384 Magazine of Zoology and Botany. 



Jardine, Sir W., Bart. ; Selby, P. J. ; and Johnston, G. 9 M.D. ; 

 conductors : The Magazine of Zoology and Botany. No. 

 1. June, 1836; 8vo, 112 pages, and 3 woodcuts in these, 

 2 plates of figures, most of them coloured. 3s. 6d. 



An abstract of the prospectus is given in our p. 278, 279. 

 That, and the following account of the contents of No. 1., 

 will be sufficient to enable the considerate reader to discern 

 the character of the work. 



" Some Remarks on the Study of Zoology, and on the 

 present State of the Science. By the Rev. Leonard Jenyns, 

 M.A., F.L.S., F.Z.S., &c." This contribution occupies 31 

 pages. It includes much instructive information on the prin- 

 ciples of modern zoology, and indications of the anticipations 

 that may be entertained of the science, under the prospect of 

 the continuous application of these principles. 



" On the Disunion of contiguous Layers in the Wood of 

 exogenous Trees. By Rev. J. S. Henslow, M.A., Professor 

 of Botany in the University of Cambridge." 3 and odd 

 pages, including 2 woodcuts. Instances have been met with 

 of the case of the occurrence of intervals between the con- 

 centric layers of wood in a tree, and inferences have been 

 argued from the case relatively to theories of the manner 

 in which the concentric layers are formed. Professor Henslow 

 has described, and inferred on, an instance that he had met 

 with. 



" The Natural History of the British Entomostraca. By 

 Wm. Baird, Surgeon." 6 and odd pages. This is the au- 

 thor's beginning of his treatise on the subject; and is a 

 succinct history of the progress of naturalists' knowledge of 

 the Entomostraca as to number of kinds, systematic rela- 

 tions, and habits. The author purposes to give, in a future 

 number, various interesting details " under the histor}' of each 

 genus." 



" Notices of British Fungi. By Rev. M. J. Berkeley, 

 M.A." [Author of Part II., on .Fungi, of Vol. V. of the 

 English Flora.~\ 8 pages. The author has proposed to sup- 

 ply, from time to time, detailed descriptions and figures of 

 such as are newly discovered, or are of any peculiar interest ; 

 and notices of newly discovered localities of the rarer species, 

 and any additional information on such as are already re- 

 corded. In this contribution, 37 species are noticed or de- 

 scribed. There are to be three plates of figures illustrative 

 of certain of them : one plate, supplied, bears figures, most 

 of them coloured, of 4 species, and details of them. 



" Contributions to the Ichthyology of the Firth of Forth. 



