INDEX. 



by Grace Aguilar, 5; Junius, Character and 

 Works of, compared, by Wm. Cramp, 23 ; 

 Mother's Eecompense, by Grace Aguilar, 5; 

 Naturalist, The, by Dr. Morris, 2, 51, 243; 

 Naturalist's, The, Sojourn in Jamaica,by Gosse, 

 19; Outlines of Physiology, by Agassiz and 

 Gould, 3, 34; Reason and Instinct, by Gor- 

 donius, 83 ; Scinde, etc., by Lieutenant Burton, 

 2 1 ; Something New from the Flower Garden, 

 22 ; Steam-engine, by H. Reid, 84 ; Study of 

 Natural History, by F. Crisp, 114; Trout 

 Fishing, Vade-mecum of, by G. Pulman, 162. 



Ring Ouzel, 187. 



Robin, The, 26, 72, 86, 185, 204, 345, 361, 363, 

 371, 394, 409. 



Food and Proper Cages for, 393 



A Mesmerised, 234 



Rock Thrush, 266 



Rook, A remarkable Grey-headed, 250, 281, 297 



Royal Botanic Gardens, Regent's Park 157 



Salmon, Cause of its Scarcity, 201 



Scales of Fish viewed by the Microscope, 186 



Seasonable Comforts, a Good Fire, 126 



Sense, Inordinate Gratifications of, 176 



Shop-lifting an Innate Propensity, 165 



Showy Accomplishments, 199 



Silkworms, 234 



Siskin, The, 101 



Skylark, The, 28, 101, 178, 205, 206, 220, 221, 



222, 297, 315, 347 

 Snakes in Australia, 303 



Soft- billed Birds, Food for, 26, 217, 393 



Soft Eggs, or Eggs without Shells, 298 



Song Birds, Natural History of, 81 



Song Birds in England and Ireland, 43, 204, 



220. 

 Sparrows, 219 

 Spider's Web, 281 

 Spring in Scotland in 1852, 217 

 Squirrel, The, 113, 169, 170 

 Starling, The, 203, 245, 347, 348 

 Swallow, The Chimney, 393 

 Swine, Ferti lity of the, 53 



TALES AND SKETCHES. 



Kate Coleman, 94; Keeping up Appearances, 



223, 238; Live Dolls, 350; Man of Many Ad- 

 ventures, 254, 269 , Man and Woman, a Ro- 

 mance of Real Life, 317; Modern Accom- 

 plishments, 158, 188; Old Periodicals, 300; 

 Miss P. Firkin, 45, 61: Two Coats, 382, 396; 



Town and Country, 139 ; Trying it on, or the 

 Mis-Fit, 366 ; Widows, 333; Whitebait at 

 Greenwich, 414 



THINGS IN GENERAL. 



Affection of William the Conqueror, 79 ; Caloric 

 in America, 2: Elegant Compliment, 109; 

 Epitaph on the Tombstone of a Young Lady, 

 79; Epping Sausages "Real," 109; Fox and 

 the Leopard, 109 ; Leap Year, 79 ; Nice Dis- 

 tinctions, ibid; Pastoral Sympathy, ibid, 

 Rural Maiden, A, ibid ; Times Past and Present, 

 109; What is a Sensation? 79 



Things Wonderful and True, 115 



" Thought Reading," 295 



Thrush, Confidence of the, 345, 410 



Piping, 57 



Food for, 89 



How to tell the Sexes of, 1 86 



A Nest of, 163 



Thrush, Rock, 266 

 Toad, A remarkable, 298 

 Tree Frog in Scotland, 224 

 Trout in Derwentwater, 372 

 Turn out your Toes, 266 

 Turnspit Dogs, 23 

 Unknown Ships, The, 311 

 Vegetable Diet, 48 

 Venus Lizard, The, 20 

 Viper, A strange, 87 

 Wagtail, The Grey, 220 



— in a Cage, 316 



Water-glasses for Birds, a Caution, 364 

 Wheatear, Nest of the, 219 

 Whisper in a Mother's Ear, 160 

 Wild Duck, The, 313, 347 

 Wild Flowers, 374 



WISDOM IN MINIATURE. 



Good Hours, 64; Health, ibid; Industry, ibid; 

 Justice, ibid; Obstinacy, ibid; Perseverance 

 and Genius, ibid; Sympathies of Mind, ibid 



Woman's, The, Elevation League, 327 



Woodlark, The, 265, 282, 297 



Wood Pigeons, Alleged Docility of, 58 



Worms in Flower-pots, 256 



Wren, The, 26 



Wryneck and Tern, 345 



Yellow-hammer, The, 411 



Young Birds, Proper Food for, 364, 409 



