Note on the "yellow boa," 3757 Notes on the habits of some species Otter in Derbyshire, 3905; Note on Lepidoptera bred from larvæ, Note on the Acarus of the hornbill, Notice of the habits of Myrmica domestica, Shuck; together with some account of a means of turn- ing the industry of this minute ant to account in the preparation Mountain finch, near Dorchester, 3982; Note on the reproduction of the frog, 3989; Note on Ache- rontia Atropos, 4001; Dotterel near Dorchester, 4053; Note on List of the Echinodermata hitherto 3781; Note on a variety of the Capture of the blue-throated warb- the thrush warbler, 4014; Mon- Note on the late occurrence of the blackcap warbler, 3753; Note on a variety of the green woodpecker, kestrel hawk, 3905; Note on the geographical distribution of Acci- piter Tachiro and Terckia cinerea, Golden oriole in Norfolk, 3906; Note on the supposed occurrence of the Apteryx in Anglesea, and on the capture of Galbula rufi- shrike destroying small birds, 3981; Note on a wingless bird the power of fascination as exer- cised by a fox, with some remarks on the exercise of a similar power 4049; Note on the vulture or the occurrence in Sweden of Plu- vianus Egyptius, 4096; Note on tern, Note on the occurrence of cracker near Yarmouth, 4124 ; GURNEY, SAMUEL, JUN. Note on the conveyance of fish- Notes on the Ophiuridæ obtained HAWKER, REV. WILLIAM HENRY, M.A. Hampshire, 3764; Note on large HAWKINS, REV. R. W. Chorocampa Celerio in Stafford- HAWLEY, JOHN R. Snakes with two heads, 4158 HEWITSON, WILLIAM C. Note on the cole titmouse, Swallows HOGAN, ARTHUR R. Inquiry respecting certain appeu- HOGG, JOHN, F.L.S. On the artificial introduction of a Swale, and a tributary stream in HUSSEY, REV. ARTHUR, M.A. Note on frogs and toads inclosed in IRBY, L. H. Note on the early appearance of the Capture of Aphanisticus pusillus in Chrymodes Templi near Hudders- On "robber-bees," as described by Note on the supposed abundance of bat in Suffolk, 3804; Note on singularly placed nests of the pheasant and red-legged partridge, 4073; Correction of a previous error respecting the masked gull, 4074 NORMAN, ALFRED Merle Land and fresh-water Mollusca of Oxford and its neighbourhood, 3761; Note on the reproduction of frogs, 3912; Limax Gagates near Tenby, S. Wales, 4048; Note on the late nidification of birds, 4072; Notes on the Oxfordshire shells, 4126 PICKARD-CAMBRIDGE, OCTAVIUS On "Robber-bees;" the phenomenon thus denominated attributed to the presence of the honey-moth, 3746; Abstinence of a spider, 3766; Skin of a large snake, 3809; Note on the supposed total abstinence of a spider, 3882; Woodcocks breeding in this country, 3910; Note on the supposed late appearance of insects, 4129 PLANT, JOHN Toads in stone, 3808 PLANT, N. Proceedings of Natural-History collectors in foreign countries, 3723 POWYS, HON. T. L. Captures of various birds in Oxfordshire, 3805; Sandwich tern near Oxford, 3946 RODD, EDWARD HEARLE Long-eared owl and fire-crested Re gulus near Penzance, Supposed occurrence of the rufous swallow near Penzance, 3753; Unusually large woodcock, 3754; Forktailed petrel near Penzance, 3756; Stone plover near Penzance, 3815; Fire-crested Regulus near Penzance, 3845; Gray-headed wagtail near Penzance, 3919; Note on the song of the willow wren and chiff-chaff, 3943; Rosecoloured pastor at the Land's End, 3945; Temminck's stint near Penzance, 4053; Roller near the Land's End, 4123 ROSE, JOHN, A.M., M.D. Notice of the decease of the Rev. SANG, JOHN Psecadia funerella in Yorkshire, Hypercallia Christiernana at Castle Eden, 4001 SARGINT, EDWARD H. Pennant's globe-fish near Ardmore, SCOTT, JOHN A plan suggested to promote Entomology in Scotland, and another to assist the student, 3773; Food and transformation of the larva of Elachista locupletella, 3778; Are Telephorus rusticus and T. lividus the male and female of one species? 