CONTENTS. 



Extracted from a Letter addressed to C. 

 Waterton, Esq. - - 41 



Notes on Natural Objects observed while 

 staying in Cuba. By R. C. Taylor, Esq., 

 F.G.S.L., Member of the Geological So- 

 ciety of Pennsylvania, &c. - - 449 



Notices of Modes of capturing Fishes ; One 

 in India, One in the British West Indies 457 



A Notice of the Elephant's Mode of Pro- 

 gression. By J. G. Tatem, Jun., Esq. - 459 



Notes on the Habits of the Windover Hawk. 

 By Charles Waterton, Esq. - - - 460 



A Description of the Characteristics of a 

 kind of Trigla hitherto confounded with 

 the 7Mgla B16ch», with Figures. By 

 Jonathan Couch, Esq., F.L.S. - -463 



Some Remarks on Mr. N. Wood's British 

 Song Birds. By C. J 515 



Notice of the Arrival of Twenty-one Mi- 

 gratory Birds in the Neighbourhood of 

 Thetford, Norfolk ; together with some 

 of the scarcer Species that have been met 

 with in the same Vicinity, during the 

 Years 1834 and 1835, and the Spring of 

 1836 ; with Observations, &c. By John 

 D. Salmon, Esq. - - - - 520 



Notice of a Congregation of Moths found 

 in the Interior of a Tree of the False 

 Acacia (Robim'a Pseud-.4ciicia L.). By 

 J. O. Westwood, Esq., F.L.S. - - 528 



Reply to C. J.'s Remarks on Mr. Neville 

 Wood's British Song Birds. By Neville 

 Wood, Esq. - - - -566 



On the Habits of the American Flying 

 Squirrel (Pteromys volucella Cuv.). By. 

 D. W. C. - - - - 568 



Notice of the Occurrence of Dreissdn« po- 

 lym6rpha Vanbeneden in Northampton- 

 shire. By the Rev. M. J. Berkeley, M. A. 

 F.L.S. - - - - 572 



On the Species of Birds observed, during 

 the last Four Years, in the Vicinity of 

 Tooting, Surrey ; with a few Remarks on 

 their comparative Numbers and Distri- 

 bution. By Edward Blyth, Esq. - - 622 



Additional Remarks on Ldpas flnatifera. 

 By Edward Blyth, Esq. - - 638 



BOTANY. 



Observations on the Construction of Maps 

 for illustrating the Distribution of 

 Plants, with Reference to the Commu- 

 nication of Mr. Hinds on the same Sub- 

 ject. (Vol. VIII. p. 498.) By Hewett 

 C. Watson, Esq., F.L.S - - 17 



On the seed-dispersing Apparatus of the 

 musk-scented Heron's Bill (Erbdium 

 moschatum W.). By Robert Mallet, Esq. 22 



An iBstance, perhaps two Instances, of 

 Symphysis in Plants described. By B. D. 

 Walsh, Esq. 83 



A Notice of the Localities of Habitats of 

 some rare British Species of Plants. 

 By W. A. Bromfield, M. D. - - 85 



An Enumeration of Species and Varieties 

 of Plants which have been deemed Bri- 

 tish, but whose Indigenousness to Britain 

 is considered to be questionable. By the 

 Uev. J. S. Henslow, M.A., Regius Pro- 

 fessor of Botany in the University of 

 Cambridge - - - - 88 



Abstract of a Paper on Irish A')gw, read 

 before the Natural History Society of 

 Belfast on January 20. 1836. By Wm. 

 Thompson, iVice-President - - 147 



Views on the Use of the Nectary and Co- 

 rolla in Plants. By Mr. William Gar- 

 diner, Jun. - 195 



Localities of several Species of British 

 Plants, observed during the Summer of 

 1835. By Charles C. Babington, M.A. 

 F.L.S. F.G.S., &c 243 



A Notice of the Discovery in Britain of 

 what is supposed to be Gymnadtmia 



| odoratissima. By Mr. Wm. Pamplin, 

 Jun. - - - - - 475 



A Notice of the Fact, and of Particulars 

 on the Mode, of Sugarcandy being pro- 

 duced in the Flowers of .Rhododendron 

 ponticum L. ; and a Notice of the Effect 

 on the Germination of the Seeds of an 

 Acacia Necker of Boiling them variously. 

