IV 



PREFACE. 



has also been suggested to us that the Glossarial Index is no 

 longer necessary ; since our readers, from our preceding indexes 

 of this kind, and also from the general spread of Natural History 

 knowledge, as well as from all difficult terms being explained 

 when they first occur, may now be supposed to be able to dispense 

 with this kind of information. 



Our great object, in commencing the Magazine of Natural His- 

 tory, and in conducting it, as well as all the other publications 

 with which we are connected, has been, and is, to convey the 

 greatest degree of knowledge, to the greatest number, in the most 

 easy and agreeable manner, and with the least labour and loss of 

 time. With this aim, we shall continue our exertions ; encouraged 

 by our past success, anxiously inviting the continued support of 

 those who approve of our intentions, and sincerely thanking all 

 our contributors for that able cooperation which has rendered 

 this Magazine what it is. 



J. C. L. 

 Bayswatevy Oct. 1832. 



CORRECTIONS. 



Errors are corrected, as soon as noticed, in 

 the division of the Magazine entitled " Re- 

 trospective Criticism," which occurs in the 

 present volume at pp. 98. 193. 292. 393. 487. 588. 

 673. and 714. Besides the corrections made 

 under this head, the following are required : — 

 In p. 48. last two lines, for " the cuticle of the 

 stem and it bracteas have no perspiring 

 pores," read " the cuticle of the stem and its 

 bracteas has no perspiring pores." 

 In p. 340. line 2. from the bottom, for "the 

 ordinary length and size," read " half the 

 ordinary length and size : " the drawing was 

 reduced in the engraving, and the letterpress 

 was not altered accordingly. 



In p. 390, 391, 392. for « cilise » read " cilia." 



In p. 555. for " M.R." read " M.P." 



In p. 571. line 11. for " Avfcola" read " Ar- 

 vicola." 



In p. 589. line 18. for " collection in " read " col- 

 lection of." 



In p. 599. line 16. from the bottom, for " 6s in- 

 nominkta" read " 6$ innomin&tum." 



In p. 677. line 21. from the bottom, for " mo- 

 ment " read " enormous." 



In Vol. III. p. 6. in Mr. Dovaston's Biography 

 of Bewick, for " 1719 " read " 1819." 



In Vol. IV. in the Index, for " Hail in the 

 south of France, &c., 540," read " Hail, &c., 

 551." 



