INDEX TO BOOKS REVIEWED AND NOTICED. 



563 



by, reclining at tlie top, sa as to fall within its 



base, the thickness is gradually lessened ac- 



cording to the height, 244'. 

 Tarn, in birds, the shank, answering to the heel 



in quadrupeds, 147 ; in insects, tarsus implies 



the foot, 476. 

 Tentdcula, feelers, holders, 475. 

 Terra puzzolana, earth of which a cement is 



made, from Puzzuolo, in Italy, 547. 

 Thaldmi nervdrum opticdrum, tlie source whence 



the optic nerves originate, 16. 

 Thbrax, chest, 258. 

 Thyroid cartilage, a shield-shaped gristle, which 



forms the fore, upper, and largest part of the 



larynx, 405. 

 Toise, a French long measure, equal to 6-395 



English feet, 369. 

 Tr&chea, the windpipe, 21. 

 Trilobites, fossil shells which are three-lobed, 



295, 



Trbchi, MoUusca with a one-valved spiral shell, 

 529. 



Tunica conjunctiva, a delicate membrane of the 

 eye which lines the eyelids, and is reflected 

 over the anterior part of the bulb, 404. 



Tknica nictUans, the winking membrane, 210. 



U'mbo, boss, knob, most prominent part, 356. 



IPterus, tlie womb, 258. 



U^vea, explained, 15. 



Vadatbres, waders, 181. 



Vara, a Mexican measure equal to ZS^ English 

 inches, 30. 



Vina cd.ua, the largest vein in the body, so called 

 from its great cavity or hollow space, 408. 



Virtebrce, joints of the backbone, 241. 



Viscera, bowels, 504. 



Viva tutti, all alive together, 419. 



Whernstone, quernstone or gritstone, 277. 



Zygomatic processes, processes of the cheek- 

 bone, and bone of the temple, 406. 



INDEX TO BOOKS REVIEWED AND NOTICED. 



GENERAL SUBJECT. 



A.NNALES des Sciences Naturelles, 125. 



Branston and Co.'s Young Lady's Book, noticed, 

 67. 



Brayley's Utility of a Knowledge of Nature con- 

 sidered, noticed, 262. 



Bulletin des Sciences Naturelles, noticed, 84. 



Bulletin de la Societe ImperialedesNaturalistes 

 de Moscou, reviewed, 251. 



Cheek's Edinburgh Journal of Natural and Geo- 

 graphical Science, noticed, 66. 



Companion to the British Almanac for 1829, in- 

 eluding " Observations of a Naturalist," re- 

 viewed, 428. 



Drummond's Letters to a Young Naturalist, on 

 the Study of Nature and Natural Theology, 

 announced, 67 ; reviewed, 421. 



Encyclopeedia of Introductions to Natural His- 

 tory, announced, 86. 



Gardening and Naturalist's Annual, announced, 

 67. 



Grammar of Natural History in preparation, 

 262. 



Journal of a Naturalist, noticed, 184. 190. 



Murray's Aerial Electricity and Researches in 

 Natural History, 2d edition, 84. 151. 



Scientific Annual, announced, 67. 



Stark's Introduction to Natural History, no- 

 ticed, 86. 



ZOOLOGY. 



Archiv fiir Anatomic und Physiologic von 

 Meckel, noticed, 124. 



Gardens and Menagerie of the Zoological So- 

 ciety delineated, noticed, 64. 



Richardson's Faiina Boreali- Americana, 334. 



Swainson's Zoological Illustrations, 273. 457. 

 459. 484. 554. 



Thompson's Zoological Researches and Illus- 

 trations in Natural History, rev. 256. 555. 



Timbs's Zoological Series of Why and Be- 

 cause, or Knowledge for the People, re- 

 viewed, 422. 



"Wilson's Illustrations of Zoology, Nos. viii. and 

 ix., reviewed, 261. 



Youatt's Treatise on Canine Madness, noticed, 

 66. 



Zoological Journal, 98. 329. 482. 



ORNITHOLOGY. 



Hewitson's British Oology, or Illustrations of 

 the Eggs of British Birds, noticed, 428. 



Jardine's Wilson's American Ornithology, an- 

 nounced, 67. 



Lane's Figures of the Parrots, noticed, 555. 



Rennie's Architecture of Birds, reviewed, 380. 

 426. 



Rennie's Montagu's Ornithological Dictionary, 

 announced, 67 ; reviewed, 422. 516. 



ENTOMOLOGY. 

 Curtis's Guide to an Arrangement of British 



Insects, noticed, 429. 

 Fischer's Notice sur le Tettigopsis, nouveau 



genre d'Orthoptferes de la Russie, rev., 261. 

 Horsfield's Javanese Insects, noticed, 555. 

 Miilier's zur vergleichenden Physiologic des 



Gerichtssines, noticed, 124. 

 Rennie's Insect Architecture, rev., 39. 555. 

 Rennie's Insect Transformations, noticed, 53. 

 Stephens's Illustrations of British Entomology, 



303. 488. 



CONCHOLOGY. 



Sowerby's General Conchology, noticed, 555. 



BOTANY. 



Banks's Plymouth and Devonport Flora, no- 

 ticed, 429. 



Flbra Alt&ica, noticed, 252. 



Greville's ^'ig£e Brit&nnicae, reviewed, 57. 



Maycock's FJora Barbadensis, noticed, 66, 



Sowerby's Supplement to English Botany, re.^ 

 viewed, 64. 



Stokes's Botanical Commentaries, rev., 55. 



Wakefield's Introduction to Botany, 10th edit.,' 

 containing an Appendix explanatory of the 

 Natural Arrangement, 382. 



GEOLOGY. 



Hutton's Notes on the New Red Sandstone of 

 the County of Durham, noticed, 66. 



Woodward's Synoptical Table of British Or-. 

 ganic Remains, noticed, 65. ^ 



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