INDEX TO VOLUME I. 



Address of the Editor to his Friends and the 



Public, 1, 8, 

 Affectation of Sensibility, 135 

 Ailsa Crag, Natural History of, 395 

 Albatross, The, 368 

 Alligator Hunt, 22 



Anatomy and Mechanism of Birds, 170 

 Animalcules, 265 



Animals and their Young, 181, 226 

 Animals, their Muscular Power, 379 

 Art and its Origin, 366 

 Artificial Incubation of Poultry, 247, 380 

 Aviary, Occupants of, destroyed by Rats, 1 1 

 Avidavats in Aviaries, 235, 313 

 Barclay and Perkins; an Historical Parallel, 47 

 Battue of Pigeons in America, 80 

 Bees . — The Queen, 37 ; the Drone, ibid ; the 

 Working Bee, ibid; Swarming of, 70 



Battle of the, 329 



Birds of Song, Re-printed with Additions from 

 the Gardeners' Chronicle, 161, 179, 195, 209, 

 228, 243, 260, 284, 291, 307, 331, 338, 356, 

 381, 390, 413 



Birds, Are they not sensible ? 345 



Egg-bound, Cure for, 298 



in a Second Moult, 234 



Ravages of, 413 



What they do, and do not, 412 



How many Eggs do they lay previous to 



Sitting? 347 



Bird Cages, 74, 91, 219, 249, 265 



Blackbeetles, 329, 379 



Black Snakes of Jamaica, 19 



Blackbird, The, 20, 170, 217 



A Bald, 58 



A White, 186 



Cats, Distemper in, 380 



known as " Tier-rangers," 202 



without Tails, 249, 330, 331, 379 



Whiskers, Use of their, 320 



Blackcap, 105, 314 



Blue Titmouse, Apology for the, 342 



Boa Constrictor, its " Digestive" Powers, 111 



Botanical Explanations, 256 



Brandy, Origin of, 352 , 



British Warblers, 229, 250, 266, 285, 316, 326 



Bullfinch Killed by Improper Food, 186 



Bullfinches, 43, 153, 170 



Paired with Canaries, 155 



Butterfly, Chrysalis of, 80 

 Butterflies, Migratory, 155, 186 

 Remarkable Flight of Brown Migra- 

 tory, 58, 122 

 Can I ? — or can I not? 416 

 Canaries Living and Breeding in the Open Air, 

 289, 321 



Canary, The, 57, 58, 74, 105, 137, 139, 153, 154, 

 186, 195, 209, 228, 243, 244, 245, 250, 260, 

 261, 282, 284, 291, 307, 331. 338, 356 



Lines on the Death of a, 363 



with Bad Habits, 235, 346 ; the Surfeit, 



298 



Folly of early Breeding from, 235, 296 



On " Pairing," 235 



■ Sagacity of, 250 



Cat and Rabbit, Anecdote of a, 202 



Cat, A, touched by Remorse, 315 



Cats, 31, 40, 73, 107, 138, 204, 249, 250, 378, 409 



Chimney Swallow, a Cage Bird, 283, 393 



Cleanliness next to Godliness, 336 



Cockroaches, 329, 379 



Conscientious Fowl, A, 346 



Cookery, a Positive Science, 79 



Coral Zoophytes, 192 



Crocus, The, 119 



Cow-house, with a Glass Roof, 330 



Crab, Notes on the, 263 



Crow, A perfectly White, 320 



Cruelty to Birds, 192 



Crystal Palace, The, its Prostitution, 327 



Crystallisation, 304 



Cuckoo, 9, 52 



Curiosity of Children, 64 



Daguerreotype, Improvements in, 365 



Death's-Head Moth, The, 349 



Death Watch, The, 359 



Decision of Character, 379 



Diamond, History of the, 343 



Difficulty and Impossibility, 66 



Dog and Kitten, 25 



Dog (Terrier), Troubled with Worms, 139 



Dog-Rat (a Nondescript), 4 



Dogs, Anecdotes of, 23, 24 



Turnspit, 23 



■ Newfoundland, 265 



Terrier, 265 



Distemper in, 201, 248, 283, 380 



Domestic Pets, The Squirrel, No. 1, 113 



Dormouse, The, 234, 347 



Drowning, Physiology of, 279 



Duck Eggs Hatched by Fowls, 57, 153, 393 

 Turkeys, 153 



Early Appearance of the Swallow and Night- 

 ingale in 1852, 281 

 Eggs, Artificial Incubation of, 90, 91, 170 



On the Fecundation of, 123, 139 J 



Remarkable, 249, 347 



Eels, Propagation of, 59, 73, 89, 106, 121, 202 



Singular Habits of, 218 



Electric Fluid,The— Is it attracted by Color ? 222 

 Electro-Biology (Carpenter's Lecture), 199, 252 

 Elephants, Art of Catching in Ceylon, 53 

 Entomological Inquiry, 325 



ESSAYS AND SKETCHES. 



Bathing, 336; Botanical Ramble in the Neigh- 

 borhood of Abbotsford, 149; Catalogues of the 

 Great Exhibition, or Curiosities of Literature, 

 302; A Chapter on Aunts, 123; Close of 

 Autumn, 45; Clouds and Sunshine, 100; A 

 Cold, 172; " Comfortable," 109; Country 

 Rambles— Hanger Hill, &c, 273; May-day 

 Ramble near Totnes, 337; London to Dul- 

 wich and Norwood, 385; Delights of Fresh 

 Air, 299; Difficulty and Impossibility, 65; 

 Domestic Cogitations, " Buttered Toast," 132; 

 Ease and Elegance Contrasted, 165; An 

 Editor's Letter-box, 42, 216, 360; Educa- 



