contents. ix 



Swainson, William, 



Reply to his Reviewers ----- 494 



Thompson, William, F.L.S. 



Notes on the Natural History of a portion of the South West of 

 Scotland - - - - - - - 18 



Remarks on the Golden and Sea Eagles, (Aquila Chrysaetos 

 and Aq. albicilla) : and on the Bald Eagle, (Haliaetus leu- 

 cocephalus, Savig) ------ 146 



Notes on the Red Band Fish, (Cepola rubescens, Linn.) - 214 



Thompson, William, (of Hull). 



On the identity of Hunter's Delphinus bidentatus, Baussard's 

 Hyperoodon horifloriensis, and Dale's Bottle-head Whale - 221 

 Townsend, T. 



Notice of the capture of the White-tailed Eagle (Haliaetus al- 

 bicella, Selby) on the Suffolk Coast - 292 



Walker, F., F.L.S. 



Remarks relating to the Geographical Distribution of Insects 677 

 Wallace, W. C, M.D. 



Reply to Mr. Dalrymple ' On an undescribed Muscle in the 

 Eyes of Fishes - - - - - - 553 



Ward, N. B., F.L.S., &c. 



List of the Questions proposed to the Candidates for the Bota- 

 nical Prizes offered by the Society of Apothecaries - - 670 

 Waterhouse, G. R. 



Description of a Male specimen of Goliathus torquatus captur- 

 ed at Sierra Leone ------ 635 



Weissenborn, W., D.Ph. 



On the Influence of Man in modifying the Zoological features 

 of the Globe ; with statistical accounts respecting a few of 

 the more important species of Animals - 13, 65, 122, 239 

 Transmission of Experience in Birds in the form of instinctive 

 knowledge - - - - - - -50 



Instances of Longevity in Animals - - - - 109 



Remarks on Hydrophobia occurring among Foxes in Germany 226 

 - Description, Habits, &c. of the Bos urus - 305 



On Spontaneous Generation - 369, 621 



Note on the History of the Bos urus - 391 



Effects of the excessive and protracted cold of the last winter - 542 

 Letter pointing out some Errata in previous communications 13 

 On the peculiar insulation of the Nervous Currents in the Cha- 

 meleon ; with observations on change of colour in that animal 532 

 Record of the capture of a large specimen of Gypa'etos barbatus 



among the rocks of the Stockhorn mountain - - 567 



Instance of the rapid Flight of Pigeons - 567 



Instance of Jealousy in a Dog - 568 



Facts relating to the Hybernation of the Marmot - - 568 



Communication of a Letter containing information respecting 



the Nests of the Hirundo esculenta - 568 



Information respecting the Lake of Arendsee, in Madgeburg 569 

 On the Instinct of Animals - -514 



Remarks on Secale cornutum ----- 634 



On the transformation of Oats into Rye - 670 



Notice of the constitution of the German Scientific Association 678 

 Westwood, J. O., F.L.S. 



On Coptosoma, an anomalous genus of Heteropterous Insects 26 

 Remarks on Mr. Ogilby's Views of Zoological Nomenclature 204 



