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tion of the swâllow, 762; Golden oriole in Kent, 762; Waxen chatterer in Sussex, 762; Martin, 763; Grey wagtail, 763; Hoopoe in Kent,

765.

SLANEY, W. H.

On the moorhen, 667; Habits of the hedgehog, 715; Singular death of two canaries, 764. SMITH, FREDErick.

Osmia bicolor and tunensis, 405; Economic habits of ants, 405; Humble bees without wings, 407; Descriptions of new bees, 408; British humble bees, 541; British wasp bees, 587; Osmia tunensis and O. bicolor, 609; Leaf-cutter bees, 689; Hymenopterous insects at Weybridge, 697; Pissodes Pini at Weybridge, 702; Philanthus triangulum, 736; Description of the British mason bees, 737. SPENCER, J. B.

Capture of great grey shrike, 761.
SPICER, J. W. G.

Anecdote of a young partridge, 575.
Flies found dead on hemlock, 582;
Dispersion of seeds by birds, 649;
Battle between two kestrils, 654;
Terrier poisoned by vermin infesting
a rat, 714; Cat hunting like a dog,

THOMPSON, W.

Echinodermata at Ramsgate, 415. THURNALL, C.

Stoat tamed, 615. TRATHAN, JAMES J. Pied wagtail, 452. TUKE, James H.

Nest of the long-horned owl, 562. TUKE, WILLIAM MURRAY.

Early incubation of the robin, 566. TURNER, Rev. WilliaM, M.A. Helix hybrida, 395; Habits of the hedgehog, 750; Rarity of the swift at Uppingham, 762; Ringdove's nest with three eggs, 766; Parasitism of Scopula prunalis, 774. WALMEsley, Vivian.

Water shrew, 428; Correction of remarks on the reed bunting, 568. WATERHOUSE, G. R.

Habits of Osmia atricapilla, 403;
Bones of enormous birds in New
Zealand, 454.

WAYNE, W. H.

On fieldfares, 724; On the Swift, 725; WEAVER, Richard.

Capture of Cordulia alpestris, 750. WEBSTER, THOMAS.

Fishes infested by insect parasites,

799.

WESTWOOD, JOHN O., F.L.S.
Serropalpus in Leicestershire, 701.
WILMOT, J. P.

Honey buzzards breeding in England,

437.

WINTER, J.

Colias Edusa at Winchester, 728. WOLLASTON, T. VERNON, B.A. Capture of Curculionidæ in Surrey, 412; Coleoptera in Gloucestershire, 477; Coleoptera near Cambridge, 612; Omias sulcirostris, 702; Locality for Cossonus Tardii, 702; Capture of Lebia Crux-minor, 750; Habits of Cossonus Tardii, 775.

ALPHABETICAL LIST OF SUBJECTS.

Abstinence in a beetle, 612; in a snail,
800.

Acarus found on a moth, 680.
Accentor, alpine in Devonshire, 566.
Acherontia Atropos, 473, 540.
Agriculture, ornithology applicable to,

561.

Agrotis, species of, 687; annexa, 683.
Alabama river, 703.

Alpine Accentor in Devonshire, 566.
Andrena argentata, description of, 409.
Anchomenus picticornis, description of,

414.

Animals, seeds sown by, 442.
Anthus petrosus at Kingsbury, 447.
Anticlea berberata at Epping, 581.
Ants, habits of, 405; nests, beetles inha-
biting, 475.

Apate capucinus in Kensington Gardens,

612.

Aphodius rufescens, variableness of, 612.
Argynnis Lathonia near Exeter, 398.

Badger near Melbourne, 615.
Bat, torpidity in a, 613.
Barn-owl, hooting of, 794.
Bee, economy of, 748.
Bee-tree, description of, 607..
Bees, humble, notes on the British, 541;
leaf-cutter, description of the Bri-
tish, 689; mason, description of the
British, 737; wasp, descriptions of
the British, 587; and laurel trees,
609.

