INDEX. 



'89 



Sphinx Gain plundering flowers, engraving 



of, 112. 

 Spider, claw seen -with microscope, engraving 

 of, 119; web of, 171; bite of, not fatal 

 in France and England, 173; bird-eating 

 (Miigalc arinilaria), killing a humming- 

 bird, 173; attacks birds, 174 ; large tropical 

 species of, 174; poison apparatus of, 174; 

 chicken {Aranca pullaria)^ engraving of, 

 175; extreme tenuity of web of, 197; silk, 

 futile attempt to utilize, by Louis XI V., 

 198; successful attempt to utilize, by d'Or- 

 biguy, 198 ; mason-crab [Mijijalc ca^inen- 

 taria), dwelling of, 199; species of mason- 

 spiders, 201 ; raft of, in Norfolk fens, 202; 

 aquatic (Naiade*), 211. 

 Spider, Garden (Epeira diadema), male and 



female, engraving of, 199. 

 Spider, Tarantula, bite of, not fatal, 174; and 

 not cured by music, 174, note. 



Spiral nebula, the, engraving of, 736. 



Sponge (Sponcjia Ciima), lowest form of ani- 

 mal life, 57 ; structure of, 57; engraving 

 of, 58 ; contained in flints, 61 ; with flint 

 framework, 01. 



Spongiole of the Pontederia, engraving of, 

 378. 



Spontaneously formed microscopic grains 

 which are found in fermentations (Crijplo- 

 coccus cerevisia'), engraving of, 719. 



Squirrels, migrations of, 322. 



Stag's horn covered by the growth of layers 

 of wood, engraving of, 434. 



Stamen of the Amaryllis, engraving of, 391; 

 potato, engraving of, 391. 



Stamens, origin of, 389; motions of, at time 

 of fecundation, 478. 



Staphylinus, Sweet -smelling [Stapludiniis 

 ohns), engraving of, 137. 



Stars, Kepler's ideas of the, 725; their num- 

 ber, 726, 730; divisions of, suggested, 720; 

 nebuk'e composed of, 729; great distance 

 of, from the earth, 7.32. 



Stem, transformation of the, into root, 376; 

 its diversified forms, 378; component parts, 

 378; absorption effected by, in cactuses, 

 403. 



Stenographic insects, 226. 



Stenoptery.x of the swallow [Stcnopitcriix 

 Hlrandi/ti'i], engraving of, 98. 



Steppes, 695; some covered with verdure, 

 695; some only show an attempt at vege- 

 tation, 697; varieties of, 097. 



Sticklebacks [Gasterosteus tradi ;'r/^f), showers 

 of, 347 ; in nest, engraving of, 348. 



Sticks of dried locusts for food, engraving of, 

 353, note. 



St. .John's-wort {Artcmitim rid/yaris), super- 

 stition concerning, 774. 



St. Lawrence's rain, phenomenon of, ex- 

 plained, 759. 



Stone-borers, 80. 



Stone-eating Modiola (Modiola lithnphaga), 



engraving of, 83. 

 Strabo on petrifactions found at foot of 



Pyramids, 38. 

 Stfix, bubo, nidification of, 270; A', otus, nidi- 



ficatiou of, 270; & flammea, nidification 



of, 270; S. Jiammea, nest of, engraving, 



271; S. cunicidaria, nidification of, 303; 



S. cimicidaria, nest of, engraving, 304. 

 Styx, subterranean river in the Mammoth 



Cave, engraving of, 089. 

 Suberous layer, the, 379. 

 Submarine volcanic eruption in Greece, 059, 



note. 

 Sugar-cane indigenous in the Old AVorld, 



440; introduction of, into Europe, 441. 

 Sugar-maple (Acer saccharin urn), extraction 



of sap from, 407, note ; its harvest in 



America, engraving of, 409. 

 Sun, the, centre of a system, its invisible 



power, 740; of enormous dimensions, great 



weight, spots discovered on its surface, 741; 



engraving of the spots, 742: their nature, 



743, note; heat of, estimated, 743; weight 



of, estimated, 732, note. 

 Sun-dew {Drosera rotimdifoUa), capture of 



insects by, 480. 

 Su])erstitions concerning the mandrake, 774. 

 Swallows, migration of, hybernation of, 



334; confidence in man, 338; ai^propriation 



of nests by sparrows, 272; esculent, 294. 

 Swarm of shooting-stars at sea, engraving of, 



760. 

 Swift-moth of New Zealand (Hepialus rir- 



escens), en;;raving of, 717. 

 Swimming Fucus {F. baccifenis), 02; engrav- 

 ing of, 63. 

 Sympathy between plants, 462. 

 Synalaxis, Black-headed, nest of, 300; engrav- 

 ing of, 307 



T. 



Tailor-bird {Sf/hia sutoria), nest of, 204; en- 

 graving of, 264. 



Talcijalla Lathami, gathering grass for its 

 nest, engraving of, 255; gleaning bird of 

 Australia, 257. 



Taliput palm {Gorypha umhraculifcra), great 

 size of its leaves, 387. 



Tapioca, extraction of, frora poisonous fluids, 

 437, and note; composition of, 438, note; 

 plant {Manihot utilissbiia)^ engraving of, 

 438. 



Tarantul;i, effects of bite not causing dancing, 

 174; bite of, not fatal, 174; and not cured 

 by music, 174, nutc. 



Tardigrades, microscopic animals, experi- 

 ments on, 47; exposure to great heat, 47; 

 supposed to \)Q incombustible, 48; explana- 

 tion of error, 48 ; engraving of tardigrade, 



