1865.] 



INDEX. 



Saw-fly Larvae, 264. 



Scale of Butterfly, Fossil, 127. 



Scales of Cabbage Butterfly, 140, 166. 



Scales of Fish, Fossil, 136. 



Scales of Insects, 21. 



Sea-Anemone, New British, 188. 



Sea- Anemones, 155, 196, 239, 280, 285. 



Sea-Anemones Dividing, 167, 190, 2J3, 286. 



Sea- Anemones, Voracity of, 40. 



Sea-birds, Names of, 214, 239. 



Sea-Cucumber and Mansuckcr, 118. 



Sea-Perch, 208. 



Sea, Phosphorescence, 245. 



Sea, the Deep, deep, 169. 



Sea-weed Fern, 190. 



Sea-weed, Red-leaved, 117. 



Sea- weeds. Books on, 192. 



Sea-weeds, Gathering:, 1/3. 



Sea-worm (Nereis bilicoeata), 59. 



Sea-wrack, 204. 



Sea-side Diatomacese, 250. 



Sections of Wood, 71. 



Sections, to Clean, 47- 



Seed lying Dormant, 43. 



Self-fertilization, 114. 



Serpentine, 140. 



Servian Flora, 88. 



Sevenoaks for Geology, I19. 



Sex of a Viper, igi. 



Sexes of Lepidoptera, 190. 



Shark, Fox, 160. 



Shark, Hammer-headed, 207- 



Sheep Rot, 15. 



Sheep- sorrel in l^Tew Zealand, 17. 



Shells, Books upon, 48. 



Shells, British Land, 61, 119. 



Short Commons, 49 . 



Shrew, the Conimou, 14. 



Shrike, Great Grey, 184. 



Shrike, or Butcher-bird, 110. 



Shrike, Red-backed, 64. 



Shrimp, the Fairy, 45. 



Shukhur-ool-ashur, 252. 



SUene, a New, 238. 



Silenediclwtoma, 238, 258. 



Silk-ir.sect, New, 87. 



SUk, " Tusseh," 190. 



SUliman, Professor, Death of, 24. 



Silurus, Earopean, 56. 



Simple Objefcts, 33, 58, 109, 158, 176, 201, 



230, 279. 

 Shigular Occm-rence, 233. 

 Six-spot Burnet, II9, 151. 

 Skeleton Leaves, 48, 286. 

 Skeletons of Fish, 48. 

 Skylark, Song of, 39. 

 Skylark's Song in January, 93. 

 Skylark, the, 63. 

 Slug or Snail ? 62. 

 Small Birds and Insect Pests, 160. 

 Small Eggar-moth, 126. 

 Small Molluscs, 256. 

 Small Tortoise-shell Butterfly, 15, 263, 



286. 

 Smelt, the, &c., 284. 

 Smooth Snake, 47. 

 Smooth Snake again, 71. 

 Snail or Slug ? 62. 

 Snake and Viper, 160. 

 Snake and Viper Hissing, 142. 

 Snakes at Dinner, 207. 

 Snake in Scotland, 70. 

 Snake or Viper, 2. 

 Snake-stones, 37, 61, 94. 

 Snake, the Smooth, 47, 71- 

 Societies, Reports of, 22, 46, 70. 

 Society, Amateur Bgtanists', 23, 46, 70. 

 Society, Anthropological, 22. 

 Society, Botanical, Edinburgh, 70. 

 Society, Dumfries and Galloway, 70. 

 Society, Entomological, 22, 46, 113, 144. 

 Society, Ethnological, 23, 46. 

 Society, Linnjean, 46. 

 Society, Liverpool Naturalists', 70. 

 Society, Ivlanchester Field Naturalists', 23. 

 Society, Manchester Literary, 46. 

 society, Microscopical, 23, 46, 70. 

 Society, Morley Naturalists', 23. 

 Society, Royal Geographical, 22. 

 Song of Water-dipper, 135. 