Beetle, long abstinence of, 612; Bom-
bardier, 475; beetles inhabiting
ants' nests, 475.
Birds of Sussex, 430; migration of at
Redcar, 440; migration of in Der-
byshire, 440; migration of at Yar
mouth, 441; songs of, 442; enormous
bones of, found in New Zealand,
454; summer, arrival of near Twi-
zell House, 456; of prey in the
parish of Hursley, near Winchester,
490; in Isle of Wight, 516, 634.
nomenclature of British, 552, 553;
rare British in Derbyshire, 553, 644;
Rhymes relating to, 556; seeds
sown by, 561, 649; instinct in web-
footed, 578; and birds' nests, 647;
arrival of migratory at Bonchurch,
Isle of Wight, 649; at Northcha-
pel, near Petworth, 650; at Kings-

bury, Middlesex, 650; at Layton,
Essex, 651; at Epping, 651; at
Elvedon, 651; at Leicester, 652;
near Derby, 652; at Melbourne,
Derbyshire, 652; at Sheffield, 653;
at Hull, 653; at Elgin,.653; de-
parture of winter from Yarmouth,
654; breeding of some, resident
and migratory, 654; Arrival of sum-
mer on Barham Downs, 719; at
Pilling, 720; on Shooter's Hill, 720;
Nidification of at Elden, 722, 768;
Canary, singular death of, 764;
Black-headed gull, 455, 577.
Black redstart, 449, 494, 495.
Black rat, 616.

Blackbird, nest and eggs of, 493.
Blackcap, correction respecting, 450.
Boar-fish on the coast of Cornwall, 769.
Bombardier beetle, habits of, 413, 475.
Bombus, notes on the British species, 541.
Bones of enormous birds found in New
Zealand, 454.

Branchiæ in the imago of Pteronarcys
regalis, 478.

Bream, short sea, description of, 393.
Brepha Parthenias and Notha, 399.
British Association, 792.

Bullfinch breeding in confinement, 453.
Bunting, reed, correction respecting, 568;
snow at Derby, 569.
Butterfly, cabbage, variety of, 471; new
British, 682, 727.

Buzzard, honey, uesting of, 437; plumage
of, 491, 562; rough-legged at Hull,
491.

Callidium rubeocolle, 477.
Canary birds, club-footed, 726; singular
death of, 764.

Cape pigeon, 579.
Captures at Manchester, 399; with sugar,

399; of Lepidopterous insects, 400;
in Suffolk, 400; of Curculionidæ in
Surrey, 412; of Coleoptera in Hei-
nault Forest, 413; of Echinoder-
mata at Ramsgate, 415; of Clytus
4-punctatus, 476; of Coleoptera in
Gloucestershire, 477; of Lepidop-
tera, 484; of Lepidoptera near Sud-
bury, 485; of Coleoptera near Sud-
bury, 486; of emperor moth, 540;
of British birds in Derbyshire, 553;
of sturgeon near Great Yarmouth,
580; of Anticlea berberata at Ep-

ping, 581; of Apate capucinus, 612; of Coleoptera near Cambridge, 612; of red-legged falcon, 654; of Trochilium Ichneumoniforme, 683; of Lasciocampa Trifolii, 683, 734; of Agrotis annexa,, 683; of Mamestra suasa, 683; of Nyssia zonaria, 684; in Dunham park, 684; of moths at New Brighton, 684; of Lepidopterous insects at Preston, 685; of Lepidopterous insects at New Forest and Darenth Wood, 686; of Lepidopterous insects at Charlton, 687; of Yponomeuta sedella, 687; of Sarrothripus ilicanus, 688; of Hymenopterous insects at Weybridge, 697; of Coleoptera at Stirling, 698; of Coleoptera in Leices- * tershire, 699; of Coleopterous insects by night, 700; of Dendrophilus Cooperi at Hammersmith, 701; of Omias sulcirostris, 702; of Pissodes Pini at Weybridge, 702; of Mamestra suasa, 734; of Lepidopterous insects near Manchester, 734; of Lepidopterous insects at Charlton sandpit, 735; of Deilephila lineata, 736; of moths by means of sugar, 736, 800; of Philanthus triangulum, 736; of Coleopterous insects at Plumstead, 749; at Charlton, 749; of Lebia crux-minor, 750; of Cordulia alpestris, 750; of great grey shrike, 761; of Lithosia muscerda at Horning, 774. Carrion crow, food of, 656. Cat catching eels, 614; hunting like a dog, 714; nesting in a tree, 791. Caterpillar of Tenthredo, 609. Cave in Westmoreland, 709. Chaffinch, habits of in East Lothian, 570. Chatterer, waxen, in Sussex, 762. Cerura, note on the genus, 540. Clytus 4-punctatus, 476. Coleopterous insects, habits of, 410; af

