VI 



CONTENTS. 



METEOROLOGY. 



Introductory Sketch of the Objects and Uses of nrfWoVnl «««;,%« 

 Meteorological Science. By E. W. Brayley, ^n Water-Spouts 

 , Jun. A.L,S. - - - 147 ! 



On the Modification of Clouds called Wind Reels. 

 By J. Rennie, M.A. - - 454 



. 4o8 



Part II. REVIEWS. 



Some Account of the Work now publishing by 

 M. Audubon, entitled The Birds of America. 

 By William Swainson, Esq. F.R.S. F.L.S. &c. 



43 



Catalogue of Works on Natural History, lately 

 published, with some Notice of those con- 

 sidered the most interesting to British Natu- 

 ralists - - 52. 160. 272. 360. 466 



Experimental Researches in Natural History. 

 By John Murray, F.S.A. F.L.S. &c. - 154 



1. A Geological Memoir on a part of Western 

 Sussex, with some Observations upon Chalk 

 Basins, the Weald Denudation, and Outliers 

 by Protrusion. By P. J. Martin 



2. On the Formation of the Valley of Kings- 

 . clere, and other Valleys, by the Elevation of 



the Strata that enclose them, and on the Evi- 

 dences of the original Continuity of the Basins 

 of London and Hampshire. By the Reverend 

 W. Buckland - - - 249 



Ornitholbgia, or the Birds ; a Poem,' in Two 

 Parts : with an Introduction to their Natural 

 History, and copious Notes. By James Jen- 

 nings, Author of Observations on the Dialects 

 of the West of England - -341 



Lepid6ptera Brit4nnica. Autore A. H. Ha. 

 worth. Pars IV, - - - 348 



Floral Emblems. By Henry Phillips, F.L.S. and 

 F.H.S., Author of Fomarium Britdnnicum 



350 



An Introduction to Geology ; comprising the 

 Elements of the Science in its present advanced 

 State, and all the recent Discoveries ; with an 

 Outline of the Geology of England and Wales. 

 By Robert Bakewell - - - 353 



Illustrations of British Entomology; or, a Sy- 

 nopsis of Indigenous Insects, containing their 

 Generic and Specific Distinctions ; with an 

 Account of their Metamorphoses, Times of 

 Appearance, Localities, Food, and Economy, 

 as far as practicable. By James Francis Ste- 

 phens, F.L.S,, Member of the Zoological So- 

 ciety, &c. - . - - 459 



Conversations on Geology : comprising a Fami- 

 liar Explanation of the Huttonian and Wer- 

 nerian Systems ; the Mosaic Geology as ex- 

 plained by Mr. Granville Penn ; the late Dis- 

 coveries of Professor Buckland, Humboldt, 

 Dr. MaccuUoch, and others - - 463 



Literary Notices - - - 64. 177 



Part III. COLLECTANEA. 



The General Subject 



Zoology 



Botany 



- 65. 178. 369 



- 66. 178, 371 



- 67. 179. 378 



Mineralogy and Geology 

 Meteorology 



69. 180, 383 

 71. 180. 384 



Part IV. MISCELLANEOUS INTELLIGENCE. 



Foreign Notices : 

 France 

 Germany 

 Netherlands 

 Italy - 

 Switzerland 

 Sweden 

 Denmark 



Asia 



Africa 



North America 



South America 



Australia 



72. 281. 385. 468 



73. 281. 368. 474 



283. 387 



73. 181. 282. 484 



73. 282. 387 



74. 282. 388 



485 



73, 283. 388 



181, 286. 389. 487 



286. 390 



74. 283. 390. 488 

 285. 391, 488 



Natural History in London - 74. 181. 286 



Natural History in the English Counties 82 



190. 289. 392. 490 



Natural History in Scotland 84. 191. 291. 399. 492 



Natural History in Ireland - 85, 192, 493 



Perennial Calendar for various Parts of Europe 



86. 193, 292 



Calendar of Nature for London 88, 193. 295 



402. 494 



Indicatorial Calendar 88. 194. 296 403,' 494 



Biography - - - 91. 403 



Queries and Answers 93. 196. 297. 407. 495 



Retrospective Criticism 94. 198. 301. 4ffJ. 496 



Notices - - - 96. 408 



' Erratum. 



Page 403. line 5. from bottom, for James L. Drummond, Esq. M.D, F.L.S, 

 read the Rev. Thomas D. Hincks, M.R.I. A. 



