CONTENTS. 



Vll 



Notes and Queries — continued 

 Gull, Wedge-tailed, Breeding, 284 

 Hawk-Moth, Larvae, 137 

 Helix pODiatia, Roosting, 82 

 Helix pomatia in Essex, 22 _ 

 Human Remains, Prehistoric, 25 

 Iron Embedded in Ivory, 226 

 Kingfisher, Choked, 255 

 Kingfisher in Yorkshire, 248 

 Lark, Nesting Site, 53 

 Leeches, Interesting, 20, 184 

 Lepidoptera, Hastings, no 

 Lepidoptera, New Forest, 315 

 Lepidoptera, Norway, 25 

 Lepidoptera, Protection of, 310 

 Localities, Publication of, 194, 225 

 Marine Natural History, 255, 278 

 Marine Zoology at Cromer, 314 

 Mollusca, Additional British, 295 

 MoUusca, Value of, 314 

 Mollusca in Kent, List of, 341 

 Nightjars Hawking by Day, 138 

 Otters in Buckingham, 137 

 Oyster Killing Mice, 82 

 Pied-Wagtail in Winter, 25 

 Plusia moneta, Food, 109 

 Plusia monda, Surrey, 81 

 Rooks Swallowing Fir-cones, 52, 81, 



281 

 Scalariforme Shells, 82 

 Seaweed, New British, 132 

 Sedge- Warblers, Nesting, no 

 Shadows, Tinted, 314 

 Sirex juvencus, 165 

 Specimens, Value of, 314 

 Swallow in February, 314 

 Swallows, Late, 194 

 Swift, Late, 137 

 Telegony, reputed, 252 

 Thecla pruni, Herefordshire, 165 

 Thrush, Early Nesting, 314 

 Tales of my Tusks, 82 

 Vanessa antiopa, Scotland, 164, 194 

 Vanessa antiopa, Skye, 165 

 Vegetable Marrow, Abnormal, 131 

 Vipers in Damp Places, no 

 Warbler, Pallas' Willow, 284 

 Waterproof Cement, 109 

 Whale at Boscombe, 243 

 Whirlwind, Isle of Wight, 137 

 Yew Trees, Age of, 314 

 Zoological Gardens, Some National, 341 



Obituary — 



Aimer, the Guide, 224 



Chappell, Joseph, 312 



Cooper, J. A., 22 



Cope, Edward Drinker, 338 



Dollen, G. W., 338 



Elger, Thos. Gwyn, 281 



Findlay, Bruce, 53 



Gatke, Heinrich, 301 



Gould, Dr. B. Apthorp, 223 



Gylden, Hugo, 218 



Hale, Horatio, 254 



Hick, Thomas, B.A., B.Sc, io8 



Hodgkinson, J. B., 312 



Inchbald, Peter, 53 



Kriiger, Dr. Adalbert, 50 



Lembert, John B., 108 



Ley, W. Clement, 22 



Lilford, Lord, 53 



Mbller, Dr. Axel, 253 



Newton, Dr. Hubert A., 135 



Nobel, Alfred, 224, 254 



Palmieri, Luigi, 134 



Prestwich, Sir Joseph, 50, 81 



Raymond, Dr. E. H. Bu Bois, 254 



Richardson, Sir B. Ward, 188 



Slack, Henry James, 108 



Tisserand, Francois F., 193 



Wells, Sir Spencer, 280 



Weyer, Dr. G. D. E., 281 



Wilson, William, 195 

 Oranges, Abnormal, 307, 341 

 Orchis maculata. Variations, 175, 225 

 Owl's Pellets, wanted, 17 



Pal.hontology, Rise of, 142, 182, 234 

 Parar^e egeria. Hibernation, 13 

 Parasites of Tortoise, 236 

 Parasites of Plants, 237 

 Parasites, Fungoid, of Plants, 2S9 

 Pearly Nautilus, Eggs of, 271 



Petrel, Fulmar, in E. Lothian, 326 

 Petncola plioladi/oinits, 147 

 Phcenology in Ireland, 184 

 Plant Diseases, Fungoid, 289 

 Plant Life, G2 

 Plants, Abnormal, 269 

 Plants, Distribution of, 87 

 Plants, Extinction of, 263 

 Plants, Naturalization of, 263 

 Plants in Norway, 265, 292 

 Precious Stones, Artificial, 202 

 " Princess Alice," Marine Researches, 219 

 Pulex irntans, 95 

 Rhyncholophus phimipes, 153 

 Ring Ousel, 217 



Riviera, Nature Notes in, 247, 272 

 Rotifera, Brachioiius hakeri, 121 

 Rotifera, Copeiis quinquelobatus, 122 

 Rotifera, Structural Features in Ameri- 

 can, 121, 148, 189 



Saturn's Ring System, 99 

 Saury-pike, Abundance ofj 325 

 Scale Insects, 239 



Science Abroad, 23, 51, 80, 106, 136, 162, 



192.313, 339 

 Academy Natural Sciences, 162 

 Album der Nat., Haarlem, 136 

 Annaes de Sciencias Naturaes, 51, io6 

 Annali del Museo Geneva, 80, io5 

 Annalen des Nat. Hofmuseums, 51, 106 

 Bollettino dei Musei di Zoologia ed 



Anatomia Turin, 192 

 Botany Bulletin, Queensland, 106 

 Catalogue, 1897, Vienna Cryptogamic 



Exchange, 339 

 Das Tierreiche, 23 



Economic Entomologists of U.S., 313 

 Feuille des Jeunes Nat., 51 bis, 136, 



192.313,339 

 Linn6enne Revue, 192 

 Linneenne Society, Bruxelles, 339 

 Naturaleza, La, 313, 339 

 Soc. Zoologique, Bulletin, 51, 80, 162, 



313. 339 

 Science a Monopoly, 213, 327 

 Science at National Portrait Gallery, i, 

 35. 65. 97 



Banks, Sir Joseph, 3 



Bewick, Thomas, 4 



Brewster, Sir David, 65 



