INDEX. 
501 
Union of the Cheltenham Horticultural and 
Floral Society and the Gloucestershire Zoological, 
Botanical, and Horticultural Society, 260; Chel¬ 
tenham Literary and Philosophical Institution, 
261; Ornithological Society, 313; Botanical So¬ 
ciety, 314; Entomological Society, 315; Sheffield 
Literary and Philosophical Institution, 316; Ox¬ 
ford Ashmolean Society,317; Bristol, Clifton, and 
West of England Zoological Society, 318; Chelten¬ 
ham Literary and Philosophical Institution, 318; 
Entomological Society, 431; Ornithological So¬ 
ciety, 431; Geological Society, 433; Botanical 
Society, 434; Horticultural Society, 434; Metro¬ 
politan Society of Florists and Amateurs, 435; 
Zoological Society, 435; Bath Royal Horticul¬ 
tural and Botanical Society,436; Wolverhampton 
and Staffordshire Horticultural and Floral Society, 
436; Salop Horticultural Society, 536; Doncaster 
Lyceum, 436; British Association, 436; Liverpool 
Natural History Society, 487 5 Botanical Society, 
490. 
EXTRACTS FROM THE FOREIGN 
PERIODICALS. 
Zoology. —Anatomy of Pentastoma tcenioides, 99 ; 
Mucous Body, or Colouring Tissue of the Skin, 
in the Charruan Indians, the Negro, and the Mu¬ 
latto, 100 ; Anatomy of Pentastoma tcenioides, 147; 
Hereditary Tendency of certain Faculties in Ani¬ 
mals, 206; Proboscis of the Elephant, 319; Saga¬ 
city of Animals, 320; Hybernation of Swallows, 
428; Nature of Sponge; 428; Extravagant Fea¬ 
thered Architect, 428; Food of Silkworms, 428; 
Malayan Albino, 428. 
Botany. —Introduction of the Culture of Rice in 
the Centre of France, 38; Vegetables used as Food 
for the Horse, 40; Sleep of Flowers, 41; Corolla 
of Cistacece, 42; Sleep ofFlowers, 101; Connexion 
of the Cells of Plants, 149; Comparative Estimate 
of the Meteorological Circumstances under which 
Corn, Maize, and Potatoes grow at the Equator 
and under the Temperate Zone, 207; Saccharine 
Nature of Beet-root, 208; Expansion and Sleep of 
Leaves, 208; Phosphorescent Vegetables, 321; 
Vegetable Acids, 429. 
Geology. —Fossil Teeth of Oran, 321; Fossil Sala¬ 
mander, 429; Narrow-toothed Mastodon found at 
Gers, 430; Tombs in Santorini, 430. 
CHAPTER OF MISCELLANIES. 
Zoology. —Kingfisher shot near St. Andrews, 43; 
Virginia overrun with Partridges, 43; Frog sitting 
on a Fish’s back, 43; Anecdote of a Robin Eed- 
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breast, 44; Query respecting Prize-essays on the 
Turnip-fly, 45; Deaths from eating Fungi, 45; 
Female Ourang Outang, 45; Sagacity of a Horse, 
46 ; Curiosities in Natural History, 46; Habits of 
the Spring Oatear, 46; Reply to Critical Observa¬ 
tions by Peter Rylands, Esq., 46; Rough-leg¬ 
ged Buzzard near Scarborough, 47; White Variety 
of the Garden Ouzel, 47; Toads imbedded in 
Stone, 47; Snowy Owl shot in Dorsetshire, 48; 
Capture of an Eagle by a Boy, 48; Capture of a 
Whale, 48; Addition to Mr. Dale’s List of Dor¬ 
setshire Insects, 48; Large Ray-fish found off 
Ferroe, 48; Changes of Colour in the Plumage of 
Birds without Moulting, 48; Haunts of the 
Darklegged Warbler (Sylvia loquax), 49; Land 
Crab of Jamaica, 49; Size of the Cuckoo’s Egg, 
103; Notes on the Birds of Portsmouth, 103; 
Notes on the Neighbourhood of Godaiming, 104; 
Instances of the Capture of Vanessa antiope, 105 ; 
Remarkable Fact, 105; the Blood of Quadrupeds 
poisonous to Birds, 106; Prize-essays on the Tur¬ 
nip-fly, 106; Hen Harrier near Scarborough, 106; 
Wild Swans near Ayr, 106; Addition to the Lan¬ 
cashire Fauna, 107 ; the Winter of 1837-8, 107; 
Sense of Taste in Birds, 107; How to find the 
larvae of Tortrix, 108 ; Butterfly seen on Christ- 
mas-day, 108; Warrington Phrenological Society, 
108; Crambus aridellus, 109; Nidification of the 
Martin Swallow, 109; Scarcity of the Merlin 
Falcon near Scarborough, 109; Pontia callidice, 
109; a Species of Calosoma taken in Dorsetshire, 
109; Dalmatian Kinglet ( Regulus modestus), 109; 
Importance of Phrenology to Naturalists, HO ; 
Sayings and Doings of Skaters, 111; Prolificacy 
of the Blackbird, 152; Mode of extracting Grease 
from Insects, 152; Child carried off by a Baboon, 
152; Consumptive Animals, 153; Severity of the 
Winter, and Abundance of Birds, 153; Aerial Au¬ 
gurs, 154; Famished Wolves, 154; Wild Ducks 
affected by Frost, 154; Cabbage Butterfly abroad 
in February, 155; Pheasants and Pheasant-hunt¬ 
ing in Norfolk, 155; Frozen Otter, 155; Notes 
on Tetracnemus diversicornis, 155; Capture of 
the Eagle Owl offFlamboroUgh Head, 155 ; Birds 
observed near Doncaster during the Frost, 155; 
Organ of Communication-of-Ideas in Man, 156; 
Hybrids between the Lion and the Tiger, 156; 
Mode of killing Insects, 157; Curious Locality 
for the Hedge Dunnock’s Nest, 157 ; the Finear 
(Crambus), 157; Preserving Natural Objects in 
Spirits of Wine, 157; Occurrence of Apis mellifica 
on Dec. 31, 158; Goatsucker near the Sea-coast, 
158; Helobia brevicollis, var. Portlandicd, 158; 
Crambus lamellus, 158 ; Common Seal, 158; Sub¬ 
stitute for Cork Lining in Entomological Cabinets, 