 By the Rev. J. S. Henslow, M.A., Pro- 

 fessor of Botany in the University of 

 Cambridge - - - 476 



METEOROLOGY. 



Particulars on Appearances of Instances 

 of Aurora Borealis at High Wycombe, 

 Bucks, on Nov. 18—19. 1835. By James 

 G. Tatem, Esq 23 



Particulars on Appearances of Instances 

 of Aurora Borealis at Swanswick, near 

 Bath, on Nov. 17—18, 18. 1835. By 

 - . 26 



Particulars on Appearances of Instances 

 of Aurora Borealis observed in the 

 Neighbourhood of London, on Novem- 

 ber 17—18. and 18. 1835 ; and on Events 

 in the Weather subsequently : with Re- 

 marks relative to the Question of the 

 Shower of Meteors annually occurrent 

 about Nov. 13. By W. H. White, Esq. 28 



Notices of Facts in Application to the 

 Question of the Occurrence of an ex- 

 traordinary Display of Meteors every 

 Year on about Nov. 13. ; and on the Dis- 

 plays of Aurora on Nov. 17, 18—19, 1835. 

 By the Rev. W. B. Clarke A.M., F.G S. 29 



Remarks on Appearances of the Display of 

 Aurora on Nov. 18. 1835, as observed in 

 Norfolk. By Mr. Samuel Taylor. Ex- 

 tracted from a Letter to the Conductor - 31 



A Statement of the Condition of the Wea- 

 ther, chiefly the Direction of the Wind, 

 before and after Instances of Aurora 

 Borealis, observed at Dundee in 1833 

 and 1834 ; and an Account of Instances 

 of Aurora Borealis, and other Meteoric 

 Phenomena, observed at Dundee in Dec. 

 1834, and in part of 1835. By Mr. Wil- 

 liam Gardiner, Jun. ... - 31 



A Notice of the Display of Aurora on Nov. 

 18. 1835, as observed, at Norwich. By 

 Samuel Woodward, Esq. - .36 



Accounts, from American Newspapers, of 

 Instances of Aurora Borealis observed in 

 North America, on Nov. 17. and 18. 1835; 

 transmitted by Dr. Dana to Dr. Dalton, 

 and communicated, with the Permission 

 of the latter, for publication in this Ma- 

 gazine. By J. H. Stan way, Esq., Fellow 

 of the Royal Astronomical Society - 91 



A Notice of Appearances of the Sky in 

 Guernsey on the Nights of Nov. 17. and 

 18. 1835, in relation to the Instances of 

 of Aurora Borealis seen in these Nights 

 in England ; and of Appearances of a 

 splendid Meteor seen in Guernsey and 

 Jersey in the Morning of Jan. 12. 1836. 

 By F. C. Lukis, Esq. , - - .154 



Facts on the Climate at and about Ken- 

 mure Castle, by New Galloway, Kirk- 

 cudbrightshire. By Mr. Robert Lorimer, 

 Gardener at Kenmure Castle - -198 



Some Discussion on the Principles on 

 which Clouds are suspended, with a Re- 

 commendation, that those who pursue 

 Meteorology do so cooperatively. By 

 Mr. W. H. White - - . 247 



Proposals for instituting Meteorological 

 Stations in various Parts of Britain, and 

 a cooperative Use of them. By Mr. 

 W. H. White - - - 305 



Summary of the State of the Weather and 

 Temperature at Kendall, Westmoreland, 

 in 1835, with Remarks ; a Speculation on 

 the Atmospheric Conditions which may 