Canton, John, 66 



Darwin, Charles R., 2 



Darwin, Erasmus, 97 



Goldsmith, Oliver, 98 



Grimaldi, Joseph, 66 



Faraday, Michael, 2 



Herschel, Sir William, 36 



Jenner, Dr. Edward, 37 



Owen, Sir Richard, 35 



Richardson, Sir John, 38 

 Science at Nottingham, 93 

 SciENCE-GossiP, 22, 50, 78, 108, 134, 164, 

 195,224, 254, 280,312, 338 



Acetylene, Use, 224 



American Assoc, 134 



Antarctic Meteorological Station, 280 



Auk, Great, Egg of, 22 



Aurora Display, Kirkwall, 254 



Azeca clongata, 312 



Bees Killed by Tomtits, 254 



Bird of Paradise, New, 254 



Birds, Society for Protection of, 312 



Biological Station, Marine, 22 



Biological Station for New Mexico, 22 



Botanical Research Laboratory, 280 



Brigg s Collection, 78 



Bristol Naturalists' Society, 164 



British Assoc, Liverpool, -S, 107, 134 



Bryozoa, Chatham Chalk. 312 



Butterflies. Camberwell Beauty, 166 



Cyanide, Ilkgal Sale, 108 



Conchological Society, 1G4 



Colour Blindness, 78 



Clouds, Heights and Velocities, 254 



Eagle, Golden, Yorkshire. 254 



Economic Entomology, 78 



Electric Light, .•Effecting Growth of 

 Plants, 224 



Elephants, Protection of, 164 



Egret, Plumes in Millinery, 78 



Essex, Technical Laboratories, 312 



SCIENCK-GOSSII'— COM/l«Mf(/. 



Fish, West African, 312 

 Fern Extermination, 50 

 Field Columbian Museum, 134 

 Flying, Science of, 134 

 Folkestone Museum, Herbarium at, 338 

 Fossils, Prestwich Collection, 254 

 Foyers, Falls of, 50 

 Fungi, Deaths from Eating, 134 

 Fulham Science Society, 195, 224 

 Giant's Causeway, Enclosure, 78 

 Gilbert White, Bibliography, 195 

 Geologists' Assoc, London, 50 

 Geology, London Field Class, 22 

 Heat Apoplexy. 108 

 Henley-on-Thames, Guide, 146 

 Injurious Insects at Agricultural Show, 



22 

 Kelvin, Lord, Jubilee, 50 

 Kingfishers in J-ondon, 254 

 Kites and Meteorological Observation, 



338 

 Lepidoptera, Protection of, 254 

 Leiicania unipuncta in Ireland, 338 

 Liverpool Geological Society, 108 

 Liverpool Marine Biology Committee, 



254 

 London Museums, Sunday Opening, 22 

 Marine Biological Association, 22, 338 

 Marine Biological Station, 134 

 Mollusca, Artificial Dispersion of, 108 

 Mollusca. Land, Antrim, 312 

 Mollusc, New British Land, 312 

 Mongoose in Jamaica, 254 

 .Moth, New British Plume, 280 

 Natural History Exhibition, 312 

 Natural History Museum, Visitors, 78 

 Natural History, Popularising in 



France, 312 

 Naturalists' Union, South-Eastern, 338 

 Naturalists' Union, Yorkshire, 134 

 Newspaper Natural History, 78, 280, 



312 

 Observatory, Bidston Hill, 78 

 Octopus, Large, 254 

 " Ornithologist," The, 22 

 Pasteur Institute, 280 

 Pear-Tree, Oldest Known, 224 

 Photography in Colours, 280 

 Physical Laboratory, Proposed 



National, 280 

 Pigeons, Protective Colour, 254 

 Plague Virus, 280 

 Polar Exploration, 108 

 Prestwich, Sir J., Biography, 280 

 Pyralid, A Leat-mining, 313 

 Rabies in London, 50 

 Rontgen Rays, Investigation Grant, 254 

 Royal Botanic Society, 50 

 Royal Institution Lectures, 195, 224 

 Sulphur in Relation to Crops, 312 

 Sunshine in Guernsey, 78 

 "Talisman" Expedition, Material of, 



224 

 Technical Instruction in Beds., 78 

 Thrushes, New Work on, 78 

 Tomtits Attacking Bees, 254 

 I'niversity Extension, 22 

 Wicken Fen, for sale, 22 

 Zoology, Internacional Congress of, 312 

 Shells, Five-Banded, List, 69, 137 

 Societies, Notices of Meetings, 198, 228, 



25S, 2SS, 31S, 344 

 Starfishes opening Oysters, 131 

 Stone-cutting in Borrowdale, 211 . 

 Study of Aquatic Worms. 10 



Tkal, Nesting, Worcester, 43 

 Thanet Sands, 129, 149 

 Tide- Waifs on Forth Shores, 325 

 Tortoise Parasite, 236, 282, 283 

 Transactions, 27, 54. 83, iii, 139, 166, 

 195, 226, 256, 285. 315, 342 

 Cambridge Entomological and Natural 



History Society, 286, 317 

 City of London Natural History 



Society, 139, 166. 195, 227, 285, 342 

 Conchological Society, 22S 

 Glasgow Natural History Society, 198 

 Greenock Natural History Society, 228 

 Greenwich Natural History Society, 



28 

 Hull Scientific and Field Naturalists' 

 Club, 257, 287.317,343 



