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Zoological Journal. 



147 



seen near the Tees since that sent to 



Ray. Of MoUusca nuda,or shell-less 



mollusca, 7 species are enumerated, 



including the officinal Cuttle Fish 



(iSepia officinalis Lin.) {fig. 147.), 



often cast up on the shore at Seaton, 



and from which is taken the cuttle 



bone, formerly used in medicine. Of 



Mollusca testacea 54 species are enu- 

 merated, chiefly bivalve shells; of 



M. cirripedes, z species ; of M. anne- 



lidae, 4 species ; of M. radiaria, 1 6 



species; and of M. polyperia no 



fewer than 54 species, including the 



Sea Fir (Sertularia abidtina) (y?g. 148. a\ a coralline very common on 

 <f^.f«n.^^/i&&^sS^>Cfc^_ h #* _^ shells and other substances; 



Tubularia ramosa {b), a 

 branched tubular coralline, 

 also very common ; Cellu- 

 laria cornuta, a horned cel- 

 lular coralline, also com- 

 mon ; Millepora foliacea 

 (c); Corallina officinalis (c?), 

 very common; and iS'p6ngia 

 urens, occulata {fig. 149. 

 a), and fluviatilis {b\ three 

 British sponges by no means 

 uncommon. 



The plants are arranged 

 according to the natural 

 system, and enter into 50 



orders of Dicotyl^dones, 1 3 orders of Monocotyl^dones, and 8 orders of 



AcotyMdones. 



The geology of the vicinity of Stockton is comprised under, 1. lias; 2. 



red marl, or new red sand- ^ ^ 



stone j 3. magnesian lime- 

 stone ; 4. coal measures ; 



5. diluvium; 6. alluvium; 



and 7. basaltic dykes. 

 We should like to see 



gardeners set about form- 

 ing such catalogues of the 



natural history of their 



masters* estates, or of the 



Sarish in which they live. 

 Ir. Wood, of Deepdene, 

 is well qualified for form- 

 ing such a catalogue, and we 

 hope he will set the example. 



Vigors, N. A., Esq. A.M. F.R.S. G.S. and M.R.I.A., Secretary of the 

 Zoological Society, Editor, with the cooperation of several distinguished 

 Naturalists : The Zoological Journal, No. XII., January to March, and 

 No. XIII., April to July. London. 8vo. 10*. coloured; 75. 6rf. plain. 

 In these two numbers are some very interesting papers, most of them 



strictly scientific, and not of sufficient interest to attract the general reader ; 



but some of them, as Major Hardwicke's Loves of the Ants and Aphides, 



both scientific and amusing, and Mr. Colebrooke on Dichotomous and 



