xm 



Fieldfare, note on, 238 ; on the late de- 

 parture of, 246 



Fishes, rare, occurrence of in England, 

 85; preservation of, 192; certain, 

 remaining stationery in size, 322 ; 

 on the capture of large in the Trent, 

 323 



Fleas infesting the holes of the sand-mar- 

 tin, 128 



Formica sanguinea, 262 



Fowl, domestic, anecdote of, 361 



Goldfinch, food of, 300 



Gold fish, having vegetable fibres arising 

 from an ulcer, 84 



Goose, wild, food of, 373 



Gorgonia verrucosa, on the nature of the 

 axis of, 276 



Grebe, eared, on the occurrence of at Ox- 

 ford, 223 



Greenfinch, food of, 301 



Grouse, red, 186 ; black, 187 ; habits of 

 red, 306; cream-coloured, 361; food 

 of, 373 



Guildford, captures near, 30 



Gull, herring, occurrence of at Worcester, 

 104 ; masked, habits of in confine- 

 ment, 242 ; black-headed, habits of, 

 245 ; voracity of, 248 ; common, 

 food of, 374 



Haltica Brassicae, note on, 340 

 Hampshire, captures of insects in, 262 

 Hares, anecdote of a combat betwixt two, 



211 

 Hawfinch, note on, 40 

 Hawks, occurrence of near Sheffield, 247 

 Hedgehog, apology for the, 345 

 Heliothis armigera, capture of near Sal- 

 ford, 260 

 Heliothrips Adonidum, occurrence of, 123 

 Heron, Cassian, occurrence of, 78 ; Squac- 



co, near Penzance, 143, 189 

 Hobby, orange-legged, occurrence of, 78; 



occurrence of near Norwich, 350 

 Hymenoptera, capture of at Hawley, 61 ; 



fossorial, economy of, 265 

 Hydroidae, on the vitality of the sheath of, 

 205 



Jackdaw, 185 ; food of, 367 



Jay, food of, 370 



Icterus, red-vsdnged, on the occurrence of 



near Norwich, 317 

 Idiot boy catching and devouring bees, 



anecdote of, 127 

 Intelligence of animals illustrated by two 



pointer dogs, 35 



Insects captured by flowers, 127; rare 

 British, occurrence of, 125 ; cure of 

 grease in, 175 ; note on the occur- 

 rence of rare, at Teignmouth, 199, 

 335 ; on the sudden appearance and 

 disappearance of, 336 



Kestril, 223 



Lantern, use of, in capturing moths by 

 night, 178 



Lark, enquiry — does the female sing? 219 

 food of, 303 



Lebia Crux-minor, capture of, 30 



Leech, horse, minute anatomy of, 1 7, 88, 

 324 



Lepidoptera, descriptions of, 109, [97; 

 captures of at Manchester, 112; 

 near Lavenham, 172 ; near Cam- 

 bridge, 257; dates of appearance 

 near Teignmouth, 334 



Linnet, food of, 300 



Lithosia muscerda in Norfolk, 260 



Lizard, sand, 104 



Locust, occurrence of near Derby, 123 



Lophopteryx Carmelita, capture of at Ep- 

 ping, 201 



Luminous appearance of the sea, 55 



Magpies, jays and crows, note on, 350, 

 351 ; food of, 370 



Mammoth, Siberian, 1 



Mancipium Daplidice, 201 



Marten, pine, capture of in Lincolnshire, 

 345 



Martins, early arrival of, 145; sand, 146; 

 house, note on, 242; nests of, in 

 sandstone rocks, 246 ; migration of, 

 354 



Medic egger, note on, 94 



Mice, black. 348 



Microscopical Society of London, 256 



Migration, notes on, 103, 355 



Miscus campestris, 264 



Mole, anecdote of, 7 



Mollusks found in Whiting bay, 86 ; car- 

 nivorous propensity of, 257 



Molytes anglicanus, note on, 271 



Monstrosity in the antennee of a beetle, 29 



Moose in Canada, 134, 135 



Moths, capture of on grass, 64 ; capture 

 of on blossoms of ivy, 157, 333; em- 

 peror captured by means of a cap- 

 tive female, 1 90 ; by sugaring trees 

 &c. 201 ; names of British, 332; 

 on sallows near Norvnch, 333 ; ap- 

 pearance of during rain, 334 



Mouse, note on a white shrew, 287 ; mor- 

 tality of the common shrew, 288 ; 



