CONTENTS. 



Vll 



excite wind; and a Notice of an ob- 

 served Manifestation of Aurora Bo- 

 realis, and of the Occurrence of an 

 Earthquake. By Samuel Marshall, Esq. 306 



Monthly Means of the Barometer and 

 Thermometer, and Quantity of Rain, at 

 Ash field, near Falmouth, Cornwall, 1835. 

 By Lovell Squire, Jun., Esq. - - - 313 



Remarks in Recommendation of a System 

 of Calendars of Natural Appearances. 

 Extracted from a Letter from the Rev. 

 W. T. Bree, M.A. - - - 314 



An Advocation of the Prosecution of Me- 

 teorology ; and Considerations on Lunar 

 Halo, viewed as a Prognostic of Wea- 

 ther. By J. G. Tatem, Esq. - . 357 



A supporting of the Propositions that have 

 been offered for instituting an Associa- 

 tion of Meteorologists in Britain ; and a 

 Notice of certain Means necessary, and 

 Objects proper, to such an Association. 

 By W. R. Birt, Esq. - - - 360 



Considerations opposed to Mr. White's 

 Theory of the Principles upon which 

 Clouds are suspended. By W. W. C. . 361 



Views on the Modes of Formation, and a 

 Notice of the Characteristics, of the 

 Kinds of Cloud, Cumulus and Cirrus, 

 and certain Varieties of these. By W. R. 

 Birt, Esq,. - £• T*vWZ - 362 



Remarks, in Furtherance of the proposed 

 Institution of a Society of Meteorologists 

 in Britain. By J. G. Tatem, Esq. - 422 



An Approval of the Proposition of insti- 

 tuting a Cooperative Use, in different 

 Stations in Britain, of uniform Meteoro- 

 logical Journals ; and a Notice of Kind 

 of Rain Gauge By T. K. - - 423 



A Notice respecting the Revival of " The 

 Meteorological Society of London, "which 

 was established in October, 1823; but 

 which has been in a State of Inactivity 

 for several Years. By Mr. VV. H. White 479 



On the Solar Eclipse of May 15. 1836 ; with 

 Observations upon the attendant Pheno- 

 mena. By J. G. Tatem, Esq. - - 532 



A few Observations on the Aurora Borealis 

 visible at Kensington on the Evening of 

 Oct. 5. 1836. By John Morris, Esq. - 574 



GEOLOGY. 



On the Fossil Remains of Elephants and 

 other large Mammalia found in Norfolk. 

 By Robert Bakewell, Esq. - - 37 



Rough Notes made during a Visit to the 

 Freestone Quarries of the Isle of Port- 

 land, on Wedensday, August 25. 1835. 

 By Wm. Perceval Hunter, Esq., Mem- 

 ber of the Geological Society of France, 

 &c.,&c. 97 



A Notice and an Enquiry on a rare Species 



of Fossil Shell discovered in a Chalk-pit 

 near Lewes, and deemed to be a Species 

 of Cbnia. By Robert Hudson, Esq. - 103 



Evidence in Argument that Remains of 

 Mastodon giganteus and Mastodon lati- 

 dens have been found in the Tertiary 

 Beds of Norfolk. By Samuel Wood- 

 ward, Esq. - 151 



Some Account of the Bursting of a Bog in 

 the County of Antrim, Ireland, on Sept. 

 >25. 1835; with some preliminary Re- 

 marks on the Nature, Extent, Origin, 

 &c, of Peat. By Wm. Perceval Hunter, 

 Esq., Member of the Geological Society 

 of France, &c. - - - - 251 



On a Fresh-water Deposit, containing 

 Mammalian Remains, recently disco- 

 vered at Grays, Essex. By John Mor- 

 ris, Esq. - - - - 261 



A Notice of the Occurrence of certain Bo- 

 dies in the Greensand at Cambridge, 

 that are similar to those found in the 

 Gault at Folkstone, as described in 

 p. 47. ; and some Information on the 

 Greensand and contiguous Strata at 

 Cambridge. By Delta - - 264 



A Lecture on the Mineralogy [and the 

 Geology] of Nova Scotia. By Titus 

 Smith - - - - - 368. 575 



Description and Figures of £Tniodist6r- 

 tus Bean, and Cypris conc^ntrica Bean, 

 from the Upper Sandstone and Shale of 

 Scarborough ; and Cypris arcuata Bean, 

 from the Coal Formation of Newcastle. 

 By William Bean, Esq. - 376 



A Notice of two hitherto undescribed 

 Species of Radiaria, from the Marlstone 

 of Yorkshire ; and Remarks on the Or- 

 ganic Remains in that Stratum. By 

 Mr. W. C. Williamson, Curator to the 

 Manchester Natural History Society - 425 



A Notice of the Geological Conditions 

 ascertained from two Sections in the 

 Brickfield, Copford, Essex. By John 

 Brown, Esq. - - - - 429 



Observations on the Causes which occasion 

 the Variation of Temperature between 

 Spring and River Water. By J. R. - 533 



Abstract of a Paper read before the Mem- 

 bers of the British Association at Bris- 

 tol, August 26. 1836, entitled " On some 

 Fallacies involved in the Results (relat- 

 ing to the comparative Age of Tertiary 

 Deposits) obtained from the Application 

 of the Test recently introduced by Mr. 

 Lyell and M. Deshayes." By Edward 

 Charlesworth, Esq., F.G.S. - - 537 



On some Deposits containing Mammalian 

 Remains, at Maidstone, Kent. By John 

 Morris, Esq. 593 



MISCELLANEOUS INTELLIGENCE. 



; SHORT COMMUNICATIONS. 

 ZOOLOGY. 



The Musical Rat-catcher, 105 ; Combat be- 

 tween a Hen and a Rat, 105 ; A Robin has 

 mistaken a stuffed Robin for a live one, 106 ; 

 The Grasshopper Warbler (Sylvia Locus- 

 tella Latham), 136 ; Swallows, an extended 

 String used as a Perch by certain, 107 ; A 

 kind of Duck deemed a Wild Hybrid, be- 

 tween the Pintail and the common Wild 

 Duck, 107 ; The Woodcock sometimes breeds 

 in Britain, 107 ; Flies seen with a Globule of 

 Fluid at the tip of the Proboscis, and ob- 

 served alternately to absorb and regorge it, 

 107 ; Affection shown by the domestic Cat 

 to the young of other species of Animals, 

 199 ; Attachment of a female Cat to two 

 Leverets, 200; Pigeon fostering the young 

 of a Cat that is wild in St. Vincent, 201 ; 



Feathers in the Gizzard of the larger Species 

 of Grebe, and why ? 202. 297 ; The ocellated 

 Blenny, a Locality of; and the Indenture in 

 the Dorsal Fin of, is not an invariable Cha- 

 racter, 203 ; The Locust has been recently 

 taken alive in Ireland, 203 ; The Carrion 

 Crow ; the subjects of its Fo-:d, and that of 

 the term of its age, 315 : A Bird's Nest with 

 an Egg in it, found within the Wood of an 

 Oak Tree, 315 ; Toads found incarcerated in 

 Stone and in Timber, 316; The Natterjack 

 occurs wild in Ireland, 316 ; The Natterjack 

 is common at Bootle, near Liverpool, 317 ; 

 Common Frog, the Questions in II. 20!). on 

 the external Characters of the Sexes of, and 

 which of the Sexes it is that croaks, &c, 

 317; Frog known to whistle ; 317; Frogs, 

 the Notices of Showers of, in II. 103. 318 ; 

 Herring Fry found in Quantity upon Land, 



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