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The straw of the oat seems to have been the first musical instrument, invented during the pastoral ages of the world, before the discovery of metals. Nivalis. Snowdrop. Six males, one female. The first flower that appears after the winter solstice. See Stillingfleet's Calendar of Flora.
The Sky Lark is mentioned in Professor Ansted's list as occurring only in Guernsey and Sark. It is, however, quite as common in Alderney and Herm. There is no specimen in the Museum. SNOW BUNTING. Plectrophanes nivalis, Linnaeus. French, "Ortolan de neige," "Bruant de neige." The Snow Bunting is probably a regular, though never very numerous, autumnal visitant, remaining on into the winter.
A very ornamental bulbous plant, of which the Dutch gardeners have many improved varieties, varying in the colour and size of the blossoms: these are usually imported in August, and should be immediately planted, as the bulbs will not keep long when out of ground, unless they are covered with sand. GALANTHUS nivalis.
'If we would ascend the highest member of the mountain group, the Monte Cavo, we must make the circuit of the north flank of the mountains of Marino, on the edge of the Albano Lake, and Rocca di Tassa, a picturesque village in the hollow mountain side, from which we climb through woods, abounding in Galanthus nivalis and Corydalis cava, to that summit which was the arx of Jupiter Latialis, and to which the thirty Latian cities ascended in solemn procession to offer their annual sacrifice.
Odonestis potatoria, sexual difference of colour in. Odour, correlation of, with colour of skin; of moths; emitted by snakes in the breeding season; of mammals. Oecanthus nivalis, difference of colour in the sexes of. Oecanthus pellucidus. Ogle, Dr. W., relation between colour and power of smell. Oidemia. Oliver, on sounds produced by Pimelia striata. Omaloplia brunnea, stridulation of.
BUIST, of Bombay, in commenting on this statement, writes to the Athenæum that: "The red colour with which the sea is tinged, round the shores of Ceylon, during a part of the S.W. monsoon is due to the Proto-coccus nivalis, or the Himatta-coccus, which presents different colours at different periods of the year giving us the seas of milk as well as those of blood.
Conspicuous colours may be of use to these insects, by giving notice that they are unpalatable. Mr. Ch. Some cases, however, are known of sexual differences in colour in this Order. The Oecanthus nivalis, Harris, 'Insects of New England, 1842, p. 124. Mr. Little need here be said, except as to colour.
The sexes must not be taught in one room to discard such ugly and inexpressive terms as snow-drop, meadow-sweet, heart's-ease, fever-few, cowslip, etc., and learn to know the cowslip as Primula veris by class, Pentandria monogynia; and the buttercup as Ranunculus acnis Polyandria monogynia; the snow-drop as Galanthus nivalis Hexandria monogynia; and the meadow-sweet as Ulnaria; the heart's ease as Viola tricolor; and the daisy as Bellis perennis Syngenesia superflua."
The principal food of the reindeer in the barren grounds consists of the Cetraria nivalis and cucullata, Cenomyce rangiferina, Cornicularia ochrileuca, and other lichens, and they also eat the hay or dry grass which is found in the swamps in autumn. In the woods they feed on the different lichens which hang from the trees.
Neither plant nor bird, excepting a few condors wheeling around the higher pinnacles, distracted my attention from the inanimate mass. I felt glad that I was alone: it was like watching a thunderstorm, or hearing in full orchestra a chorus of the Messiah. On several patches of the snow I found the Protococcus nivalis, or red snow, so well known from the accounts of Arctic navigators.
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