CONTENTS. 



Jungcrmannia cndiviafolia, 68 



Lady's Fan, Giant's Causeway, 154 

 Larvae-nymphs of British Dragon-flies, 



81, 101, 130, 131, 149 

 Larvae-nymph of Brachylron pmtaise, 



2/3 



Leat-like Timber-stains, 226 



Leaf-nature of Bud-scales (Figs. 1, 2, 3, 

 4, 5, 6, 7<j, 76), 217, 218, 219 



Lemur, 206 



Lord Antrim's Parlour, Giant's Cause- 

 way, 155 



Lycoperdon pyri/ormc, 40 



Ltjcunia cal, ptrifolia, 68 



Masks of Dragon-fly Larvae, 131 



Merlins, 87 



Microscope, The Ross "Eclipse" (Figs. 



1, 2), 277 

 Mond, Dr. Ludwig, F.R.S., 121 

 Musk-Ox, 25 



Naturalist on the Prowl, 207 



Opisthostoma gratfdispitwsum, 6 



Obisthostoma mirabile, 6 

 Old Grouse, 182 



Pennant-winged Nightjar, 282 

 Pholiota squarrosa, 40 

 Photo View-finder (Figs. 1, 2), 20.; 

 Pieris rapa: roosting on Pea-blossom, 9 

 Pine Shoot Twist-disease, 280 

 Polliniaof British Orchidaceae, 53 

 Polyp, A Single, 105 

 Pyrrhosoma minium, 150 



Radula of Ampullaria urcens, 14 

 Right Valves of Isocardia cor, 122 

 Rocky Mountain Goat, 27 

 Rock Pigeons, 232 



Roebuck with Compounded Horns, 38 

 Romanes. George John, 97 

 Rust in Wheat and Barberry (Figs. 1, 

 3, 4, 5), 220, 221 



Scene in New Forest, 231 



Seed of Martyiiia diandra, 61 



Silk-Cotton Tree, 254 



Skeleton of Anomodont Reptile, 134 



Skull of Takin, 27 



Solar Halo of 90", and Mock-Suns, 133 



Sparrow-Hawks and Nest. 127 



Spha rium contemn on Lfg ofDytiscus, 16 



Spoonbill, 162 



Stibnite Crystals, 276 



Tawny Owls, 77 

 Tcpkrosia biundularia, 37 

 Toad on the War-path, 255 

 Toad, Dainty Morsel, 255 

 Transformation from Larva i<j Pupa of 



Vanessa, Stages in, 126 

 Twin Elliptic Curves (Figs. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 



7, 8), 244, 245 

 Twin Elliptic Pendulum, 243 



Vandeleura, 206 



Wasps' Nest— Two Days' Work, 82 

 Wasps' Nest— Five Days' Work, 83 

 Weir, John Jenner, 49 

 White, Dr. Buchanan, F.L.S., F.E.S., 241 

 Wood-Pigeon's Nest in London Park, 36 

 Wood-Pigeons at Westminster, 232 



Young Lophopus crystallinus, 175 



Abbott's Fissure, Ightham, 42 



Abnormal Blackthorn, 93 



Abnormal Rhododendron, 159 



Abnormal Starfish, 92 



Abnormal Trees, 139 



Abnormal Violet-leaf, 140 



Abundance of Clausilias, 118 



Acetylene: A New Illuminant, 278 



Agaricus pcrsonatus in Spring, 93 



Age of Sequoia 93 



Albino Bat, 43 



Albino Sparrow, 159, 235 



Algas, Recent Knowledge of, 117 



Agaricus gambosus, 57 



Alps, West, Geology of, 160 



American Zygaenidas, 258 



Ampullaria urcens, Radula of, 14 



Anatomical Sections, 114 



Ancient Iron Trade, 10 



Animal Hairs, 247, 269 



Animal Life in India, 249 



Animals Not Yet in the Zoo, 25 



Antlers, 258 



Ants in Captivity, 205 



Apples, Origin of Coreless, 187 



A rabis striata in Radnor, 93 



Arion citrinus, 205 



Astronomy, 23, 46, 71, 89, 113, 142, 161, 



185, 209, 237, 261 

 Astronomy, A New Method in, 185 

 Atriplex, The Genus, 45 



Bacteria and Essential Oils, 184 



Bibliotheca Entomologica, 184 



Biology Notes, 259 



Birds' Eggs, Colouring Matter of, 94 



Birds' Eggs, Varieties of ; 233 



Birds' Eggs at South Kensington, 44 



Birds, Early Summer Migrants, 54 



Birds in Texel, 62 



Birds'-nesting in Texel, 193 



Bird Notes, 65, 106 



Birds, Scarce, in East Surrey, 159 



Birds, Rare, in Kent, 159 



Birds, Rare Sussex, 258 



Bite of the Gila Monster, 219 



Blackthorn, Abnormal, 93 



Black-veined White Butterfly in England, 



44 

 Bleeding of Plants, 66 

 Boarmia roboraria. Black var., 60 

 Book Catalogues, 183 

 Books to Read, 15,38,68, 87, no, 134, 

 162, 182, 206, 230, 254, 280 



Agassiz, Louis, 30 



Allen's Naturalists' Library, no 



Alternating Generations, 88 



Agricultural Chemistry, Johnston's, 18 



Agricultural Zoology, 163 



Birds, A Dictionary of, 87, 282 



Butterflies and Moths, British, 281 



Bye-gone Science, 18 



Cloudland, 255 



Country Month by Month, 39, 68, n 1, 

 183, 282 



Creatures of Other Days, 134 



ARTICLES, NOTES, Etc. 



