NEWTON, ALFRED British species of guillemot, 3425; Cedar bird in England, 3506; Note on the proper name of the Sylvia turdoides, 3511; On the habits of the kiwi-kiwi in confinement, 3605; Some account of a petrel killed at Southacre, Norfolk, with a description and synonymy, 3691; Nesting of the siskin in confinement, 3707 NEWTON, EDWARD Harlequin duck in Banffshire, 3331 NORMAN, A. M. Great snipe at Botley, 3330; Emmelesia Blomeri taken at Goblin Coombe, Somersetshire, 3334 NORMAN, G., Esq. Notes respecting Acherontia Atropos, 3716 PIM, BEDFORD, LIEUT. R.N. Remarks on the fauna of Western Eskimaux-land, 3377 PLANT, JOHN, ESQ. Hybrid grouse, 3710 Powys, T. L. Note on the kite and buzzard trapped at Blenheim, 3388; Black redstart near Oxford, Ring dotterel near Oxford, 3476; Glossy ibis in Ireland, 3477; The shore lark breeding in Devonshire, 3707; Bluethroated warbler in South Devon, 3709; Pratincole in Devonshire, 3710 PRIDEAUX, CHARLES Rare birds near Kingsbridge, 3474 REID, HUGH Honey buzzard with a white head and neck, 3329; Inquiry respecting a species of sandpiper, 3330 RODD, EDWARD HEARLE Fire-crested Regulus near Penzance, 3388, 3453; Note on the chiffchaff, Kentish plover and continental white wagtail near Penzance, Lesser tern near Mount's Bay, 3453; Wood sandpiper at the Land's End, 3454: Montagu's harrier at Scilly, Note on the destruction of eggs by Montagu's harrier, 3475; Gull-billed tern and Iceland gull at Scilly, 3536 On obtaining Coleoptera, &c., from moss during the spring months, 3462; Bembidium flavipes at Renfrew, 3464; Probable mode of detecting the larva of Polyommatus Artaxerxes, &c., 3624; Voracious propensity of the large dragon-fly, 3628 SEEMANN, BERTHOLD Notes on the zoology of the Isthmus of Panama, 3313 SHEPPARD, AUGUSTUS F. Halias clorana at Fulham, 3335 SIMKISS, REV. THOMAS M. Captures of Lepidoptera at Sutton Park, Warwickshire, 3334 SMITH, REV. ALFRED CHARLES, M.A. Singular habit of a cat, 3452; A pat tern for ornithologists, 3473; Remarkable instinct of a pony, 3505; Instance of a blackbird turning white from fright, 3576; Supposed capture in England of the American black-bellied darter, 3601; Supplemental note on the blackbellied darter, 3654; Some further account of the blackbird said to have become white through fright, goat-sucker, 3648; Curious localities for the nest of the spotted flycatcher, 3657; Note on the Egyptian cobra, 3658 THOMPSON, THOMAS Occurrence of Deilephila Celerio at THOMPSON, WILLIAM The variegated sole, 3375 TURNER, REV. WILLIAM, M.A. Curious propensity of a toad, 3389 WALKER, FRANCIS, F.L.S. Notes on the distribution of insects in geographical regions, 3713 WALLACE, A. R. Natural-History collectors in foreign countries, 3641 WALCOTT, W. H. L. Method of using laurel-leaves in killing insects, 3464 WARINGTON, ROBERT, F.C.S. Observations on the Natural History of the water-snail and fish, kept in X X ALPHABETICAL LIST OF SUBJECTS. Acanthus vulgaris, 3488 Acherontia Atropos, notes respecting, 3716 Acipenser Sturio, 3487 Alauda alpestris, 3707 Aleucis pictaria, note on, 3464 Alopias Vulpes, 3487 Alosa finta, 3482 Ammocœtes branchialis, 3488 Ammodytes Lancea, 3487 Tobianus, 3487 Anarrhichas Lupus, 3460 Anecdote of rats, 3473; of a spider, 3492; of the house martin, 3512; of flycatchers, 3577; of hunting spider, 3600 Anguilla acutirostris, 3486 Aötes trivirgatus, 3324 Aphis, pupa of an insect bearing resem blance to, 3407 Arctia Caja, varieties of, 3563 Arctomys Parri, 3379 Artist and butterflies, 3396 Aspidophorus Europæus, 3458 Bates, H. W., extracts from correspon- Bees, beautiful discovery in the manage ment of, 3342; a buzz from, 3358; another buzz from, 3398; humble, on killing, 3434; a continued buzz from, 3496; and hives, notes on, 3497; further continuation of the buzz, 3520 ; humble, 3520; welcoming