fecting meadow lands, 475. Colias Edusa at Teignmouth, 396; at Sidmouth, 397; in Northamptonshire, 397; in the Isle of Wight, 397, 471; at Forest Hill, 397; var. Helice, 472; near Devonport, 484; at Yarmouth, 540; enquiry respecting, 682; at Winchester, 728; in Ireland, 728; near Bromfield, 729.

Colias Hyale at Epping, 398.
Conops flavipes, 688.

Cordulia alpestris in Scotland, 750.

Ctenicerus metallicus, habits of, 411. Cuckoo kept in confinement through the winter, 655.

Dabchick, habits of, 499, 767.
Death's head hawk moth, 398, 473, 540.
Deilephila lineata, capture of, 736.
Dendrophilus Cooperi at Hammersmith,

701.

Descriptions of short sea bream, 393; of Andrena argentata, 409; of Nomada baccata, 409; of Anchomenus picticornis, 414; of Hermerius impar, 415; of Toxotus rugipennis, 476; of Callidium rubeocolle, 477; of the British wasp bees (Nomada), 587; of a bee tree, 607; of Yponomeuta sedella, 687; of the British leaf-cutter bees (Megachile), 689; of Erebia melampus, 729; of the British mason bees (Osmia), 737; Pseudotomia Artemisiæ, 774.

Dipper, notes on, 450. Dirt daubers, habits of, 582. Diver, northern, change of plumage in, 455; occurrence at Penzance, 795; red-throated near Derby, 576.

Ducks nesting in trees, 767. Duck, prolific, 727; red-crested whistling in Norfolk, 576; wild, enquiry respecting, 669.

Dytiscus marginalis, voracity of, 701.

Eagle, sea at Elden, 443.

Echinodermata at Ramsgate, 415. Edible frog in Cambridgeshire, 393, 467, 677, 727.

Eels caught by a cat, 614.

Eggs, Guinea hen's, in a partridge's nest,

454; heron's, correction respecting, 575; Ichneumon's, on caterpillars, 749.

Emperor moth, mode of capture, 540. Entomology, enquiries in practical, 482. Epaphius secalis, 476.

Erebia Melampus, description of, 729.

Falcon, red-legged, capture of, 654. Fauna of Moray, 421, 502, 551; of Shetland, 459, 551.

Fieldfare, 656; late departure of, 724;

early arrival of, 724; note on, 724. Fishes, rare British at Redcar, 395; in

the Tweed, 468; notes on, 524; nidification of, 795; preservation of colour in dried, 799; infested by parasites, 799.

Cossonus Tardii in Devonshire, 702; ha- Flies found dead on hemlock, 582.

Fly catcher, pied, 452.

Food of the snipe tribe, 576; of the tad

pole, 579, 676.

Forked-beard, lesser, on the coast of Nor- Hedgehog, habits of, 714, 715, 750, 791;

folk, 532.

Formica rufa, 473.

Fossil sloths, 417.

Foumart, note on, 615.

Fox, anecdote of, 614, 790.

Frog, edible, in Cambridgeshire, 393, 467, 677, 727; shower of, at Selby, 677. Fulmar petrels near Yarmouth, 456.

