THE ANNALS 



AND 



MAGAZINE OF NATURAL HISTOEY, 



INCLUDING 



ZOOLOGY, BOTANY, and GEOLOGY. 



(bKING a continuation of the ' ANNALS ' COMBINED WITH LOUDON AND 

 CHARLESWORTh's 'magazine OF NATURAL HISTORY.') 



CONDUCTED BY 



PRIDEAUX JOHN SELBY, Esq., F.L.S., 



CHARLES C. BABINGTON, Esq., M.A., F.R.S., F.L.S., F.G.S., 



J. H. BALFOUR, M.D., Prof. Bot. Edinburgh, 



AND 



RICHARD TAYI^ifi. F.L.S., F.G.S. 



VOL. XVIL— SECOND SERIES. 



LONDON: 



PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY TAYLOR AND FRANCIS. 



SOLD BY LONGMAN, BROWN, GREEN, AND LONGMANS; SIMPKIN, MARSHALL, 



AND CO.; PIPER AND CO.; BAILLli:RE, REGENT STREET, AND PARIS : 



LIZARS, AND MACLACHLAN AND STEWART, EDINBURGH : 



HODGES AND SMITH, DUBLIN : AND ASHER, BERLIN. 



1856. 



