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culture, and the benefits also derived 

 from them, 296, 366 ; capture and 

 appearance of, in Derbyshire, 311 ; 

 migration of, 313; bills of, 362; 

 nests of, 380 



Bittern, little, 225 



Blackbird, anecdote of, 352 ; food of, 366 



Blackcap in January, 76, 356 ; pugnaci- 

 ous disposition of, 356 



Blighted trees, 272, 337, 338 



Boar fish at Brighton, occurrence of, 191 ; 

 note on, 192 



Bohemian chatterer near Teignmouth, 188 



Boxes, entomological collecting, 177 



Brambling near JFarnham, 188 ; food of, 

 299 



Bream, sea. Couch's, described, 81 



Broscus cepbalotes, 271 



Bunting, food of, 301 ; lark, on the occur- 

 rence of near Milnthorpe, 316, 352 ; 

 snow, 303, 352 



Bustard, occurrence of near the Lizard 

 point, 144 



Butterfly, peacock, in December, 64 



Butterflies occurring near Dover, 113; re- 

 markable abundance of hybernat- 

 ing, 176 



Buzzard, honey, changes of plumage, 375 



Calocampa vetusta, capture of at Birch- 

 wood, 334 



Carabus, on the British species of, 338 



Cat, reasoning power in, 74 



Caterpillar, walking branch, note on, 335 



Catocala Fraxini, capture of, 30 



Cayman, anecdote of, 149 ; note on, 150 



Centipede, electric, 1 60 



Ceratopacha octogesima, occurrence of at 

 Epping,20I 



C crura vinula, 332 



Chatterer, Bohemian, occurrence of near 

 Teignmouth, 188 



Chaffinch, food of, 297 



Chrysomela Banksii, 271 



Cicindela campeslris, 271 



Cionus, on the species of, and Sphserula 

 Lythri,271 



Cis Boleti, larva of, 116 



Claviger foveolatus, note on the capture 

 of, 200, 266 



Coleoptera frequenting damp places, 114 ; 

 occurring at Launceston, 115; oc- 

 curring near Cambridge, 116 ; dur- 

 ing a flood, 116, 177; in Lincoln- 

 shire, 269 ; near Edinburgh, 340 



Colias Hyale, capture of, 30, 259, 260, 

 331 ; Philodicc, note on, 175; Elec- 

 tra or Edusa, occurrence of, 258, 330, 

 331 ; periodical occurrence of, 176 



Coelioxys umbriua, 63 



Couch's sea bream, description of, 81 



Crickets, note on, 340 



Critical papers, enquiry respecting the ad- 

 mission of, 156 



Cross-bill, 39 ; white-winged, 142, 221 ; 

 breeding in the Holt forest, 189 



Crow, carrion, habits of, 304 ; defence of, 

 367; hooded, breeding in Norfolk, 



315 ; habits of, 366; Royston, 350 

 Cuckoo, anecdote of a young, in a reed- 

 warbler's nest, 352 



Cucullia Asteris, 333 



CurculionidEe near Cambridge, capture of, 



174 

 Curlew, note on the pigmy, and dunlin, 



316 ; stone, eggs of, 363 

 Cyclopsina Arietis,56; Rivillei, 58; Slab- 



beri, 59 

 Cy there inopinata, 195 



Dabchick, habits of, 364 



Daphnia brachiata, 196 



Deer, red, anecdote of, 349 



Deilephila Galii, capture of, 31 



Description of Erycina JNIargaretta, 28 ; 

 of Cyclopsina Arietis, 56; of C: Ri- 

 villei, 58; of C. Slabberi, 59; of 

 Oithona plumifera, 59 ; of O. splen- 

 dens, 61 ; of Coelioxys umbrina, 63; 

 of Couch's sea bream, 81 ; of Mul- 

 ler's top-knot, 1 06 ; of Leptocircus 

 Curiusand L.Meges, 111 ; of seve- 

 ral species of the genus Phyllium, 

 117; of Psychopsis mimica, 125 ; of 

 the British wasps, 161 ; of Cy there 

 inopinata, 195 ; of Daphnia brachi- 

 ata, 196; of Thymara Zaida, 197; 

 of a new British bee, 261 



Diver, northern, breeds in Shetland, 365 



Dog, pointer, anecdote of, 35 



Dottrell, habits of, 363 



Dreissena polymorpha, on the multiplica- 

 tion of, 255 



Duck, wild, food of, 374 



Dytiscus punctulatus, note on the habits 

 of, 200 



Eagle, sea, capture of, 36 ; golden, 178 



Echinodermata occurring in Northumber- 

 land, 275 



Eel, note on the voracity of the, 108, 323 



Ehimpus Panzeri, 264 



Enquiry respecting a stridulant insect, 31 



Entomostraca, British, descriptions of, 55, 

 193 



Ephemcrte, notes on, 272 



Epipone laevipcs, 264 



Erycina Margaretta, description of, 28 