Books to Read— continued. 

 Dispersal of Shells, 15 

 Domestic Hygiene, no 

 Earth, The, 282 



Edible and Poisonous Mushrooms, 207 

 Essex Naturalist, 282 

 Farm Vermin, 257 

 Field-path Rambles, in 

 First Elements of Exper. Geometry, 136 

 First Year of Scientific Knowledge, 40 

 Fish and Fishing, in 

 Flowering Plants of Western India, 39 

 Forest Birds, their Haunts and Habits, 



231 

 Frog, The, 162 

 Fruit Culture for Profit, 207 

 Guiana Forest, 254 

 Grouse, The, 182 

 Handbook to the Birds of Great 



Britain, no 

 Handbook of Lepidoptera, 256 

 Handbook to Marsupialia and Mono- 



tremata, no 

 Handbook ot the Primates, 256 

 Hepatic®, Handbook of British, 68 

 Introduction to Diatomaceas, 257 

 Introduction to Structural Botany, 685 

 Laboratory Manual of Organic 



Chemistry, 256 

 Lepidoptera, A New Book on, 273 

 Lichens, Monograph of British, 134 

 Life and Rock, 111 

 Lost British Birds, 162 

 Manures and Principles of Manuring, 39 

 Marine Zoology and Microscopy, 



Journal of, 18 

 Minerals, Catalogue of, 231 

 Monograph of the Land and Fresh- 

 water Mollusca, 230 

 Naturalist on the Prowl, 206 

 Nests and Eggs, Non-British Birds', 208 

 Nature Pictures for Little People, 40 

 Object Lessons from Nature, no 

 Our Country's Birds, 39 

 Our Country's Flowers, 39 

 Our Reptiles and Batrachians, 40 

 Our Secret Friends and Foes, 207 

 Out-Door World, 39 

 Photo-Micrography, 183 

 Physical and Chemical Properties of 



Soils, 231 

 Physical Geology and Geography, 136 

 Ponds and Rock Pools, 257 

 Popular Astronomy, 208 

 Practical Inorganic Chemistry, 281 

 Practical Botany for Beginners, 88 

 Review- of Reviews, 256 

 Royal Natural History, 16, ill, 183, 231 

 Summer Studies of Birds and Books, 



281 

 Stereoscope and Stereo-photos, 162 

 Text Book of Diseases of Trees, 280 

 Vaccination Question, 256 

 Variation, Materials for the Study of, 38 

 Vocal Woods and Waters, By, 256 

 World's Lumber Room, 163 



Botany, 21, 45, 64, 93, 117. 14°. '59' '87i 



212, 236, 287 

 Botany in Fiction, 2S7 

 Botany at British Association, 187 

 Botanical Monstrosities, 93 

 Bachytron pratense, Nymph, 272 

 Brain Sections, 190 

 British Dragon-flies, 7 

 British Hepaticae, 68 

 British Mollusca, Taylor's, 258 

 British Museum, Fungi at, 32 

 British Reptiles in Winter, 43 

 British Trap-door Spider, 20 

 Broom-rape growing on Geranium, 140 

 Bud-scales, Leaf-nature of, 217 

 Butterflies in 1894, 184 

 Butterflies in Mid- Wales, 103 

 Butterflies, Omens of, 67 

 Butterflies, Roosting, 9 

 Butterflies, Scarcity of, 175, 213, 235, 270 

 Butterfly, Late Peacock, 284 

 Butterfly, Black-veined, in England, 44 

 Butterfly, Brimstone, Hermaphrodite, 213 

 Bye-gone Science, 18 



Canadian Museums, Some, 223 



Canals of Mars, 113 



Carbon, Decomposition of, 246 



Catalogue of Microscopes, 257 



Cats and Looking-glasses, 184 



Cccidomyia pyrivora, 117 



Celestial Objects, 89 



Chara, Mounting, 190 



Chough in Islay, 233 



Cholera Bacillus and Tobacco, 160 



Circulatory Movements of Protoplasm, 



132 

 Circulation of Plants, S, 34, 114. I 5- 

 Civilisation and Wild Animals, 36 

 Clausilias, Abundance of, 118 

 Coal Plants. On Some, 157 

 Colouring Matter of Birds' Eggs, 94 

 Collecting Grounds.— I. Birds in Texel, 62 

 Collecting on Wheels, 31, 55 

 Comets, Return of, 161 

 Commercialism in Rural Districts, 88 

 Coming of Winter, 252 

 Comet on Eclipse Photographs, 237 

 Conchological Society, New. 249 

 Conchological Ramble, 227 

 Cork, Western, Notes from, 45 

 Correspondence, 72,96, 119, 144, 16S, 192. 



216, 240, 264, 288 

 Cossus, Wood Bored by, 1S1 

 Country Lore, 10, 67, 88. 114. 228. 252 

 Country Lore in Gentleman's Mag., 253 

 Cristatella, 165 

 Crouch, Estuary of the, 229 

 Cruel Plant, A, 126, 212 

 Crustacea of Dogger-Bank, 90 

 Crystals Bred in Books, 85 

 Cuckoos in March, 92 

 Cultivated Purl-balls, 165 

 Cylindrella trinitaria, 14 

 Cysticercus, A New, 65 



