XXVI 



Music, effect of, on animals, 1295 

 Miselia Oxyacanthae, varieties of, 1227 



Natural History of New South Wales, 

 1422, 1485 



Naturalist's Calendar for January, 1201 ; 

 for February, 1233 ; for March, 1249 ; 

 for April, 1325; for May, 1337 ; for 

 June, 1345 ; for July, 1308 ; for Au- 

 gust, 1438 ; for September, 1441 ; for 

 October, 1473 ; for November, 1505 ; 

 for December, 1546 



Nebrida livida at Bridlington, 1517 



Nest of Savi's warbler, 1212 



New South Wales, Natural History of, 

 1422 



Nidification of Australian Birds, 1546 



Nightingale in Monmouthshire, 1211; 

 northern range of, 1298 ; protection to, 

 1368; in Devonshire, 1393 



Noctule flying in November, 1206 



Norfolk swan fatting, 1250 



Notidanus griseus, description of, 1337 



Notoxus monoceros near Norwich, 1517 



Nuthatch, remarks on, 1498 



Oak-apples of America, 1281 ; insects in- 

 habiting, 1454 



Oak-galls, note on, 1457 



Oak egger-moth, power of instinct in the, 

 1346 



Odontopera bidentata, larva of, 1228 



Oil, alligator, 1503 



Oil-gland, the, 1250, 1393 



Ophonus, distribution of, 1236 



Orcynus ala longa, description of, 1413 



Ornithological excursion to the North 

 coast of New Holland, 1481; note, 

 1368; wonder, 1523 



Orthosia opima, description of larva of, 

 1227; O. leucographa, 1347. 



Orthosis near Doncaster, 1353 



Owl, great horned, 1498 



Oyster-catcher inland, 1212; longevity of, 

 1501 



Papilionidae at Wansbeck, 1432 

 Parti-colored thrushes, 1496 

 Paussidai, exploding property of, 1357 

 Perdix virginiana in Surrey, 1394 

 Perga scabra, description of, 1274 

 Peroneae at Hainault Forest, 1228, 1516 

 Petrel, stormy, in London, 1502 

 Pbiilarope, red-necked, in Sussex, 1394, 

 in Norfolk, 1552; gray, near Pen- 

 zance, Iloniton, and Preston, 1552; 

 near Worcester, 1555 

 Pheasant, non on the, 1500 



Pigeon, enquiry respecting the tumbling 

 of, 1500 



Pipit, Richard's, near Newcastle, 1210 

 Pisidium pusillum attracted by the skull 



of a fox, 1266 

 Platyrhinus latirostris near Cheltenham, 



1517 

 Platygaster, note on, 1235 

 Plover, ringed, incubation of, 1212 

 Polecat preying upon eels, 1204; re- 

 marks on the piscatory habits of, 1244 

 Pseudotomia atromargana and strobilella, 



1228 

 Psychophora trepidaria, 1274 

 Pteromalus puparum, note on, 1535 

 Pterophorus tridactylus, capture of, on 

 the 25th of February, 1348 



Quail shot in Worcestershire in January, 

 and land-rail shot in January, 1846, 

 1299 ; note on, 1367 



Rail, water, 1299 



Raine's Islet, an account of, 1473 



Rat, black, enquiry respecting, 1294 ; 

 kestrel preying upon, 1550 ; fishing 

 for eels, 1364 



Raven, habits of, 1366 



Redpoll staying at Thetford throughout 

 the summer, 1497 ; lesser, nesting of 

 in Norfolk, 1497 



Relaxing insects, 1343 



Reptiles, Cornish, 1503 



Rhodites of the rose-gall, 1359 



Richard's pipit near Newcastle, 1256 



Ringdove, note on, 1367 



Robin, anecdote of, 1211 ; capturing its 

 prey, 1393 ; curious nesting place of a 

 pair, 1368 ; a household, 1368 



Rook, remarkable habit of, 1210; build- 

 ing upon house-tops, 1366 



Salicaria luscinioides, nest and eggs of, 



1212 

 Sandpiper, broad-billed, in Sussex, 1394 ; 



buff-breasted, near Penzance, 1500 

 Savi's warbler, nest of, 1212 

 Sea bream, Spanish, at Sherringham, 1555 

 Selandria cerasi, economy of, 1234 

 Sensibility of insects, 1434, 1437, 1524, 



1525, 1526, 1556 

 Shark, gray, account of the capture of in 



Cornwall, 1337 

 Shrew and grasshopper warbler, 1297 

 Shrike, great ash-coloured, near Burton- 



on-Trent, 1209 

 Slug, carnivorous propensity of, 1216; 



food of, 1503 

 Snipe, common, in captivity, 1333 ; sound 



produced by, 1501, 1552; Sabine's, 



in Hampshire, 1300; near Clonmel, 



1500 



