INDEX TO THE JOURNAL. 



179 



Pitta, plate of genus, described, 141 



Phan of this Journal, I 



Plants, geographical distribution of^ 26 ; age of, 38 



Platina found in Siberia, 7 



Pointtr, the English, 4-1 ; the Spanish, 41 



Polar ice, fields of, described, 44 



Pole-cat, description of the, 77 



Polygonum tinctorium, notice of, 168 



Polypus, fresh water, described, 167 



Pond, obituary notice of Mr, 72 



Prognostics of weather, 168 



Proraerops, plates of, described, 113, 133 



Psitterostra psittacea, described, 166 



Ptarmigans, plate of, described, 73; described, 117 



Puma, (felis concola,) described, 2\ 



-Qqails, plate of, described, 49 ; the common, describ- 

 ed, 122; the Chinese, notice of, 168; mode of 

 capture in Cerigo, 86 

 Quarlzose tubes, remarkable instances of, 74 

 Quinary system in Zoology, remarks on, 148 



Rabies, as occurring in the lower animals, 150 



Rafflesia Arnoldi, described, 14 



PaLma, described, 30 



Rains, equinoxial, described, 73 ; diminished in some 

 parts of France, 16 j during a perfectly clear sky, 

 75 



Raven, the, described, 90 



. anecdote of, 30 



Rein deer, plate of, described, 173 



Rhea, new species of, 108 



Rhind's, Mr, Geological and Natural History Excur- 

 sions round Edinburgh, 1st edition, noticed, 12; 

 2d edition, 60, 63 



Rhinoceros, description of, 5 



Ring-dove, the habits of, 77 



Roberts', Mr, safety lamp for miners, 12 



Rook, a domesticated, 137 



Rump gland in birds, uses of, 91 



Riippel, Dr E. vertebrate fauna of Abyssinia, notice 

 of the, 59 



St Elmo*s fire, instances of, 56, 109 



Saccharine matter, plants which yield, 58 



Safety lamp. Sir H. Davy's, 12; iMr Roberts', 12 



Saliva, the uses of the, 92 



Salmon fry, Mr Shaw on the development of, 134; 

