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Richardson, J., M.D. page 



Birds and Mammalia collected during the last Arctic Land 

 Expedition under Sir John Franklin 132 



Sharpe, D. Esq. 



On the Luminous Appearance of the Ocean 24 



Smith, Andrew, M.D. 



Letter accompanying a Collection of Fishes from South 

 Africa 11 



Spooner, Mr. 



On the accumulation of Fat in Animals 164 



Swinton, G. Esq. 



Letter accompanying a Dugong (Halicore Dugong, 111.), 

 presented by 113 



Sykes, Lieut.-Col. W. H. 



Catalogue of the Mammalia of Dukhun (Deccan) ; with 

 Observations on their Habits, &c, and Characters of New 

 Species 99 



Characters of a New Species of Monkey (Semnopithecus?) 105 



Telfair, C. Esq. 



Account of a Collection of Birds from the Mauritius, pre- 

 sented by 41 



Account of a Collection of Fishes from the Mauritius, pre- 

 sented by 59, 61, 126, 165 



Letter on several Subjects relative to the Zoology of the 

 Mauritius and Madagascar 89 



Thompson, J. V. Esq. 



On the Metamorphosis of Crustacea 17 



Thursfield, R. Esq. 



Account of a Hybrid between the Hare and the Rabbit ... 66 



Vigors, N. A. Esq. 



Observations on the Genus Ortyx, with Characters of two 



New Species 2 



Observations on a Collection of Birds from the Himalayan 



Mountains, with Characters of New Genera and Species 



7,22,35,41,54, 170 



Characters of a New Species of Humming-Bird 12 



Characters of a New Species of Ground-Par rakeet (Platy- 



cercus, Vig.) 23 



Characters of the Phasianus lineatus 3 Lath. MSS 24 



On the absence of the os furcatorium in some of the groups 



of the Psittacida 36 



On a Collection of Birds from the Mauritius, presented by 



Mr. Telfair, with Characters of a New Species of Spoonbill 



(Platalea, L.) s . 41 



On a New Species of Owl (Strix, L.) from New Holland. . 60 

 On a New Species of Cockatoo (Plyctolophus, Vieill.) .... 61 

 On the Habits and Economy of the Frigate- Bird (Tachy- 



petes Aquilus, Vieill.) , , 62 