Glowworm, male, luminous property of,
413; note on, 475; in Scotland, 612.

Goatsucker, note on, 445.
Golden oriole in Kent, 762.

Gordius aquaticus, 396.

Goshawk near Yarmouth, 491.

spines of, 715.

Helix hybrida, 395.

Hen changing the colour of her plumage, 667, 726.

Hermerius impar, 414.

Heron, night, in Cornwall, 575; egg,
correction respecting, 575.
Hipparchia Galathea, variety of, 471.
Honey-buzzard, nesting of, 437; rearing
its young in Britain, 562; plumage
of, 793.
Hoopoe nesting in Surrey, 564; occurring
in Cornwall, 659; in Kent, 765.
Humble bees without wings, 407, 475;
notes on the British, 541.

Grebe, crested in Middlesex, 502; red- Hunting spider, anecdote of, 680.

Habits of Osmia atricapilla, 403; Osmia
bicolor and O. tunensis, 403, 609;
of ants, 405, 409; of Coleoptera,
410; of Hylobius Abietis, 410; of
Ctenicerus metallicus, 411; of Bom-
bardier beetle, 413, 475; of wry-
neck, 433; stoat and weasel, 488;
of moorhen, 497, 667, 756, 767; of
dabchick, 499, 767; of salmon and
eels, 524; of missel thrush, 565;
of wagtail, 566; of grey wagtail,
568; of the hawfinch, 569, 659;
of the chaffinch, 570; of water-rail,
575, 669, 766, 794; of the black-
headed gull, 577; of the dirt-
daubers, 582; of Hylesinus Fraxini,
610; of water-beetle, 612; of red-
wings and fieldfares, 656; of a
pigeon, 659; of the ringdove, 660;
of Miscophns bicolor, 697; of the
hedgehog, 714, 715, 750, 791; of
stoat, 714; of grey crow, 723; of
the greater tit, 726; of wasp and
hornet, 748; of Cossonus Tardii, 775.
Halisarca Dujardinii, 750.
Hare, anecdote of, 420.
Hawfinch, habits of, 562, 659.

Hylesinus Fraxini, habits of, 610.
Hylobius Abietis, habits of, 410.

Iceland gull near Yarmouth, 502.
Ichneumon's eggs on caterpillars, 749.
Instinct in web-footed birds, 578.
Insect, Australian Hymenopterous, 749.
Kent, birds of, 718.

Kestril hawk, 491; battle between two,

654; and magpie, battle between,655.
King fish on the coast of Norfolk, 679.
Kingfisher, migration of, 766.
Kittiwake near Pont-y-pool, 727.

Larks, migration of, at Yarmouth, 452;
remarks on, 657.
Lasciocampa Trifolii, capture of, 683.
Lebia crux-minor, 750.
Lepidoptera bred from larvæ, 486.
Lithosia muscerda, capture of, 774.
Locusts in Yorkshire, 477; in India, 486.
Luminous property of male glowworm,

413.

Lycæna Phleas, var. of, 734.

Mamestra suasa, 683, 734.
Mammalia of Isle of Wight, 776.
Mancipium Daplidice near Exeter, 398.
Martin, nesting of, 763.
Mason bees, description of the British
species, 737.

Megachile, descriptions of the British
species, 689.
Merlin hawk, 491.

Microscopical Society, proceedings of,
447, 487, 536, 580.
Migration, see birds and fishes.
Miscophus bicolor, habits of, 697.

Hawk, Merlin, 491; kestril, 491; and Missel thrush, anecdote of, 444; song

weasel, battle between, 723.

Hawk-moth, death's head, 398, 473, 540.
Hedge sparrow, nest and egg of, 493;

nest of, 658.

of, 492; habits of, 565; nesting of,
656.

Moa, gigantic bird of New Zealand, 667.
Moorhen, habits of, 497, 667, 756, 767.

