121; organization 



of, 89 

 Orange-tree, the, described, 111; productiveness of, 



3 

 Orioles, plate of, described, 33 

 Ortyx Virginiana, described, 122 

 Ossiferous caverns, near Yealmton, Devonshire, 104 

 Ostriches, plate of, described, 137; rudimentary toe 



of (?) 172 

 Owls, plates of, described, 57, 105; snowy, shot in 



England, 102 

 Ox, hydrophobia in the, rabies, ISO; wild, in Chil- 



lingham Park, 161; in Scotland, 174 



Pandus, plate of, described, 133 

 Parhelia, remarkable at Fort Howard, 71 

 Parrakeets, plate of, described, 137 

 Parrots, plate of, described, 129; anecdote of, 83 

 Parrot, grossbeak, described, 166 

 Parsnip, (Pastinaca sativa,) sugar from, 58 

 Partridge, the, described, 121 ; anecdote of, 95 

 Pearl fishing in Arabia, the, 135 

 Peat mosses in Holland, the, described, 64 

 Peccaries, plate of, described, 157 

 Peregrine falcon, described, 109 

 Pernis apivorus, described, 15.3 

 Petrifaction, artificial, of animals, 42 

 Phosphorescence of the ocean, 27, 156 

 Pig, rabies in the, 150 



Pigeons, plates of, description of, 17, 153, 165; cu- 

 rious habits of, 122 

 Pines in North Carolina, 99 

 Pipit, the tree, habits of, 110 

 Pitheci, plate of, described, 121 



