Moonlight in the Tropics, 19 

 Mosquitoes, &c., in the Brazils, 127 

 Moth, Antler, 186 



Goat, 110, 186 



Moths and Butterflies — How to Attract, 297 



Natural History, On the Study of, 33 



Natural History of Song Birds, — Nestling and 



Incuhation, 241 ; Language of Birds, 305 

 Naturalists, Notes for, 85, 177 

 Nests of Birds, Notes on the, 393 

 Nightingale, The, 20, 217, 314, 326, 381, 390, 413 



. hatched by Canaries, 365 



will they Breed in Cages? 283 



Cages, 203 



Food, 298 



- in Moscow, 217 



Eggs hatched by Robins, 138 



Nuthatch, The, 169 

 Obituary — Mr. W. Thompson, the Naturalist, 

 Belfast, 187 



Thomas Moore, the Poet, 206 



Orchis, The, and the Bee, 400 

 Ostrich, The, 9, 25 



Immense Speed of the, 185 



Our " New Title," 352 



OUR NOTE-BOOK. 



Affections, 240; Brother and Sister, 63; Busy 

 World, 240; Colors in Ladies' Dress, 240; 

 Distinctions, 288 ; Elegant Motto, 63 ; Emu- 

 lation, 128; Father and Son, 163; Good 

 Name, A, 78 ; Good Heart of Charles Lamb, 

 128; Habit, 239; Howard's (Mrs.) Spending- 

 Money, 128; Husbands and Wives, 303; 

 Human Animal Economy, 78; Jokers, 128; 

 Joyous Childhood, 303 ; Love's Sorrow, 63 ; 

 Moisture Condensed by Cold, 78; Moral 

 Beauty 78; Phrenological Development no 

 Excuse for Crime, 63 ; Protection to Nightin- 

 gales, 288; Rustic Baskets for Flower Beds, 

 239; Superstition gendered by Trifles, 128; 

 World beyond the Eye, 288 



Oysters, Beautiful and Ugly, 135 



Pairing of Birds, 146, 162 



Parrot Tribe, The, 153 



African, 43, 89 



— Amazon, 105 



Green, ibid 



Grey, 139 



Parroquets, Australian, 26, 89 



Partridges, 131 



Persecuted Animals, An Apology for, 194, 257, 

 276 



Photography, Improvements in, 187 



Phrenology for the Million, 118, 129, 147, 164, 

 182, 197, 213, 230, 261, 293, 310, 341, 373, 

 405 



Pigeons, 42, 130, 219, 331 



■ Bred in a Room, 1 69 



Tumblers, 58 



Diseased, 105, 155 



PICKINGS UP AND DOTTINGS DOWN. 



Benevolence of Domestic Life, 32 ; Character, 

 31; Deceit of Zeal, 31; Distinguished Men 

 always Hard Workers, 12 ; Genius, 32 ; Ladies' 

 Hands and Lips, 12; Moisture in Connection 

 with Health, 31; Reflections for 1852, 12, 16; 

 Sleep, Thoughts on, 32; Vitality of Good 

 Men's Deeds, 31; Wit, 12 



Pike, A remarkable, 111 



PORTRY. 



Address to Nature, 270'; Ages pass'd away, 87 ; 

 Albanian Love Letter, 66 ; Bachelor's Lay of 

 the Olden Time, 128; Blackbird, 20; Day of 

 Spring, 228 ; Dearest, The, 144 ; Delights of 

 Spring, 358; Ending of the Drought, 320; 

 Faith and Hope, 279 ; First Mild Day in 

 March, 146 ; Flower of Youth, 38 ; Flowers 

 and Maidens, 80; Forget not the Unhappy, 10 ; 

 Gentle Boy, 67 ; Good Temper, 240 ; Human 

 Life, 224; Keepsake, The, 13; Lines to Mary 

 E. B., 336; Love's Good-Morrow, 191 ; Love 

 Song, A, 192; Miniature, The, 271 ; Mother's 

 Petition, The, 112; Moss Rose, Origin of 

 the, 400; Nature and Art, 320; Nightingale, 

 The, 20; Ode to Julia, 76; The One Great 

 Pleasure of Life, 336; Our Own Fireside, 10 ; 

 Poor Ronald, 56 ; Poverty, 304 ; Rosa May, 

 232; Robin's, The, Appeal, 64; Robin, To 

 the, 87 ; Scene in May, 343; Skylark, The, 20 ; 

 Sleep, 1 68 ; Snow-drop, 49 ; Song for January, 

 32; Song for February, 96; Song for March, 

 192; Spring, 256; Spring is Coming, 272; 

 Step-Mother, The, 29; Summer is Nigh, 252; 

 Thoughts on a Poet, 56 ; Up and be Doing, 

 64; Violet, The, 48; Winter, 80, 112 



Polypi, Tenacity of Life in, 63 



POPULAR DISCUSSIONS. 



Booksellers' Question, The, 403; Cattle Grazing 

 in Churchyards, 340; The Salmon, 292, 

 309, 324, 389; on Trout Breeding, 355, 388 



Poultry, 44, 169, 247, 248, 283, 333, 347, 364, 

 378, 380 



Houses, 346 



— — who eat their Eggs, Cure for, 347 



PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS. 



Burford's Panorama of Nimroud, 41 ; Marionette 

 Theatre, 111 ; Robin's Soirees Parisiennes, 92, 

 174; Hungarian Musical Company, 223, 253, 

 415 



Punctuation, &c, Uses of, 400 



" Rape of the Lock," 191 



Rats, Aviary destroyed by, 1 1 



How to get rid of, 9, 28, 44 



Instinct of, 4 



— — Want of Instinct in, ibid 



Contrivance of, to escape when caught, 250 



Water, 363 



Hanoverian, 363 



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Rat and the Serpent, 4 



Raven, a Sagacious, 8 7 



Rearing young Birds, 297 



Reason as applied to Animals, 49 



Redpole, The, 154 



REVIEW of books. 



Anecdotes of Animals, by Mrs. Lee, 4; Bee- 

 keepers' Manual, by Taylor, 36; Country 

 House, The, 5, 52, 1 14 ; Critic, The, a Literary 

 Journal, 6; Favorite Song Birds, by H. G. 

 Adams, 20; Flowers, their Language, etc., by 

 H. G. Adams, 66; Flora Tottoniensis, by S. 

 Hannaford, jun., 83 ; History of British Birds, 

 by Rev. F. O. Morris, 52, 243 ; History of 

 the Nests and Eggs of Birds, by the Rev. F. 

 O. Morris, 52, 243 ; History of British Butter- 

 flies, by the Rev. F. O. Morris, 243; History 

 of Birds, by Dr. Stanley, 130; Home Influence, 