Moray, fauna of, 421, 502, 155. Moths, male emperor, captured by means of a female, 540; captured by sugar, 736, 800; developed by heat, 736.

Mylodon robustus, 417.

Passerine owl, 563.

Pastor, rose-coloured, at Thetford, 452.
Petrel Fulmar near Yarmouth, 456.
Pheasant, anecdote of, 667.
Philanthus triangulum atWeybridge, 736.
Pied flycatcher, 452.

Natica intricata compared with Natica Pied wagtail, correction respecting, 452.

glaucina, 770.

Naturalists' note books, 486. Nesting of honey buzzard, 437. Nest of greater titmouse, 447; of longhorned owl in trees, 562, 563, 655; of a robin in a watering-pot, 566; of a swallow, curious locality for, 657; of a hedge-sparrow, 658; of a wagtail, singular locality for, 726; of a ringdove having three eggs,

766. Nidification of swans, 669; of birds at Elden, 722, 768; of martins, 763. Night heron in Cornwall, 575. Night-hawk, note on, 445. Nomada baccata, 409; description of the British species, 587.

Nomenclature, a word on, 456; of British birds, 552, 553.

Nonagria crassicornis, 581.

Pigeon, Cape, 579; dovecot, anecdote of, 453; tame, perching in trees, 453; habits of a, 659.

Pipit, Richard's, near Devonport, 496;
tree, remark on, 658.
Pissodes Pini, at Weybridge, 702.
Plover, stilt, in New South Wales, 454.
Plumage, change of, in divers, 455;

changed by fright, 565; changed periodically in a hen, 667; changed in a domestic fowl, 726; annual change in a gull, 768. Polyommati in South Devon, 398. Polyommatus agestis, 682, 773; Artaxerxes, enquiry respecting, 682. Pontia Brassica, var. of, 471; enquiry respecting, 581, Metra, 681, 729. Pseudotomia Artemisiæ, 774.

Pteronarcys regalis, branchiæ in, 478.
Pupæ, effects of rain on them, 399.

Northern diver, change of plumage in, 455. Purpura capillus, development of, 533.

Note books, naturalists', 486.

Nyssia Zonaria, 684.

Ocys melanocephalus, 476.

Oil from glands used by birds to lubricate their plumage, 648.

Oil-gland, Waterton's Essay on, 674; re-
marks on Waterton's Essay, 751.
Omias sulcirostris, capture of, 702.
Opah on the coast of Norfolk, 679, 769.
Orgyia antiqua, hatching of the eggs of,

683.

Oriole, golden, in Kent, 762.
Ornithology applicable to agriculture,
561; of Kent, 617, 718.
Orthosia lunosa, 399.

Osmia, descriptions of the British species, 737; atricapilla, 403, 405; bicolor, 405, 609; tunensis, 405, 609. Osprey at Farnham, 443; in Yorkshire,

443.

Otter, note on, 714; breeding on the
banks of the Trent, 775.
Ouzel, ring near Farnham, 444.
Owl, long-horned, nesting in trees, 562,
563, 655; enquiry respecting a nest
of, 492; passerine, 563; little Italian
673; barn, hooting of, 794.

Pagellus curtus, description of, 393.
Pamphila linea, variety of, 683.
Parrot, grey, breeding in England, 725.
Partridge, anecdote of, 574, 575.

Reed bunting, correction respecting, 568.
Regulus, fire-crested, at Yarmouth, 451.
Reptiles mentioned in Shakspeare's Play,
385.

Rhymes relating to birds. 556.
Richard's pipit near Devonport, 496;

error respecting, 556. Ringdove, food of, 454; habits of, 660; nest with three eggs, 766. Ring-ouzel near Farnham, 444. Robin nesting in a watering-pot, 566; early incubation of, 566. Roller in Cornwall, 794.

Rooks, anecdote of, 574; cause of the

nudity of the throat, and absence of nasal bristles, 628; habits of, 656. Rose-coloured pastor at Thetford, 452.

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