CONTENTS. 



Introduction 



Page 1. 



Part I. ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS. 



GENERAL SUBJECT. 



Some Remarks on Natural History, as a Means 

 of Education. By J. E. B. - - 10 



Observations on the Causes that have retarded 

 the Progress of Natural History in this Coun- 

 try, and on the defective State of our Public 

 Museums. The first of a Series of Essays, in- 

 tended to comprise a succinct View of the 



, System of Baron Cuvier, as contained in his 

 Regne Animal, and of his Researches on Fossil 

 Bones. By B. - - - 14 



Some Account of an Ascent and Barometrical 

 Measurement of Wha-ra-rai, a Mountain in 

 the Island of Owhyhee : extracted from the 

 MS. Journal of Archibald Menzies, Esq.F.L.S. 

 Communicated by Mr. Menzies - - 201 



On the Metamorphosis of the Reproductive Bo- 

 dies of some A'\gis, said to possess successively 

 an Animal and a Vegetable Existence. By A. 



305 



Remarks 'on the present State of Natural His- 

 tory in Germany. By W. J. - - 409 



On Juvenile Museums, with an Account of a 

 Boy's Herbarium. By J. Rennie, A.M. . 412 



ZOOLOGY. 



Account of the Habits of a Specimen of the 

 Simia Jacchus Linn., or Jacchus vulgaris 

 Geoff., now in the Possession of Gavin Milroy, 

 Esq., Edinburgh. Communicated by P. Neill, 

 Esq. M.A. F.R.S.E. Sec.W.S. - - 18 



Notice of the Habits of a Mangouste, kept alive 

 at Canaan Cottage, near Edinburgh. By 

 Alex. J. Adie, Jun., Esq. - - 20 



Some Remarks on the Habits of the Kingfisher. 

 By S. T. P. of Leeds - - 23 



Fanciful Ideas for a National Museum of Shells. 

 By Conchilla - - - 24 



The Cuvierian, or Natural, System of Zoology. 

 — Essay 1. On the distinctive Characters of 

 Vegetables and Animals, and the leading Phy- 

 siological Characters which serve as the Basis 

 for the Four Grand Divisions of the Animal 

 Kingdom. By B. - - - 97 



The Tests by which a real Mermaid may be 

 discovered. By Conchilla - - 106 



Anecdotes of a tamed Panther. By Mrs. Bow- 

 dich - - - - 108 



Some Account of a particular Variety of Bull 

 {B{)S Taurus), now exhibiting in London. By 

 Mrs. Harvey - - - 113 



Notes on the Bird of Washington (F&lco Wash- 

 ingtonzVirtrt), or Great American Sea Eagle. 

 By John James Audubon, Esq. F.L.S. F.R.S.E. 

 a-c. - - - lis 



An Introduction to the Study of British Orni- 

 thology. By J. N. A. - - 121 



Descriptive Notice of a Specimen of L^mur 

 tardigradus Lin., M^kis Cuv., kept alive for 

 some time at Edinburgh. By W. Baird, Esq. 

 Communicated to the Plinian Society in May, 

 1827 - - - - 2o8 



Notice of a remarkable Hare (Zepus timidus 

 L.), caught at Dunfanaghy in Donegal. By 

 John V. Stewart, Esq. - - 216 



An Arrangement of the different Species of 

 Falcons found in Great Britain. By T. F. 217 



Some Account of Francesco Redi's Experiments 

 on the Generation of Insects. ByT„L. H. 



221 



Some Account of the Hessian Fly. By the Rev. 

 William Kirby, M. A. F.R. and L.S. - 227 



The Cuvierian, or Natural, System of Zoology. 

 — Essay 2. On the Living Principle and its 

 Effects ; on Organisation and Muscular Mo- 

 tion ; and on Sensation and the Intellectual 

 Faculties and Instincts of Animals. By B. 309 



On the Aerial Spider. By John Murray, Esq. 

 F.S.A. F.L.S. F.H.S. &c. - - 320 



Account of a monstrous Production of the Sheen 

 Genus. By John Chichester, Esq. M.D. 325 



On the Manners of the Nuthatch. Bv H. S. 

 With a Note by W. Swainson, F.R.S, &c. 328 



Manners and Economy of the Pied Flycatcher. 

 By John Blackwall, Esq. - - 331 



On the Instinct of Insects. By J. H. Davies, 

 Esq. - - - - 332 



Sketches of Twentv-four American Song Birds. 

 By J. Rennie, A.M. - - -414 



Description and History of some of the princi- 

 pal British Insects : — Terminology. By A. J. 

 N. - - - - 421 



Remarks on British Landand Fresh-water Shells. 

 By Mr. Joseph Kenyon - - 42S^- 



BOTANY. 



A general Introductory View of the Jussieuean, 

 or Natural, System of Plants 30. 135. 238. 333 

 The principal Forest Trees of Europe, consider- 

 ed as Elements of Landscape. By J. G. Strutt 

 37. 242 

 Considerations on Botany, as a Study for Young 

 People, intended as an Introduction to a series 

 of Papers illustrative of the Linnean System 

 of Plants. By Miss Kent, Authoress of Flora 

 Domestica, Sylvan Sketches, &c. - - 124 

 An Introductory View of the Linnean System 

 of Plants. Bv Miss Kent, Authoress of Flora 

 Domestica, Sylvan Sketches, &c. - 228.429 

 Nutulffi Botanicje. By G. A. Walker Arnott, 

 Esq. - - - 240.339 



Contributions towards a F16ra Hibernica. Be- 

 ing a List of Plants not before observed wild 

 in Ireland : together with New Localities for 

 a few of the more Rare Ones. By Edward 

 i Murphy, Esq. A.B. Trin. Coll. Dublin - 436 

 i On the Natural Order of Plants, Dicotyledbnese, 

 I AnoncicecE. By Mrs. E. Bowdich - 438 



! On the Leaves of Maldxis paludbsa. By the 

 Reverend John Stevens Henslow, Professor 

 j of Botany in the University of Cambridge 441 



I MINERALOGY AND GEOLOGY. 



A short Notice of the Occurrence of Footsteps 

 in the Sandstone of Com Cockle Muir, Dum- 

 friesshire. By K. N. - - 144 



On the Crystallisation of Gold. By the Rev. 

 John Stevens Henslow, Professor of Botany 

 in the University of Cambridge - 146 



Progress of Geology - - - 442 



