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INDEX. 
159; Carabm agrestis, C.hortensis, and C. nemo- 
ralis, 159; Natterjack Toad, 159; Siskin near 
Scarborough, 160; Sayings and Doings of Skaters, 
160; Oological Cabinets, 211; Rare Birds taken 
during the late Frost, 211; Weaver’s Museum at 
Birmingham, 212; How to drown a Fish, 212; 
Hooper Swan, 213; Entomological Notes, 213; 
Effect of the Drainage of Fens, 214; Royal 
Poacher, 214; Dromedary breeding in England, 
215; Red-necked Grebe in Cumberland, 215; 
Grous near Richmond during the Frost, 215 ; Sin¬ 
gular Mode of taking the Stork, 215; Albinism 
in a Swallow, 215 ; Garrulous Roller near Scar¬ 
borough, 216; Hooper Swan, 216; Pigeon frozen 
on its Perch, 216; Kingfisher frozen to Death, 
216; Red-breasted Merganser, 216; Instance of 
Extraordinary Fecundity in the Sheep, 216; 
Death’s-head Moth, 216; Crenilabrus rupestris, 
in the Frith of Forth, 217; Six-spot Burnet near 
St. Andrews, 218; Insects in Turpentine, 218; 
American Wigeon taken in Lincolnshire, 279; 
Submarine Wood at Bootle, 279; Occurrence of 
the Otter near Cupar, 279; Chrysomela polita, 
322 ; Conchologv of the Neighbourhood of Liver¬ 
pool, 322; Turtle Dove shot near Scarborough, 
323; TEshna versus 7 Eschna > 323; Sparrow’s Nest 
in January, 323; Bohemian Waxwing in York¬ 
shire, 324; Nyssia zonaria, 324; Animals eat in 
Proportion to their Temperature, 324; White 
Moles, 325; First Swallow near Worcester in 
1838, 325; Birds, &c., noticed in April, 1838, 
near Maidstone, 325; Harmless Nature of the 
Slow-worm, 325 ; White Crow, 325; Manna, 326; 
Important Article of Food for Horses, Dogs, &c., 
326 ; Death of a valuable black Tigress, 326; Ex¬ 
traordinary Lamb, 327; Further News of the 
Bonite, 327; Flight of Locusts in Benares, 327; 
Invertebrata of the Coasts of Norway, 327; Or¬ 
ganic Changes in Nature, 328; New Animals, 
328; Mode of repelling the Wolf, 329; Arrow¬ 
head in the Body of an Eagle, 329; Additional 
Locality of the Red Grous, 436; Occurrence of 
Velia rivulorum, Jan. 5, 1838, 437; Nightingale 
to the North of Doncaster, 437 5 Singular Locality 
for the nest of the Robin Redbreast, 437 ; Lophhis 
piscatorius, 437; Remarks on Bats, 437; New 
Herring found on the Coast of Iceland, 437; Oc¬ 
currence of Arnara ovata, 438; Scarce Swallow¬ 
tail (Papilio podalirius) a doubtful British Butter¬ 
fly, 438; Pied Wagtail’s Nest oft a Railway Line, 
439 ; New Shell allied to Cyclostoma, 439; Pippin 
Crossbill in Cheshire, 439; Electrical Lady, 439; 
Cure of Cancer, 440; .Mode of destroying Snails, 
440; Arcturus Sparshalli at Horning, 440; Snow 
Bunting near Scarborough, 440 ; Osprey shot near 
Bury, 440; New Birds, 440; Scientific Expedi¬ 
tion, 441; the Capelin (Mallotus Groenlandicus), 
491. 
Botany. —Large Apples, 50; Extraordinary Cab-, 
bage-. Potato-, and Turnip-roots, 50, 51; Propa¬ 
gation of Apple-trees, 51; Result of cutting down 
Forests, 51; Species of Nuts indigenous to Bri¬ 
tain, 160; Clematis vitalba in Essex, Hampshire, 
&c., 161; Blood-red Wheat, 161; Common But¬ 
cher-broom (Ruscas aculeatus,) 161, 162; Kohl 
Rabi, 162 ; New Wood for lining Entomological 
Cases,l62; Hardy Nature of the Fuchsia, 162; In¬ 
troduction of Tobacco into Britain. 162 ; Clinopo- 
diumvulgare not a common Plant, 163; Locali¬ 
ties for the Rough Shieldfern (Aspiditm lonchitis ), 
219; Expansion and Closing of the Corolla of the 
Water-lily, 219; Mad. Co pin’s Taste for Flowers, 
220; Mildness of December, 1837, 220; Extraor¬ 
dinary Increase of a Pea, 220; Cultivation of the 
Cranberry, 220 ; Uses of the Alder-tree, 221;. Spe¬ 
cimen of Agave Americana at Clowarce Park, 
221 ; Proportion of Forests to the Rest of the Soil 
in the various Countries of Europe, 280 ; Enor¬ 
mous Mushrooms, 280; Effects of the Frost in the 
Horticultural Gardens, 280 ; Numerical Estimate 
of the British Flora,329; Sea-Kale Beet, or Silver 
Beet, 330; Effect of Carbonic Acid on Vegetation, 
330 ; Importance of Azote to Plants, 330; Pro¬ 
gress of Vegetable Life, 331; Cedar mountains 
of South "Africa, 331; Mode of restoring frozen 
Potatos, 439; Effects of the Winter of 1838. on 
Vegetation, 441 ; Effect of Carbonic Acid on Vege¬ 
tation, 442; Localities of Plants in the Neigh¬ 
bourhood of Liverpool, 491; Possibility of Cul¬ 
tivating Tea in Northern Countries, 492; Cultiva¬ 
tion of Vanilla in-France, 492; Power of Lightning, 
492 ; Ancient Oak, 493. 
GEOLOGY.-^Reiftains of Mammalia in Cheshire, 
52; Minerals in Jamaica, 52 ; Interesting Remains 
on the Bristol Road, 52; Antediluvian Remains 
in Jackson County, Ohio, 52; Principal Works 
on Geology, 163; Visit to the Salt-mines at 
Northwich, 221; Teredo in Fossil Wood, 221 ; Pe- 
trescent Tree, 222; Skeleton of Ichthyosaurus 
found at Twerton, 281; Carbonized Tree, 281; 
Fossil Shells on the Western Railway, 332; Sub¬ 
marine Volcano, 493; New Fossils, 493; Colossal 
Remains found in the Avon, 493. 
Meteorology. —Meteors on the Nights of Novem¬ 
ber 12—14, 222; Patrick Murphy, Esq., 222. 
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