 Sowerby's English Botany, 47. 

 Sparrow and Crocus, 166. 

 Sparrow in India, 135. 

 Sparrows on the House-top, 112. 

 Sparrows, White, 167, 183. 



Speech, Irrationale of, 65. 



Sphagnum rnbellnm, 47. 



Spicules of Sponge, 259. 



Spider and its Web, 256. 



Spider and Wasp, 39, 239. 



Spider, Eat its Web, 24, 36, 83, 215. 



Spider, Fossil, 259. 



Spider Hoax, 143. 



Spiders at Home, 39. 



Spiders, Flovcer-loving, 206. 



Spiders, Gossamer, 151. 213. 



Spiders, Visitation of, 282. 



Spiders' Webs, 65. 



Spiracles of Insects, 254. 



Spiracles of the Fly, 199. 



Spleenwort, Green, 44. 



Splitters and Lumpers, 73. 



Sponge Spicules, 259. 



Sponges and Corals, 18". 



Sponges, Freshwater, 287. 



Sporendonema musc(E, 10. 



Spotted Fly-catcher, 256. 



Squacco Heron, 281. 



Squirrel fond of Toadstools, 40. 



Squirrel Monkey, 206. 



Stage Forceps, 212. 



Stalked Eggs of Insects. 19D. 



" Standard " Wasp Nest, 134. 



Stanner Rocks, 91, 138. 



Star-fish, to Dry, 136. 



Starling, Intell'gence of, 13. 



Starling who had seen the World, 38. 



Starry Puff-balls, 19 



Starspored Fungus, 35. 



Stinging-fish, 166. 



Stink-horn, the, 190. 



Stink-pot, 239- 



Stitchwort, Apttalous, 235. 



Stork, Anecdote of, 14. 



Stormy Petrel's Egg, 87. 



Story of Beetledom, 98. 



Strange Remedies, 85. 



Stray Notes on Stray Plants, 138. 



Stream Bubble-shell, 167. 



Streams in Aquaria, 1 IS, 188. 



Strength of Durr-beetle, 41. 



Study of Past History of Plants, 68. 



Sturgeon, the, 261. 



Stutterers in the Frontiers, 136. 



Sufi'ocation of Bees, 185. 



Sun-dew, the, 209. 



Superstition relating to Bees, 34. 



Swallows and Pigeons, 206. 



Swallows, European, 136. 



Swallows, Query, 143. 



Swallows under the Eaves, 63. 



Sv.'allowtail, Deformed, 185. 



Swarms of Aphides, 287. 



Swift, Anecdote of, 14. 



Swift, another, in Difiiculty, 64. 



Swift, the, 190. 



Swifts, Departure of, 240. 



Taxidebmy, 63. 



Tench, Angling for, 16. 



Tern, Whiskered, 183. 



The Common House-fly, 82. 



The Deep, deep Sea, 169. 



The l-50th Object-glass, 45. 



Theine, New Source of, 83. 



The New Fish, 42, 66. 



The Petherwin Beds, 150. 



The Study of Mosses, 79. 



Thrush and Frog, 1 12. 



Thrush at Rome, 136. 



Thrush, Eggs of, 263. 



Thrush, Ingenuity of, 207. 



Tinctorial Bedstraw, 235. 



Tinder, Palm, 118. 



Tit in Moustaches, 26. 



Tit, the Blue, 39. 



Tits, Fearless, 16O. 



Toad, Acquaintance with, 12. 



Toad, Child poisoned by. 111. 



Toad Eating a Newt, 233. 



Toad, Habits of, 87. 



Toad, Local Name of, 111. 



Toads Feeding, 256. 



Toads, further Experiences, 62. • 



Toads in Town, 91. 



Toadstools, 225, 258. 



Tomb of Van Rhede, 44. 



Tom Tidler's Ground, 126. 



Tomtit, Notice of, 59. 



Tomtits and Celery Fly, 2S 1 . 