 do. on the food of, 136 



Salmon, number fished in the Tay, 176 



Scallop shell, pecten nebulosus, described, 9 



Sea-beach, raised at Coquimbo, 144 



Sea, account of its more remarkable encroachments 

 upon the land, 74; its transparency, 84; on the 

 colour of, 26 



Sea plants, the best mode of preserving, 1 14 



Sea weed, spcerococcus cartHagmeusr edible, 62 ; valu- 

 able one from Ceylon, 107 



Secretary, the bird, plate of, described, 121 



Seeds of plants, see Germination of 



Seine, river, quantity of water in the basin of the, 3 



Selby, P. J. Esq., illustrations of ornithology, noticed, 

 136 



Sepia-colour, fine, procured from water of peat, 80 



Serpentarius, plate of, described, 121 



Setters, English, 41 



Shamrock of Ireland, what plant is really the, 66 



Shaw, Mr J., on the development of salmon fry, 

 13+ ; on the food of vendace, herrings, and salmon, 

 136 



Shells, the, in the neighbourhood of Plymouth, de- 

 scribed, 1 15 



Sheep, rabies in the, 150; the Astracan, 69 



Short's popular observatory, noticed, 16 



Shrews, British, 3Ir Jenyns' synopsis of, 159 



Shrikes, plates of, described, 161, 169 



Shoals in the ocean, help to the discovery of, 76 



Silk-worm, on the food of the, 14; new species, 111 



Siskin, its breeding in Scotland, 85, 97, 119 



Sivatherium giganteum, described, 78 



Slates of South Devon, described, 162 



Sleep, Mr Bellamy on, 174 



Sleep of plants, on the, 95, 99, 123 



Snakes, on the poison of, 49 ; on their predilection 

 for music, 46 



Snake-eaters, plate of, described, 121 



■ ■ bird, digestive organs of the, described, 170 



Snow, red, 62 ; late fall of, 32 



Soda, natural fountain of, 152 



Somnolency, extraordinary cases of, 40 



Sounds, subterranean, in granite rocks, 64 



Soui mangas, plate of, described, 45 



Spaniel, King Charles', described, 41 



Sparrows, various species, described, 77; anecdote 

 concerning, 37 



Specific characters, value of, 92 



Spider, the water, her dwelling under water, 50 



Springer dog, the, described, 41 



Squirrels, plate of, described, 33 



Stag-hound, the, described, 53 



Stars, fixed, computed distance of, 39 



falling or shooting, noticed, 64, 71, 116. See 



too Aerolites 



Starling, the attractive qualities of, 170 



Sterna stolida, observed in Ireland, 86 



Sternum, the, of birds, described, 90 



Storm of November 29, 1836, described, 92; a re- 

 markable one in New Jersey, 160 



Strix, plates of, described, 57, 105 



Straw for bonnet-making, kinds of, 79 



Study of Natural History, advantages of the, 5 



Submarine vessel proposed, 16 



Sugar from Indian corn, 42 



Sula melanura, the, described, 161 



Sus. See Hog 



Swainson's volume of fly-catchers, noticed, 152 



Swallows, plate of, described, 101 ; the torpidity of, 2 



Swans, wild, notice of, 140 



Sivift, the, described, 105 



Tail-gland in birds, Reameur's account of, 25 



Tallipot-tree, immense size of its leaves, 14 



Tamarins, plate of, described, 97 



Tanagers, plate of, described, 81 



Tarantula, habits of, noticed, 86 



Tarsiers, plate of, described, 101 



Tatty, the, of India, described, 27 



Tea-tree, may be cultivated in temperate climates, 

 151 



Teeth, irregular growth of, in rodentia, 91 ; preterna- 

 tural growth of the incisive in the rabbit, 66 



Temperature of the earth, 23 ; of Europe, during the 

 tertiary period, 83 



Terriers, difl'erent species, described, 53 



Tetrao, plates of, described, 4-5, 101 ; T. tetrix, de- 

 scribed, 114; T. urogallus, 114 



Thermal springs. See Hot Springs 



Thrushes, (merula,) plate of, described, 69 



Thrush-shrikes, plate of, described, 149 



Tliun, lake, botany of, neighbourhood of, 155 



Thunder storms, periodic, at Constantinople, 1.36 



Tiger, (felis tigris,) described, 21 



Titmice, plate of, described, 65 



Tivoli, notice of the Cascade near, 10 



Tobacco, the, plant, described, 107 ; culture of, in In- 

 dia, 176 



Tornado, Mr Johnson's account of the New Jersey, 



160 

 Tower, Menagerie, by E. T. Bennett, noticed, 48 

 Traill's, Dr, indelible ink, 155^ 



Transformation of rocks, doctrine of, explained, 112 

 Travelled rocks. See Boulders 

 Trees, ages of, 7 ; gigantic, 42 

 Trogons, plate of, described, 1 

 Troglodytes, plate of, described, 121 

 Tulip, enormous price of new variety of, 14 



Underwood, T. R., obituary of, 8 

 Upupa, plate of the, described, 113 ; U. Epops, ob- 

 served in Scotland, 86 

 Uropygial gland in birds, uses of, 91 

 Ursus, plate of genus, described, 129 



Val del bove, Mount Etna, scenery of, 55 



Valleys, on the excavation of, 67 



Vampire of South America, 163 



Van Dieman's Land, the aborigines of, 16 



Vanilla, raised in France, 151 



Varieties, Mr MacGillivrav's remarks on, in animals 

 and plants, 116, 119, 124 



Vegetable Kingdom, general view of, 34, 46, 70, 79, 

 102 



Vegetable substances, transformation of, into xiliodine, 

 68 

 I Vendace, Mr Shaw on the food of, 131 



Ventriloquism in the robin, 97 



Vesuvius, eruption, 10 



Victoria regina, the plant, described, 128, 135 



Vine, facts regarding the, 43; destruction of, by in- 

 sects, 1 14 



Viscum album, described, 131 



Volcano, submarine, 152 



mud, of Grobogan, 35 



Voyages of discovery, some, noticed, 12 



Wagtails, the, of South Devon, described, 158 



"Wagtail, the pied, Mr Gould on, 131 ; the green, in 

 Norfolk, 98 



Walnut trees, the ringing of, 58 



Walrus, normal dention of, described, 153 



Warblers, plate of, described, 53 



Wasps, African, anecdote of, 26 



Waterfall of River Lutea, the greatest in Europe, 92 



Water-trefoil, described, 119 



Water-hen, described, 173; apparently feigns death, 

 81 



Waterlon's Essays on Natural History, chiefly orni- 

 thology, noticed, 152 



Wealdon strata, the, observed near Elgin, 155 



Weasels, plate of, described, 77 ; anecdote of one, 69 



Weepers, plate of, described, 105 



Westwood's introduction to the classification of in- 

 sects, noticed, 144 



Wier, T. D., Esq., contributions to the Journal, 05, 

 102 



Whales, migration of some species, 49 



Wheat, on the native country of, 43 



Whidah Buntings, plate of, described, 37 



Winch, Nat. John, Esq., biographical notice of, 156 



Winds, on the direction of, 75 



Wolves, plates of, described, 85; the grey, 113 



Wood, Mr Neville, his British Song Birds, noticed, 

 84 



AVoodpeckers, plate of, described, 41 



Worms in the eye of the perch, 3 



Wren, anecdote of, 6 



Yarbell's History of British Birds, noticed, 132 ; 2d 

 edition, noticed, 152 