3919; Notes on a short excursion to Rannoch, 4075; Note on the larva of Eudorea murana, 4077 SHIELD, RICHARD New locality for Eudorea lineola, and note on the larvæ, 3778; List of Micro-Lepidoptera taken in the vicinity of Dublin during the year 1853, 4152 SLANEY, W. H. Jackdaws taking the eggs and young of other birds to feed their own young with, 3983; Note on tench and pike, 4020; Notes on squirrels, 4051; Further note on tench and pike, 4100 SMITH, REV. ALFRED CHARLES, M.A, Collared pratincole in Wiltshire, 3843; On the persecution of birds and animals, unhappily so general in this country, 3901; Note on a partridge's nest in a stubble-rick, 3945; Young ducks nursed by a cat, 3946; Observations on the general colour and the occasional variations in the plumage of birds, 3969; Observations on the harmlessness of the hedgehog, 4009; Note on the nesting of the reed-wren, 4095 SMITH, FREDERICK Notes on the Hymenoptera of Southend and its vicinity, 4077 SPODE, JOSIAH Apteryx at large in Wales, 3815 STAINTON, H. T. An introduction to the study of the Nepticulæ, 3952; A glance at the present state of our knowledge of the Coleophora, 4025 STEELE, LIEUT.-COL. THOS. The great sea-serpent, 3756 STEPHENS, J. F., F.L.S., Z.S., &c. Reply to Mr. Doubleday's "Notes on Mr. Stephens' 'Catalogue of List of the land and fresh-water Mollusca found in Aberdeenshire and Kincardineshire, 3878 TEMPLER, WILLIAM F. On the geographical distribution of the British Mollusca, 3990 THOMPSON, WILLIAM Description of a young lobster measuring only nine lines, 3765; Golden oriole near Weymouth, 3906; Hoopoe in May, in the Isle of Portland, 3909; Note on a monstrosity in the earth-worm, 4001; Description of a specimen of the lesser forked beard, with an announcement of the occurrence of that and two other rare British fishes at Weymouth, 4097; Rosy feather-star, &c., at Weymouth, 4108; General NaturalHistory Society, 4117 TOMES, ROBERT F. Note on the copulation of swifts, 3943 TRISTRAM, REV. H. B. Little auk in the city of Durham, 3755; Water-shrew at Castle Eden, 3905; Jacamar in Lincolnshire, 3906; Great snipe near Durham, 3911; Note on the grasshopper warbler, 4123 WAKEFIELD, R., F.L.S., &c. Note ou robber bees, 3769; Gasterosteus leiurus, or probably G. trachurus, 3760; Swallows in November, 3806; Myrmica domestica, 3810 WALCOTT, W. H. L. Note on the scarcer species of Andrena being found on the catkins of the willow, 3780 WALLACE, ALfred R. Some remarks on the habits of the WALPOLE, WILLIAM WHITE Catalogue of the land and freshwater shells inhabiting the neighbourhood of Dublin, 4022; Catalogue of marine Mollusca inhabiting the Dublin coast, 4101 WARINGTON, ROBERT Note on his aquarium, 3881; On preserving the balance between the animal and vegetable organisms in sea water, 4118 WAYNE, W. H. Susceptibility to cold of Sylvia Trochilus, 3907 WEBB, G. J. The osprey in Surrey, 3753 WOLLEY, EDWARD Otter in various localities, 3843 WOLLEY, JOHN Supposed occurrence of a specimen of the Severn swallow at Derby in 1850, 3806 YARRELL, WILLIAM Petrel new to Britain on the West coast of Ireland, 3947 X ALPHABETICAL LIST OF SUBJECTS. Algæ, fresh-water, stellate bodies occurring in the cells of, 3892 Alopiidæ, 3846 Anarrhichadidæ, 3951 Andrena, scarcer species of found on the catkins of the willow, 3780 Anecdote of a cat and kestrel hawk, 3905; of the oared shrew, 4047; of the power of fascination as exercised by a fox, 4049 Animal, warm-blooded, reproduction of the lower extremities in, 4068 Animals, persecution of, 3901; predaceous, power of fascination exercised by, 4049 Animal and vegetable organisms in sea water, 4118 'Annals and Magazine of Natural His tory,' 3815, 3858, 3870, 3900, 4039, 4062, 4088, 4150 Anobium striatum, perforation of a cistern by, 3781 Anomæarthria cæruleipennis, 3828 Apteryx at large in Wales, 3815; in Auk, little, in the city of Durham, 3755; near Edinburgh, 3832; near Worthing, 3907 Balistidæ, 3847 Bat, reddish-gray, in Suffolk, 3804; in Ireland, 4012 Bats, habits of some species of, 3936 Bees, hive, in want of a queen, 3779; do they look for a place to go to at swarming time? 3779; devoured by toads, 4097, 4110 Beetle, voracity of the larva of a, 3780 Bird, wingless, said to inhabit the island of Tristan d'Acunha, 4017 Birds, various, in Oxfordshire, 3805; migration of, and other natural phenomena, 3805; various, in Sussex, 3832; of Orkney and Zetland, additions to the list of, 3843; persecution of, 3901; autumnal songs of, 3962; general colour of, and occasional variations in their plumage, 3969; singing of in spring and summer in Ireland, 3980; small, destroyed by red-backed shrike, 3981; eggs and young of, taken by jackdaws to feed their own young with, 3983; late nidification of, 4072; migratory, in the Isle of Wight, 4094 |