CONTENTS. 



Osprey in Kent, 225 



Otters, 43 



Our British Snakes, 73 



Ovipositionof some Helices, 11 



Pachnobia hyperborea in Ireland, 92 



Pearl-fishery of Ireland, 138 



Perfumes of Flowers, 156 



Periodical Bleeding of Plants, 66 



l'holiota squarrosa, 40 



Phrenological Notes (on Mosses), 45, 56 



Photograph of Gale's Comet, 285 



Photography, 14, 40, 67, 137, 158, 181, 203 



Photography for Naturalist, 109, 138 



Photography of Meteors, 261 



Photographs, What shall we do with, 261 



Physical Geology and Geography, 136 



Pine Saw-fly, 204 



Pithecanthropus erectus, 285 



Planets, 23, 47, 71, 89, 113, 142, 161, 185, 



209, 237 

 Planorbis nautileus in Surrey, 45 

 Plant Colouration, 33, 94 

 Plant Food, Mineral, 66 

 Plants Flowering in Winter, 287 

 Plants Merely Growing, 187 

 Plants, Their Dispersal, 145 

 Plants, Thermal Conditions of Water-, 



178 

 Plants, Water, 145 

 Plants of Western England, 107 

 Polecat, The, 271 



Pollinia of British Orchidaceae, 53 

 Pond Life, 284 

 Pond Life at Wisley, 136 

 Potamogetan undulatus in Ireland, 117 

 Practical Hints on Marine Zoology, 98, 



151, 172 

 Preserving Fungi, 284 

 Preserving Marine Animals, 172 

 Proliferous Rush, 211, 236 

 Propagation of Anastatica, 117 

 Protection of Wild Birds, 284 

 Protective Colouration in Crustacea, 44 

 Protective Mimicry in Strombus, 44 

 Punch's, Mr., Natural History, 11S 

 Pupa of Vanessa to, 43 

 Purple Emperor, Second Brood, 44 



Query as to Fly's Tongue, 150 



Racer Crabs, 116 



Radula of Ampullaria urcens, 14 



Rainfall at Greenock, 94 



Ramble in Guernsey, A, 84 



Rare Sussex Birds, 258 



Redstart, Unusual Nesting of, 15S 



Reports of Some Societies, 155 



Reptiles, British, in Winter, 43 



Rhododendron, Abnormal, 159 



Riccia crystallina at Leicester, 212 



Riley, Prof. C. V„ Retirement, 112 



Risks of Incubation, 102 



Roosting Butterflies, 9 



Rotifer, A New, 200 



Rotifer-Hunting at Minster, 173 



Rotifers, Marine, in Captivity, 34 



Ruscus aculeatus, Fertilization of, 159 



Rust in Wheat and Barberry Bushes, 220 



Saltwort as a Pest, 93 

 Scarcity of Butterflies, 140,175, 213, 235, 270 

 Schiaparelli on Mars, 250 

 Science Abroad, 18, 19, 41, 69, 91, 115, 

 141, 164, 188, 210, 238, 260, 286— 

 American Naturalist, 18, 69, 115 

 Annaes de Sciencias Nat. : Oporto, 41, 



91, 164, 260 

 Annali del Museo Civico Genoa, 41 

 Annalen K. K. Natur. : Hofmuseums 



(Vienna), 91 

 Bollettino Musei Zoologia (Turin), 60, 



188 

 Botanical Gazette (Madison), 18 

 Bulletin L'Academie Impenale, St. 



Petersburg, 188, 286 

 Bulletin Botan. : Jamaica, 238 



Science Abroad — continued. 