a new queen, 3627; humble, at a certain season of the year, 3627 Belone vulgaris, 3461 Bembidium flavipes at Renfrew, 3464 Bib or pout, 3484 Birds, habits and instincts of, 3327; song of, 3386; rare, near Kingsbridge, Echinorhinus spinosus, 3488 Eel, sharp-nosed, 3486; sand, 3487; broad-nosed, variety of, 3599 Eels, revival of, after being partially frozen, 3333 Eggs of birds, on changing for those of other species, 3327; of Epyornis, 3400; of Apteryx, 3401; of birds, destruction of by Montagu's harrier, 3475; of black redstart, 3503 Emmelesia Blomeri at Goblin Coombe, Somersetshire, 3334 Entomological localities, 3343, 3430, 3517, 3584, 3687 Entomological Society, proceedings of, 3336, 3364, 3403, 3437, 3466, 3498, 3522, 3564, 3588, 3628, 3661, 3717 Ermine, 3378 Esox Lucius, 3461 Excursion to Botany Bay, New South Wales, 3383 Experiments with venomous serpents, 3670 Falconry, Indian, note on, 3648 Falconry in the valley of the Indus, notice of, 3569; remarks on the critique,3646 Father lasher, 3458 Fauna of Western Eskimaux-land, remarks on. 3377 Felis rufa, 3379 Ferrets, note on the habits of, 3452 Finch, yellow-backed Whidah, in Oxfordshire, 3534 Fish-spawn taken to Hobart Town, 3504 Fishes, found in Moray Firth, and in the fresh waters of the province of Moray, 3454, 3480; note on, 3599; rare, at Redcar, 3504; of the River Dodder, 3526; observed near St. Margaret's Bay, Kent, 3612 Fishes with a bony skeleton, 3457; with a Flycatcher, spotted, curions localities for the nest of, 3657 Flycatchers, anecdote of, 3577 Fox, 3378; white, 3378 Freeman, John, 'Life of the Rev. William Kirby,' 3537 Fringilla spinus, 3707, 3708 Gannet in Cambridgeshire, 3712 unipunctatus, 3460 Goby, freckled or spotted, 3460; onespotted, 3460 Goose, Egyptian, 3712 'Great Artists and Great Anatomists,' notice of, 3533 Grebe, eared, at Yarmouth, 3477 Greenfinch, double nest of, 3577 Greenfinch and linnet, hybrid between, 3388 Greenwich Natural History Society, 3502 Grous, black, in Sussex, 3330; near Lynn, 3476; hybrid, 3710 Guenée, M. A. 'Histoire Naturelle des Insectes,' 3532 Guillemot, British species of, 3425; ringed, specific distinctness of, 3477 Gull, Ross's rosy at Pevensey, 3388; Iceland, at Scilly, 3536 Gunnel, spotted, 3460 Gurnard, red, 3457; sapphirine, 3458; gray, 3458 Haddock, 3483; Norway, 3458 Hair-tail, silvery, Hake, 3485 3459 Hyperoodon bidens, 3456 Ibis, glossy, in Ireland, 3477 Imperial Academy, two hundredth anniversary of, 3568 Insects, Coleopterous, notes on captures of, 3354; method of employing chloroform in killing, 3434; method of using laurel-leaves in killing, 3464; impaled on thorns, 3493, 3563; Lepidopterous, notes on Mr. Stephens' catalogue of, in the British Museum, 3580; observed near St. Margaret's Bay, Kent, 3613; geographical distribution of, 3713 Instinct of a pony, 3505 Kite & buzzard trapped at Blenheim, 3388 Knox, R., Great Artists and Great Anatomists,' 3533 Labrus Bergylta, 3461 Lacinularia socialis, a contribution to the anatomy and physiology of the Rotifera, 3405 Lamna Cornubica, 3487, 3712 Lamprey, 3488 Lampris guttatus, 3459 Larvæ of Plutella porrectella, 3436; of Micro-Lepidoptera, on rearing, 3494; of Polyommatus Artaxerxes, &c., probable mode of detecting, 3624 Launce, sand, 3487 Lepidogaster bimaculatus, 3486 Lepidoptera, captures of, in the New Forest, Hampshire, 3334; at Sutton Park, Warwickshire, 3334; search for pupa, at the roots of trees, 3334; captures of, in Cannock Chase, &c., 3396; minute, new method of capturing and killing, 3433; captures of, in the neighbourhood of Putney, Surrey, 3435; taken at Lower Guiting, on the Cotswolds, 3494; captures of, near Stowmarket, 3625 Ledipopterous insects in the British Museum, 3580 Leptocephalus Morrisii, 3487 Leuciscus Phoxinus, 3461 'Life of the Rev. William Kirby,' notice of, 3537 |