INDEX. 
MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS. 
Page. 
Habits Of the Rough-tailed Stickleback. By 
Charles Drosier. 1 
Singular Phenomena connected with the Depo¬ 
sition of Mud in the Tay. By Geo. Buist, 
Esq. 4 
On the Abuse of Prints in Works on Natural 
History. By Peter Rylands, Esq. 8 
Sketches of European Ornithology. By Ne¬ 
ville Wood, Esq. 11 
On the Habits and Peculiarities of British 
Plants, and on the Derivations of their Latin 
Names. By T. B. Hall . 17 
Local Occurrences in Natural History. By 
Edwin Lees, F.L.S . 57 
On the Toes of the African Ostrich, and the 
number of Phalanges on the Toes of other 
Birds. By Thomas Allis . 68 
Notes on the domestic Habits of the Dormouse. 
By Richard Pigott ... 70 
Observations on the Classification of the Ade- 
phaga. By Peter Rylands, Esq. 73 
Sketch of a Voyage across the North and Baltic 
Seas. By Charles Drosier . 78 
Natural History of the Artaxerxes Butterfly. 
By Henry Buist . 115 
Some Account of a Visit to the British Associa¬ 
tion at Newcastle. By A Member . 118 
Sketches of European Ornithology. By Ne^ 
ville Wood, Esq. 122 
On the general Structure and Habits of Inver¬ 
tebrate Animals. By Edwin Lankester, 
M.R.C.S....,. 128 
On the Habits and Latin Names of British 
Plants. By T. B. Hall . 139 
On a new Parasitic Plant, found growing on 
the Fruit of the Thebaic Palm, in Upper 
Egypt. By William Hibbert, M.D., &c. 
With a Note by the Rev. M. J. Berkeley, 
A.M., F.L.S. 171 
An Outline of the Comparative Structure of 
the Skeletons of Zoophytes. By Thomas 
Wright, M.R.C.S., &c. 174 
On a gigantic Fossil Fuchs discovered in the 
New Red Sandstone at Woodside, on the 
Mersey. By the Rev. Thomas Dwyer, 
A.M. 183 
Page. 
Botanical Notes. ByT. B. Hall. 184 
Sketches of European Ornithology. By Ne¬ 
ville Wood, Esq. 186 
On the Habits and Latin Names of British 
Plants. By T. B. Hall . 192 
Statement of the Claims of Papilio podalirius 
to rank as a British Insect. By Peter Ry¬ 
lands, Esq.227 
Remarks on the Meeting of the British Associ¬ 
ation at Newcastle. By T. B. Hall .230 
On the Natural History, Climate, and Scenery 
of the Vicinity of St. Petersburgh. By Chas. 
Drosier. 236 
On the Habits and Latin Names of British 
Plants. ByT. B. Hall .. 242 
Abstract of Dr.ScHOMBURGK's Report of an 
Expedition into the Interior of British Guiana. 
By Henry Buist.247 
Sketches of European Ornithology. By Ne¬ 
ville Wood, Esq. 255 
On the Varieties of British Ferns, and the 
Diagnoses of allied Species. By T. G. R. 
Rylands, Esq., Corr.M.B.S.283 
On the Value of Plates and Illustrations as sub¬ 
servient to the Study of Natural History. 
By Edwin Lees, F.L.S. 288 
Sketches of European Ornithology. By Ne¬ 
ville Wood, Esq__. 295 
On the Habits and Latin Names of British 
Plants. By T. B. Hall . 300 
Observations on the Habitat and Natural His¬ 
tory of the Mistletoe. By Edwin Lees, 
F.L.S., F.B.SS.L.&E.303 
Cursory Remarks on Tropical Seas. By Dr. 
Poppig. Translated by Edwin Lankester, 
M.R.C.S.311 
On the Pearl Fishery of Lower California. By 
Alexander Forbes, Esq.312 
Ornithological Selections and Criticisms. By 
Wm.Leslie Russell, Esq... 339 
A Glance at the Habits of the Adephaga. By 
Peter Rylands, Esq.. . 343 
On the Habits and Latin Names of British 
Plants. By T. B. Hall. ^47 
Sketches of European Ornithology. By Ne¬ 
ville Wood, Esq. 349 
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