xxm 



the description of the genera to which 

 they belong, 1566; on destroying, 

 1459 ; Note on queen, 1355 



Beehive, immense natural, 1354 ; increase 

 and decrease in the weight of, 1355 



Birds of Belgium, 1251 ; observed in 

 South-eastern Durham and North- 

 west Cleveland, additions to Catalogue 

 of, 1261 ; summer, arrival of at Shoot- 

 er's Hill, 1295; found in Norfolk, 

 1300, 1373 ; ventriloquism in, 1371 ; 

 water, remarks on submergence of, 

 1395 ; enquiry respecting, 1499 ; ef- 

 fect of captivity on the appetite of, 

 1502; at sea, 1502; mentioned in 

 Shakspere's plays, 1539; nidification 

 of some Australian, 1546; arrival of 

 at Warnford in 1846, 1547; mi- 

 ratory, remarks on, in the vicinity of 

 Holmes Chapel, 1547; dates of ar- 

 rival of in Norfolk, Suffolk,' and, 

 Cambridge, 1549 



Bittern, American, near Fleetwood, 1248 



Blackberries attractive to moths, 1524 



Blackbirds hatched by a canary, 1210; 

 young white, 1367 



Blight, American, 1460 



Bones, cattle mouthing, 1246, 1295, 1365, 

 1366 



B rambling near Ross, 1211 



Bunting, snow, occurrence of, near Bur- 

 ton-on-Trent, 1209 



Buprestis, singular use for at Madras, 

 1357 



Butterflies, migration of, 1273, 1442, 

 1443 



Buzzard, rough-legged, occurrence of, in 

 Notts and Derby, 1247 



Cabinets, to expel and exclude mites from, 

 1524 



Calendar, Naturalist's for January, 1201 ; 

 for February, 1233 ; for March, 1249 ; 

 for April, 1325; for May, 1337; for 

 June, 1345 ; for July, 1398 ; for Au- 

 gust, 1438 ; for September, 1441 ; for 

 October, 1473 ; for November, 1505; 

 for December, 1546 



Callimome versicolor, 1356 



Canary, blackbirds hatched by, 1210; 

 habit of, 1367 



Captivity, effects of, on the appetite of 

 birds, 1502 



Capture of whales at the Faroe Isles and 

 at Lerwick, 1207 ; of Lepidoptera 

 near Manchester, 1220, 1223 ; of Pe- 

 roneal at Hainault Forest, 1228 ; at 

 Lewisham, 1229 ; on the Downs near 

 Godstone Road, 1228 ; in Scotland, 

 1229, 1354, 1439 ; of rare moths near 



Lyndhurst, 1230; of Coleoptera in 

 the North of England, 1237 ; of Uhe 

 gray shark in Cornwall, 1337; of 

 Acheron tia Atropos at the Land's End, 

 1345 ; of Deilephila Celerio at Man- 

 chester, 1346 ; at Birmingham, 1518 ; 

 of D. Lineata, 1345 ; at Hammer- 

 smith, 1346; of Cleora, or Ephyra 

 pictaria, 1347 ; of Orthosia leucogra- 

 pha, 1347; of Pterophorus tridacty- 

 lus on the 25th of February, 1348; 

 of Lepidoptera at Hammersmith, 

 1348 ; at Arundel, 1350 ; at Black 

 Park, Bucks, 1352 ; near Ambleside, 

 1439 ; at Keswick, 1440 ; in the vi- 

 cinity of Lewes, 1440 ; of Hadena 

 rectilinea, 1444 ; of Lepidoptera in 

 the Isle of Wight, 1444; of Lamia 

 aedilis in the Black Forest, Rannock, 

 1460 ; of Trichius fasciatus near Loch 

 Rannock, 1460 ; of the goshawk, 

 1496 ; of Apatura Iris at Poynings, 

 1505 ; of Vanessa Antiopa near Stow- 

 market, 1504 ; at Camberwell, 1505 ; 

 at Ipswich, 1506 ; at Kensington, 

 1506; of the larva? of Acherontia 

 Atropos near Morpeth, 1508 ; of S. 

 Convolvuli near Winchester, 1510 ; 

 of Catocala Fraxini at Manchester, 

 and C. sponsa at Daren th Wood, 

 Kent, 1515 ; of Trochilium Allanti- 

 forme at Greenhithe, 1515 ; of Litho- 

 sia pulchella, near Epping, 1515 ; of 

 Emmelesia Blomeri at Chenies, 1516; 

 of Nebrida livida at Bridlington; 

 1517 ; of Tapinotus sellatus, 1517, 

 of the locust on Peckham Rye, 1518 ; 

 at Hammersmith, 1521 ; of a large 

 sturgeon in the Usk, 1555 



Carnivorous propensity of the hedgehog, 

 1204, 1245, 1293; of the common 

 slug, 1216 



Catocala Fraxini at Manchester, 1515 ; 

 C. sponsa at Dareuth Wood, 1515 



Cattle mouthing bones, 1206, 1246, 1295, 

 1365, 1366 



Chaffinch, quail, and ringdove, note on, 

 1367 



Chalcidites, parasitism of, 1233 



Chiffchaff, early arrival of, near Swansea, 

 1496 



Cockatoo laying eggs in confinement, 

 1210 



Cleora, or Ephyra pictaria, capture of, 

 1347 



Coleoptera, capture of, in the North of 

 England, 1237 ; treatment of when 

 captured, 1240 ; on the use of mois- 

 ture in collecting, 1282 ; of South 

 Wales, note on the, 1284 ; on compa- 



