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Forked-beard, lesser, on the eoast of Nor- 

 folk, 532. 



Formica rufa, 473. 



Fossil sloths, 417. 



Foumart, note on, 615. 



Fox, anecdote of, 614, 790. 



Frog, edible, in Cambridgeshire, 393, 467, 

 677, 727 ; shower of, at Selby, 677. 



Fulmar petrels near Yarmouth, 456. 



Glowworm, male, luminous property of, 

 413; note on, 475; in Scotland, 612. 



Goatsucker, note on, 445. 



Golden oriole in Kent, 762. 



Gordius aquaticus, 396. 



Goshawk near Yarmouth, 491. 



Grebe, crested in Middlesex, 502 ; red- 

 necked, near Derby, 576. 



Grey crow, 723. 



Grey shrike at Lynn, 444; atHitchin, 656; 

 at Blackheath, 761. 



Grouse, black, at Elvedon, 794. 



Grub which attacks wheat, 688. 



Guinea-hen's eggs in a partridge's nest, 

 454. 



Gull, black-headed, 455 ; habits of, 577 ; 

 change of plumage in, 768 ; Ice- 

 land, at Yarmouth, 502. 



Habits of Osmia atricapilla, 403 ; Osmia 

 tricolor and O. tunensis, 403, 609; 

 of ants, 405, 409; of Coleoptera, 

 410 ; of Hylobius Abietis, 410 ; of 

 Ctenicerus metallicus, 411; of Bom- 

 bardier beetle, 413, 475 ; of wry- 

 neck, 433 ; stoat and weasel, 488 ; 

 of moorhen, 497, 667, 756, 767 ; of 

 dabchick, 499, 767 ; of salmon and 

 eels, 524; of missel thrush, 565; 

 of wagtail, 566 ; of grey wagtail, 

 568 ; of the hawfinch, 569, 659 ; 

 of the chaffinch, 570 ; of water-rail, 

 575, 669, 766, 794 ; of the black- 

 headed gull, 577 ; of the dirt- 

 daubers, 582 ; of Hylesinus Fraxini, 

 610 ; of water-beetle, 612 ; of red- 

 wings and fieldfares, 656 ; of a 

 pigeon, 659 ; of the ringdove, 660 ; 

 of Miscophns bicolor, 697 ; of the 

 hedgehog, 714, 715, 750, 791 ; of 

 stoat, 714 ; of grey crow, 723 ; of 

 the greater tit, 726 ; of wasp and 

 hornet, 748 ; of Cossonus Tardii, 775. 



Halisarca Dujardinii, 750. 



Hare, anecdote of, 420. 



Hawfinch, habits of, 562, 659. 



Hawk, Merlin, 491 ; kestril, 491 ; and 

 weasel, battle between, 723. 



Hawk-moth, death's head, 398, 473, 540. 



Hedge sparrow, nest and egg of, 493 ; 

 nest of, 658. 



Hedgehog, habits of, 714, 715, 750, 791 ; 



spines of, 715. 

 Helix hybrida, 395. 

 Hen changing the colour of her plumage, 



667, 726. 

 Hermerius impar, 414. 

 Heron, night, in Cornwall, 575 ; egg, 



correction respecting, 575. 

 Hipparchia Galathea, variety of, 471. 

 Honey-buzzard, nesting of, 437 ; rearing 



its young in Britain, 562 ; plumage 



of, 793. 

 Hoopoe nesting in Surrey, 564 ; occurring 



in Cornwall, 659 ; in Kent, 765. 

 Humble bees without wings, 407, 475 ; 



notes on the British, 541. 

 Hunting spider, anecdote of, 680. 

 Hylesinus Fraxini, habits of, 610. 

 Hylobius Abietis, habits of, 410. 



Iceland gull near Yarmouth, 502. 

 Ichneumon's eggs on caterpillars, 749. 

 Instinct in web-footed birds, 578. 

 Insect, Australian Hymenopterous, 749. 



Kent, birds of, 718. 



Kestril hawk, 491 ; battle between two, 

 654 ; and magpie, battle between,655. 

 King fish on the coast of Norfolk, 679. 

 Kingfisher, migration of, 766. 

 Kittiwake near Pont-y-pool, 727. 



Larks, migration of, at Yarmouth, 452 ; 



remarks on, 657. 

 Lasciocampa Trifolii, capture of, 683. 

 Lebia crux-minor, 750. 

 Lepidoptera bred from larvae, 486. 

 Lithosia muscerda, capture of, 774. 

 Locusts in Yorkshire, 477 ; in India, 486. 

 Luminous property of male glowworm, 



413. 

 Lycasna Phleas, var. of, 734. 



Mamestra suasa, 683, 734. 



Mammalia of Isle of Wight, 776. 



Mancipium Daplidice near Exeter, 398. 



Martin, nesting of, 763. 



Mason bees, description of the British 



species, 737. 

 Megachile, descriptions of the British 



species, 689. 

 Merlin hawk, 491. 

 Microscopical Society, proceedings of, 



447, 487, 536, 580. 

 Migration, see birds and fishes. 

 Miscophus bicolor, habits of, 697. 

 Missel thrush, anecdote of, 444 ; song 



of, 492 ; habits of, 565 ; nesting of, 



656. 

 Moa, gigantic bird of New Zealand, 667. 

 Moorhen, habits of, 497, 067, 756, 767. 