Tongue of Drone-ily, 83. 



Tongue of House-fly, 83 . 



Torpedo, the, 236. 



Tortoise, Eggs of, 63. 



Tree, a Wonderful, 138. 



Trees, Ancient, 185. 



Trees, Old, 223. 



Trees on which Mistletoe Grov/s, 233. 



Trehala, 251. 



Trichina spiralis, 40. 



Trichinosis, 40. 



Triphrugmitim ulmarice, 255. 



Triple Mushroom, 209. 



Tripoli, 93. 



Trout, a Fine, 239. 



Trout, Extraordiuary Voracity of, l8.i. 



Trufaes, 139. 



Ti-ufSes, South Downs, 83. 



Tumuli, Objects in, 262. 



Tunbtidge Fern, 114. 



Tusseh Silk of India, 190. 



Tussilago hybrida, 70. 



Twining Plants, 185. 



Tyneside Naturalists' Club, 70. 



UxDER a Palm-tree, 77- 



Unicorn Hawk-moth, 263. 



Uredo Empetri, 139. 



Use for Nettles, 70. 



Uses of Horse-chestnuts, 43. 



Valeriana dioica, 143. 



Vallisneria spiralis, 13S. 



Vanesia and Ichneumons, 263. 



Van Rhede's Tomb, 44. 



Variations in British Plants, 32, 228. 



Varieties of Common Plants, 162. 



Vegetable Milk, 171. 



Vegetable Mon?tro>ities, 137. 



Veg'i'table Origin of Diamonds, SS. 



Vegetables, Watering with Iron Solution, 



46. 

 Veiiis of Leaves, 24. 

 Very hke a Shrimp, !35. 

 Vespa sylvestris, 208. 

 Viper and Snake, 160. 

 Viper or Snake? 2. 

 Viper, Bite of, 95. 

 Viper, bitten by a, 131. 

 Viper, Sex of, 191. 

 Viper Story, 143. 



Viper swallowing its Young, 108, 16". 

 Visitation of Spiders, 282. 

 Vivarium, Insect, 188. 

 Volvox, Chapter from Life of, 244. 

 Volvox, Cilia of, 263. 

 Volvox globutur, I90, 213, 238, 244, 262. 

 Voracity of Sea-Anemones, 40. 

 Voracity of Trout, 160. 

 Wagtail, the Gray, 281. 

 Waife's Reflections, 47. 

 Walnut, the, 89. 

 Wanted,- a Diatom, 95. 

 Wanted, a Key, 262. 

 Wardian Cases, 239, 287. 

 Wasp and its Victim, 113. 

 Wasp and Spider, 39, 239. 

 Wasp, Early, 137, 161. 

 Wasp Fights, 215. 

 Wasps, 16j, 208. 

 Wasps and Bees, 263. 

 Wasps and Flies, 262. 

 Wasps in Captivity, 42. 

 Wasps in Greece, 238. 

 Wasps in London, 71. 

 Wasps in plenty, 257. 

 AVasps' Nest, Pendent, 137. 

 Wasp Nest, Standard, 134. 

 Wasps scarce in London, 113. 

 Wasps, what has become cf the ? 234. 

 Wasps, why scarce, 257. 

 Watch, the Death-, 60. 

 Water-beetles, Appendages, 238, 25". 

 Water Pipit, 64, 76. 

 Water, River, in Brazil, 102. 

 Watering Vegetables with Iron, 46. 

 Water-weed, American, 141. 

 Weather foretold by Robin, 64. 

 Web, Spider eating its, 24, 36. 

 Webster's Condenser, 140. 

 Weever-fish, 166. 

 Wellingtoniit gig ante a, 139. 

 Whale-bird, 239. 

 What are Fossi's^ 19- 

 What do Crickets eat? 113, 128, IcO. 

 What has become cf the Wasps ,' £34. 

 What is an Inch of Rain ? 1 19- 

 What is it? 118. 



