INDEX. 
451 
Halmtus albicilla, 345. 
Hare, Alpine, 20. 
Hargitt (Edward), exhibited wild cat, 
868. 
Harelda glacialis, Linn., 55. 
Heterohranchus from Old Calabar, 361. 
Heligoland, birds of, 82. 
Helix virgata, tenacity of life in, 90. 
Hemitrygon Ukpam, J, A. Smith, 69. 
Hippocrene Britannica, development of, 
35. 
Hippopotamus amphibius^ Linn,, 158. 
Holothuria edulis, 249. 
new form of, 331. 
- Homologies of articular surfaces of 
axis, atlas, and occipital bone, 221. 
Hudson's Bay Territories, natural his- 
tory of, 15, 45. 
Hunter (Rev. Eobert), on markings on 
Old Ked Sandstone slabs, 163. 
Hydra tuba, development of, from 
Ghrysaora, 35. 
Hydractinia, 283, 814. 
Hypocala, larva of, 372. 
Insects, Indian, 872. 
Jardine (Sir William, Bart.), on Ame- 
rican Ptarmigan, 48, 57. 
on birds from Hudson's Bay, 57. 
Kelaart (Dr E. F.), on pearl banks of 
Arippo, Ceylon, 101. 
Kionistes reiiformis, 91, 277. 
Lahrus bergylta, 149, 
Lagopus albus, and synonyms, 48. 
Lagotia obstetrica, T. S. Wright, 379. 
producta, 26. 
reproduction in, 28. 
Lamna cornubica, Cuv., 258, 
Lanius excubitor, 44, 110, 227, 245. 
septentrionalis, Gmel., 48. 
Lantern-fly from British Honduras, 
36, 102. 
Laomedea decipiens, T. S, Wright, 352. 
Larus argentatus, Gmel., 56. 
eburneus, 57. 
glaucus, Temm., 259, 347. 
ridibundus, 343. 
zonorhynchus, Eichard, andSw., 56. 
Leaf insect, A new, 146. 
Lecythia elegans, T. S. Wright, 277. 
Lepiis timidus, albino of, 363. 
glacialis, Leach, 20. 
Lepidodendron, with Lepidostrohis at- 
tached, 38. 
Lestris cephus, Brunnich, 56. 
Limosa fedoa, Linn,, 50. 
Hudsonica, Lath., 50. 
Linda borealis, 48. 
Livingston (John S.), on metamor- 
phism in mineral kingdom, 267. 
Livingstone (Dr), extracts of a letter 
from, 131. 
expedition, memorial on be- 
half of, 133. 
Lizzia, reproduction of, 133. 
Logan (George), reports of Dredging 
Committee, and on Gadus minutus, 
443. 
on white bait in Firth of Forth, 
130. 
on herring and sprat fishery of 
Firth of Forth, 130, 240, 288, 442. 
notice of snakes and lizards 
from Old Calabar, 199. 
Logan (Kobert F,), on Canada goose 
shot at Duddingston, 131. 
on Vanessa polyddoros and 
Cheimatobia borearia, 260. 
on Indian insects, 372. 
Loxia curvirostra, Penn., 363. 
leucoptera, Gmel,, 48. 
pityopsittacus, 342. 
Lutra Canadensis, 26. 
Blanafus Semgalensis,DesmsiY., 168, 261, 
3Iareca Americana, Steph., 54. 
Marine Zoology Committee, reports 
of, 130, 240, 442. 
Markings on Old Red Sandstone slabs, 
163. 
Marmot, Quebec, 21. 
Mackenzie fJ.), on American reindeer, 
16. 
on the habits of the beaver, 829. 
M'Bain (Dr James, R.N.), on tenacity 
of life in Helix virgata, 90. 
on fossil Nautilus from Sheppy, 
103. 
on so-called raised sea-beach 
at Leith, 105, 422. 
on osteological remains from a 
Pict's house in Harris, 141, 207. 
on bones of a Moa (Palapteryx) 
from New Zealand, 164. 
— remarks on British sponges, 
233. 
on skulls of Manatees from Old 
Calabar and Bay of Honduras, 261. 
on development of fish-spawn, 
373. 
Medusa, reproduction of a, 133. 
Mergulus alle, 847. 
3fergus albelUis, 247. 
cucullatus, Linn., 56, 
serrator, Linn,, 56. 
Meteoric Iron found in Eox burgh sliire, 
396. 
