INDEX. 
503 
450; a Live Toad embedded in Stone, 450; Extra¬ 
ordinary Fowl’s Egg, 450; Portland Veneer, 451 _ 
Black Variety of the Hare, 451; Engraving of the 
Common Kingfisher, 451; the King Pigeon, 488; 
Substitute for Cork-lining in Entomological Cabi¬ 
nets, 488; Large Kay, 489‘f Hybrid between a 
Lion and a Tiger, 489; Notice respecting the 
Whiteheaded Osprey, 489; Lamb without a Head, 
489 ; Starling with an elongated Upper Mandible, 
489; Cross between a Cock Pheasant and a Grey 
Hen, 489; White Varieties of the Partridge, 490 ; 
White-headed Osprey, 490; Insect Food, 490 ; the 
Garden Ouzel crowing like a Cock,491; Crambus 
argyreus, 491; Crambus margaritellus,^^! ; Num¬ 
ber of Eggs of the Starling, 491; Eggs of the Wood 
Lark, 491. 
Botany. —Bare Flowering Plants found near Don¬ 
caster, 55; (Enothera speciosa, 108; Agaricus co- 
cbleatus, 108; Additions to Cooper’s “Flora 
Metropolitana,” 108; Addendum to the Paper 
on the Medicinal Plants of Yorkshire (p. 30), 
108; Query respecting the British Species of 
Nuts, 169; Veronica, its Derivation, and how pro¬ 
nounced?. 169; the Fluid absorbed by the Spon- 
gioles of Plants, how conveyed to the Leaves ?, 225; 
Dates of the Appearance'of a few common Flowers 
in the Springs of 1836—7, 225; the Wood of Trees 
which have died, and that of those which have 
been felled, is there any Difference between ?, 225. 
Backwardness of the late Spring, 278; Derivation 
and Accentuation of Veronica, 278 ; Venerable 
Elm, 278; Foliage of the Oak, 278; Kemarkably 
large Poplar, 278; Else of Sap in Plants, 335; 
Mushrooms, 390; Extraordinary Fungus, 390* 
Large Fungus, 390; Manure for Grapes and As¬ 
paragus, 390 ; Fuchsia fulgens, 492; the Tea Tree, 
492; Enormous Turnip, 492; a Fact for Natu¬ 
ralists, 492; Victoria regalls, 492. 
Geology and Mineralogy.— Analysis of a Mineral 
Substance from a Calcareous Rock near Ghasni, in 
India, 56; Singular Fact regarding the Road from 
Shoreditch to Newington, 169; Geological Con¬ 
struction of Asia Minor, 169 ; Silex, 170; Test for 
distinguishing Amber and Copal, 278; Insects in 
Copal, 279; Edible Earth, 390; Remarkable Ca¬ 
verns, Geology, &c., in Brazil, 492. 
REVIEWS OF NEW PUBLICATIONS. 
A Synopsis of the Birds of Australia and the adja¬ 
cent Islands, by John Gould, F.L.S., Part L, 
47; Contribution to a Natural and Economical 
History of the Coco-nut Tree, by Henry Mar¬ 
shall, 47; A History of British Quadrupeds, by 
Thomas Bell, F.R.S,, F.L.S., Part vii„ 49; The 
Ornithological Guide, by C. T. Wood, jun., fEsq., 
50; The NaturaHst’s Library, Vol. VI., Ordinary 
Cetacea or Whales, 51; Magazine of Zoology and 
Botany, conducted by Sir W. Jardine, Bart., P. 
J. Selby, Esq., and Dr. Johnston, No. v., 51; 
The Analyst, edited by William’Holl, F.G.S., 
and Neville Wood, Esq., No. xix., 51; The 
Naturalist’s Library, Vol. Vll., Birds of Western 
Africa, by W. Swainson, Esq., A.C.G., F.R.S. , 
M.W.S., 109; British Oology, byW. C. Hewit- 
soN, Nos. XXX. and xx.xi., 112; A Nomenclature of 
British Birds, by Henry Doubleday, 160; Sa¬ 
cred Philosophy of the Seasons, Vol. II., Spring, 
Vol. III., Summer, by the Rev. Henry Dun¬ 
can, D.D., 225; The Botanist, conducted by B. 
Maund, F.L.S., assisted by Prof. Henslow, Nos. 
iv. and V., 226; An Analysis of the British Ferns 
and their Allies, by G. W. Francis, 226; A His¬ 
tory of British Birds, by W. MacGillivray, 
A.M., F.R.S.E., M.W.S., Vol. I., 279; A History 
of British Birds, by William YarrelL, F.L.S., 
Sec. Z. S., Part i., 281; Supplement to the Flora 
Metropolitana, by Daniel Cooper, A.L.S.,282; 
Journal of a Horticultural Tour through Ger¬ 
many, Belgium, and Part of France, in the Au¬ 
tumn of 1835, by James Forbes, A.L.S., 282; A 
Guide to an Arrangement of British Insects, by 
John Curtis, F.L.S., 336; British Oology, by 
W. C. Hewitson, Nos. xxxii. and xxxiii., 337; 
The Language of Birds, by Mrs. G. Spratt, 339 ; 
A History of British Birds, by W. Yarrbll, 
F.L.S., Secretary Z.S., part ii., 397; A His¬ 
tory of British Quadrupeds, by Thomas Bell, 
F.R.S., F.L.S., Part xi., 392; The Entomo¬ 
logical Magazine, Nos. xix. and xx., 393; Bib- 
liotheque Universelle de Geneve, No. xvii., 394 • 
Annales des Sciences Naturelles, 394; On the Na¬ 
tural H istory and Classification of Birds, by W, 
Swainson, A.C.G., F.R.S., F.L.S., Vol. II., 494; 
Catalogue of the Cellulares or Flowerless Plants 
of Great Britain, by W. A . Leighton, B.A., 
F.B.S.E., 495 ; A Catalogue of the South African 
Museum, 495 ; The Entomological Magazine, No. 
xxi. , 495; Address of Earl Stanhope, President 
of the Medico-Botanical Society, for the Anniver¬ 
sary Meeting, Jan. 16, 1837, 496. 
LITERARY INTELLIGENCE. 
MacGillivray’s History of British Birds, Vol. I., 
226; Forbes’s Horticultural Tour through Ger¬ 
many, &c., 226; Annual Report of the Shropshire 
and North Wales Natural History and Antiqua¬ 
rian Society, 226; Gould’s Birds of Europe, Part 
xxii. , 340; Swainson’s Birds of Western Africa, 
Vol.Ii,, 452; Entomological Magazine,No.xxi.,452; 
