INDEX. 
453 
Phryxus paguri, 374 
Pict's house, osteological remains from, 
141, 207. 
Picus major, Penn,, 227, 363. 
Pike, voracity of, 44. 
Pilchard, in Firth of Forth, 445. 
Pinnotheres, 249. 
Pintail duck exhibited, 44. 
Plectrophanes Lapponica, Linn., 47. 
nivalis, Linn., 47. 
pictus, Sw,, 47. 
Plinian Society, early members of, 3. 
Plumularia gracilis, Murray, 148. 
strathionides, Murray, 148. 
Pluvialis Virginiacus, Borkh., 49. 
Podiceps auritus, 367. 
cristatus, Penn., 365. 
cornutus, 56, 367. 
Podiceps rubricollis, 366. 
Polarizing prisms of nitrate of potash, 
107. 
Pontohdella muricata, nidus of, 196. 
Portuguese man-of-war, 249. 
Porzana Carolina, Linn., 49. 
Presidents' Addresses : — 
Professor Balfour, 1, 
A. Murray, 117. 
W. Rhind, 211. 
Dr T. S. Wright, 295. 
Prince-Consort, address of condolence 
on the death, of, 328. 
Procellaria pelagica, 144. 
Protozoa, new, Dr Wright on, 26. 
Pseudo- steatite, 445. 
Pycnogon larvse, 440. 
Querquedula Americana^ Linn., 55. 
caudacuta, 247. 
strepera, 150. 
Raia M'Coyii, W. S. Young, 417. 
Rangifer caribou, 15. 
Reindeer, 15. 
Rhind (Wm.) Opening address, 211. 
exhibits coal fossils, 38. 
on reptilian fossils of Moray- 
shire, 155. 
Rhinomus soricoides, Murray, 159. 
Rhizopodal structure, 251. 
Rhizopoda, reproductive elements of, 
270. 
Rhombus hirtus, Yarr., 258. 
punctatus, Bloch, 139. 
Rhynchaspis clypeata, Linn., 54. 
Robb (Rev. Alex.), on Angwantibo, 172. 
Ross-shire, natural history of west 
coast, 86. 
Sacculina carcino, Thomps., 311. 
inflata, 306, 313. 
SacculinaTriangularis,T)T Anderso'si,S12. 
Salpistes casta7ieus, 33. 
Mulleri, 32. 
Sciurus Noveboracensis, Bonap., 47. 
Scolecophagus ferrugineus, Gmel., 48. 
Scopelus Humholdtii, Cuv., 256. 
Scalops canadensis, Cuv. ? 25. 
Scymnus horealis, 443. 
Sertularia corniculata, Murray, 148. 
labrata, Murray, 147. 
tricuspidata, Murray, 147. 
Sertulariadce, new, from coast of Cali- 
fornia, 146. 
Serpula filograna, near the Bass, 443. 
Shark, Greenland, 443. 
Shearer (R. I.), on ornithology of 
Caithness, 334. 
Shrew- Mole? 25. 
Shrike, great grey, 44, 110, 227, 245. 
Silicification of organic bodies, 202, 
Smith (Dr John Alex.), notes on Old 
Red Sandstone fossils, 36. 
— specimen of lantern-fly, 36. 
on skull of chimpanzee, 41. 
notices of the rarer British 
birds, 44,58, 69, 110, 139, 244, 259, 
292, 347, 363, 420. 
on "Ukpam" from Old Calabar, 
64. 
on Bos primogenius in Museum 
of Antiquaries of Scotland, 111. 
notice of British fishes, 139. 
on "Angwantibo," 172. 
notice of sea lamprey, 248. 
~ on sequoreal pipe-fish, 291. 
on meteoric iron from Rox- 
burghshire, 396. 
on albino of common hare, 363. 
description of sequoreal pipe- 
fish, 139, 291, 438. 
Somateria V. nigrum, Gray, 54. 
Sorex parvus. Say, 25. 
Forsteri, Rich., 26. 
Spizella monticola, Gmel., 47. 
Sponges, remarks on British, 233. 
Squatarola helvetica, Linn., 50. 
Squirrel, Note on the, 361. 
Stenops (Perodicticus) Potto, 157. 
Stentor castaneus, 33. 
Mulleri, 32. 
Sterna arctica, Temm., 56, 343. 
Hirundo, Linn., 56. 
nigra, Linn., 56. 
Stewart (John A.), on natural history 
of west coast of Ross-shire, 86. 
Stirling (A.), notice of pike, 44. 
Strepsilas interp)res. Linn., 50. 
Strix Tengmalmi, Temm , 244. 
Surnia funerea, Gmel., 46. 
Sylvia ccerulicula, 82. 