 Canadian Entomologist, 19, 115 

 Erythea, 210 

 Feuilles des Jeunes Naturalistes, 18,69, 



141, 164, 188, 210, 23W, 260, 286 

 II Naturalista, Siciliano, 69, 164, 238, 260 

 Journal de Conchyliologie, 164 

 Journal de l'Anatomie, etc., 260 

 Maandblad voor Natuur-wetenschap- 



pen, 69, 141, 188, 210 

 Missouri Botanical Garden, 164 

 Musci. Zool., etc. (Turin) 188 

 Nachrichtsblatt der Deuts. Malako- 



zool., 19 ,210 

 Natur und Haus, 141, 164, 238, 260 

 Proceedings Academy Nat. Scien. Phila- 



del., 91, 115, 164, 238, 286 

 Revue Biolog., Nord de France, 115, 



210, 238, 260 

 Societe Philomatique (Paris) Bulletin, 



69 

 Socie'te' Philomatique (Paris) (Compte 



rendu, 69, 164, 238, 260, 286 

 Verhandlungen der K. K. Zool. Botan., 

 188 

 Science at the Free Libraries, 15, 43, 139 

 Science Gossip, 35, 66, 90, 112, 138, 160, 



184, 205, 234, 259, 283 

 Science Gossip, New Series, 1 

 Science Gossip, Announcement, 265 

 " Scientists," — A Protest, 228, 242, 275 

 Science, Byegone, 18 

 Scymnus pulchellus in Suffolk, 116 

 Section of Chalk at Croydon, 285 

 Selecting Test Diatoms, 257 

 Sensitiveness of the Eyes of Frogs, 43, 



94 

 Sesia conoptijormis, 160 

 Sheep, Four-horned, 160 

 Sheldrakes and Domestic Ducks, 232 

 Shellness, Notes on, 116 

 Shooting stars, 142, 209, 237 

 Shore Collecting, 98 

 Shrikes, Young, 186 

 Snails, Squeaking, 94 

 Snakes, Our British, y^ 

 Societies, Reports of Some, 155 

 Societies, Scientific, etc. — 

 Accrington Naturalists' Society, 166, 



215, 240 

 Andersonian Naturalists' Society, 191 

 Aston Nat. Hist, and Photo. Society, 



70, 263 

 Belfast Naturalists' Field Club Report, 



156 

 Bristol Geologists' Association, 108 

 Bristol Naturalists' Society, Proceed- 

 ings, 205 

 Cage-Bird Club. 264, 288 

 City of London College Science 



Society, 22 

 Entomological Club of London, 285 

 Entomological Society of Ontario, 2S3 

 Folkestone Nat. Hist, and Micros. 



Society, 22 

 Greenock Nat. Hist. Society, 47, 70, 95, 



191, 215, 263 

 Guernsey Society of Natural Science, 



234 

 Hertfordshire Nat. Hist. Soc, 263 

 Lambeth Field Club, Exhibition, 184 

 Lancashire and Cheshire Entomo- 

 logical Society, 70 

 Malacological Society of London, 47 

 Manchester Microscopical Society, 205 

 Midland Union of Nat. Hist. Socs., 167 

 Midland Railway Nat. Hist. Soc, 119 

 North Kent Entom. and Nat. Hist. 



Soc, 95 

 Norfolk and Norwich Nat. Soc, 22, 47, 



70, 95, 118, 155, 215, 239, 262 

 North Staf. Nat. Field Club, 118 

 Royal Arsenal Nat. Hist. Soc, 143 

 Royal Institution, 262 

 Royal Meteorological Society, 47, 70, 



95, 166, 262, 287 

 Royal Photographic Society, 160 

 Selborne Society, 143 



Societies, Scientific— continued. 



South London Ent. and Nat. Hist. 

 Society, 22, 47, 95, 119, 143, 167, 191, 

 214, 239, 262, 287 



Streatham Entomological Club, 22 



Wolverhampton Naturalists' Field 

 Club, 118, 144, 168, 191 

 Solar Eclipse (1893), 142 

 Some Canadian Museums, 223 

 Some Little Worlds, 3 

 Some Scarce Minerals, 276 

 Somerset Fossils, 108, 165 

 Sound curves, 243, 273 

 Sparrows, Albino, 159. 235 

 Sparrows, Piebald, 186 

 Sparrow, Hybrid, 44, 65 

 Sparrow-Hawk, The, 127 

 Sparrow-Hawk, The, in Ireland, 213 

 Spider, British Trap-door, 20 

 Squeaking of Snails, 94 

 Star Diameters, 71 

 Stars, Spectra of, 161 

 Starfish, Abnormal, 92 

 Study of Wasps' Nests, 82 

 Structure of Flower of Ciucifer, 212 

 Sun, 23, 47, 71 89, 113, 142, 161, 185, 209, 



237, 261 

 Sun, Total Eclipse, 1896, 261 

 Sun, Mock, 133 



Suffolk, Scymnus pulchellus in, 116 

 Surrey, Edible Fungi in, 251 

 Surrey Fern-land, A, 12 

 Surrey, Hawfinches in, 19 

 Surrey, Planorbis nautileus in. 44 

 Swans on Lake Leman, 44 



Tapeworms of Cattle, 94 



Tawny Owl, The, 77 



Telescope, A Floating, 113 



Tertiary, Man, 42, 236 



The New Series, 1, 265 



Toad Disgorging, 118 



Toad, Unusual Emergence of, 20 



Tortoise-Beetle, Indian, 158 



Tow Netting, 151 



Trafalgar Square, Snails in, 92 



Transactions, 22, 47, 70, 95, 118, 143, 166, 



191, 214, 239, 262, 287 

 Transformations to Pupa, 125 

 Transport of Aquatic Animals, 65 

 Tribolites, Limbs of, 108 

 Triple Achromatic Object Glass, 113 

 Triton christatus var., 165, 186 



Unusual Emergence of Toad, 20 

 Use of the Microscope, 114 



Valley of the Wye, 202^ 

 Vanessa io., Pupa of, 43 

 Varieties of Isocardia cor, 122 

 Vaucheria, Inhabitant of, 201 

 Vegetable Sportsmen, 199 

 View-finder for Camera, 203 

 Vipers, White, g2, 116, 158, 213 



Wales, Butterflies in, 103 

 Wales, North, Nightingale in, 116 

 Wasps' Nests, A Study of, 82 

 Water-Plants and their Ways. 145, 17S, 



195 

 Western Australia, Geological Map, 180 

 Western Cork, Notes from, 45 

 Weather and Butterfly, 284 

 White Rainbow, 275 

 White Viper, 92, 116, 158, 213 

 Wild Animals and Civilization, 36 

 Wild Swan Nesting in Cumberland. 139 

 Winter, Mild, in 1S94, 44 

 Wolves in France, 92 

 Wood Bored by Cossus, 181 

 Worlds, Some Little, 3 

 Works on Microscopy, 18 



Zoo, Animals not yet in, 25 



Zoology, 19, 44, 92, 116, 140, 158. 186. 213. 



232, 258 

 Zoologv, Practical Hints on Marine. 151, 



172 

 Zoological Society, President of, 90 



