IV 
INDEX. 
Phragmidium on Bramble, 21 
Physical History of the British Isles, 
Contributions to the iBevieiO), 213 
Plants, Facts about, 94 
Pond Life, 214 
Pyramids of Egypt, The, 22 
Questions and Answers, 70 
Eainfall for November, 1882,19; Decem¬ 
ber, 44; January, 1883, 68; February, 
91 ; March, 116; 
Rat, Prolific, 141 
Reclassification of the Uredinese, 25-31, 
49-53, 79-82 
Red Marl, Glacial Markings in the, 
230-232 
Remarks on the Pen Pits and other 
supposed Early British Dwellings, 
98-103 
Report, General, on Dredging Operations 
at Oban of the Birmingham Natural 
History and Microscopical Society; 
July 5 to 12, J881, 53-57 
Reviews :— 
Botanical Exchange Club of the 
British Isles, Report for 1881, 17-18 
Botanical Record Club, The Phanero¬ 
gamic Report for J881, 82, 259-260 
Civilisation, The Origin of, and the 
Primitive Condition of Man, 258 
Colours of Flowers, The, as illustrated 
by the British Flora, 89 
Colin Clout’s Calendar, 117 
Common British Insects (Beetles, 
Moths, and Butterflies), 213 
Contributions to the Physical His¬ 
tory of the British Isles, 213 
Elementary Botany, 30 
Handbook of British Fungi, 281 
Heroes of Science: Botanists, Zoolo¬ 
gists, and Geologists, 90 
Nat the Naturalist, 212 
Other Worlds than Ours, 89-90 
Out of Doors, 117 
Rudimentary Astronomy, 17 
Study of the Rocks, 259 
The British Moss Flora, 259 
The Fruits of all ( ountries, a 
Preliminary t atalogue, 261 
The Sun; its Planets and their 
Satellites, 16-17 
The Young Collector’s Handbook of 
Flowering Plants, 213 
Zoological Notes, 2M 
Rhaetic Rocks of Nottinghamshire, The 
(Ulus.), 193-199 
Rocks, Study of the (Be' iew), 259 
Rogers (Robert), on Arum maculatum, 
82-84 
- on Cuckoo Flowers, 133-134 
Roll, The Scientific, 286 
Rook’s Nest, curious Site for, 165 
Seience, Heroes of iBeview', 90 
Science and Novels, 94 
Scientific Roll, The, 282 
Scottish Meteorological Society, 282 
Shipman (J.), on a Boulder from the 
Bunter Pebble Beds, 264 
- Toe Alluvial and Drift Deposits 
of the Leen Valley, 76-79,109-115 
Shropshire, Truffles in, 40-41 
Societies, Reports of:— 
Birmingham and Midland Institute 
Scientific Society, 119 
Birmingham Microscopists’ and 
Naturalists’ Union, 47-48, 72,192, 239 
Birmingham Natural History and 
Microscopical Society, 22-24, 46-47, 
71-72, 95-96, 118-119, 143-144, 167-'68, 
190-192, 215-216, 238-239, 261-264, 282- 
284 
Midland Union of Natural History 
Societies, 97 
- Annual General Meeting, 153- 
154 
- Annual Meeting at Tam worth, 
97, 139-140, 153-163, 169-180 
- Conversazione, 161-163 
- Excursion to Hartshill, 162 
- Hon. Treasurer’s Report, 159- 
160 
- Lichfield Excursion, 163 
- Local Excursions, 160-161 
- Meeting-place for 1884, '59 
-- Presentation of the Darwin 
Gold Medal for 1882, 159 
- President’s Address, 169-180 
- Report of the Council, 154-159 
Northamptonshire Natural History 
Society,119-120 
Nottingham G. R. S. Naturalists’ 
Society—Annual Soiree, 48 
Nottingham Naturalists’ Society, 96, 
120, 240, 264 
Oxfordshire Natural History Society, 
24, 144 
Practical Naturalists’ Society, 240 
Sociology: Abstract of Address delivered 
to the Sociological Section of the 
Birmingham Natural History and 
Microscopical Society, May, 18^, 121- 
127, 145-149, 200-204 
- The Study of, 94 
South Beds, Bryological Note from, 261 
- Midlands, Sphagnacese of the, 
gathered in 1882, 45 
Sphagnacese of the South Midlands 
gathered in 1882, 45 
Stecker (Dr.), Return from Abyssinia, 282 
Study of the Rocks tBevieiv<, 259 
I Summer Migrants: Notice of the Arrival 
! of Migratory Birds in North Oxon in 
I the Spring of 1883, with Notes, 205-208 
j Sun, The; its Planets and Satellites 
(Beviexu), 16-17 
Sunspot Maximum, Note on a, 92 
Superstition, Curious, 46 
Saunders (J.), Botanical Notes from South j 
Bedfordshire, 237 
- Bryological Note from South 
Beds, 261 
- Sphagnacese of the South Mid¬ 
lands gathered in 1882, 45 
Saxifraga, Observations on the Fertilisa¬ 
tion of certain Species of, 73-75 
School Museums, 281 
Temperature for November, 1882, 19; 
December, 44; January, 1883, 68; 
February, 91; March, 116 
Transit of Venus, The, 20 
Trap-door Spider, Atypus Sulzeri, The 
British, 109 
Tree-frogs in England, 215 
Truffles in Shropshire, 46-41 
Tylor (Dr. E. B.', Appointment of, 282 
