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CONTENTS. 



a Queen. By Robert Huish, Esq., Author of 



" A Treatise on Bees " - - 604 



An Introduction to the Natural History of 



Molluscous Animals. In a Series of Letters. 



By G. J. Letter 10. On their Secretions . 611 

 On some Peculiarities in the Construction of 



the Nets of the common Garden Spider 



(Epelra diad^ma). By William Spence, Esq. 



F.L.S. 689 



Some Account of the ilmax Sow<5rbyi of Ferus- 



sac. By John Denson, Jun. A.L.S. - 693 



BOTANY. 



On ;the Parasitical Connection of Lathr£e"*a 

 Squam&ria, and the peculiar Structure of its 

 subterranean Leaves. Read at the I^innean 

 Society in November, 1829 - - 45 



An Account of the Sandal Wood Tree {Sdnta- 

 lum)f with Observations on some of the Bo- 

 tanical Productions of the Sandwich Islands. 

 By George Bennett, F.L.S., Member of the 

 Royal College of Surgeons in London, &c. £55 



On Variations in the Cotyledons and Primordial 

 Leaves of the Sycamore (.4^cer Pseudo-Plata- 

 nus L.). By the Rev. J. S. Henslow, A.M., 

 King's Professor of Botany in the University 

 of Cambridge - - - .. 346 



On the Fructification of the genus Chkra. By 

 the Rev. J. S. Henslow, A.M., King's Profes- 



f sor of Botany in the University of Cambridge 



348 



On the Varieties of Pkris quadrifblia, considered 



. with respect to the ordinary Characteristics 

 of Monocotyledonous Plants. By the Rev. 

 J. S. Henslow, A.M., King's Professor of Bo- 

 tany in the University of Cambridge - 429 



On the Dispersion and Distribution of Plants. 

 By J. E. L. - - . - 522 



GEOLOGY. 



Volcanoes. By W. M. Higgins, Esq. F.G.S., and 

 J.W. Draper, Esq. - - 164. 262. 632 



On the Effects produced by the Precession of 

 the Equinoxes. By Sir John Byerley, P'.R.S.L. 



172 



On the recent Discovery of Gold Mines in the 

 United States of America. By Robert Bake- 

 well, Esq. . - . - 434 



Remarks on the Formation of the Dead Sea, 

 and the surrounding District. By J.W. Dra- 

 per, Esq., and W. M. Higgins, Esq. F. G.S. 532 



Contributions to the Geology of Berwickshire. 

 By Robert Dundas Thomson, CM. and M.D., 

 of the Honourable East India Company's Ser- 

 vice. [Read before the Berwickshire Natu- 

 ralists' Club, December 21. 1831.] - 637 



METEOROLOGY. 



Observations made in the Neighbourhood of 

 High Wycombe, Bucks, on the Temperature 

 of the Atmosphere, on the Rain and the 

 Winds, of the Months of June and July, 

 during the last eight Years, and on the In- 

 fluence of tliese Meteorological Phenomena 

 on human Health. By James G. Tatem, Esq., 

 Member of the Loudon Meteorological So- 

 ciety . - - - - 350 



Notes on the Weather, in Switzerland, during 

 May, June, July, and August, 1831 ; and at 

 Rome, during Nov. and Dec. 1831, and Jan. 

 and Feb. 1832. By W, Spence, Esq. - 353 



REVIEWS. 



The British Naturalist; or. Sketches of the 

 more interesting Productions of Britain and 

 the surrounding Sea, in the Scenes which they 

 inhabit; and with relation to the General 

 Economy of Nature, and the Wisdom and 

 Power of its Author - - - 49 



Transactions of the Natural History Society of 

 Northumberland, Durham, and Newcastle 

 upon Tyne - - - - 71 



A Manual of the Land and Freshwater Shells 

 of the British Islands, with coloured Plates of 

 every Species. By W.Turton, M.D. -175 



A Flora of Berwick upon Tweed. By George 

 Johnston, M.D. &c. Vol. II. Cryptogamous 

 Plants 178 



Reise en Brasilien. By Dr. C. F. P. von Martins 

 and Dr. J. B. von Spix - - - 181 



Fauna Boreali-Americana, or the Zoology of 



the Northern Parts of British America 

 Part II., containing the Birds. By W. Swain- 

 son, Esq. F.R.S., and John Richardson, Esq. 

 M.D. F.R.S. &c. - - -360 



Insect Miscellanies. [Understood to be by Pro- 

 fessor Rennie.] - _ - 364 



The Botanic Annual ; or. Familiar Illustrations 

 of the Structure, Habits, Economy, Geo- 

 graphy, Classification, and Principal Uses of 

 Plants, with Notices of the Way in which 

 they are affected by Climate and Seasons, and 

 a short Sketch of Coniferae. By Robt. Mudie, 

 Author of " The British Naturalist," &c. 369 



Catalogue of Works on Natural History, lately 

 published, with some Notice of those con- 

 sidered the most interesting to British Natu- 

 ralists . 73. 186. 373. 441. 535. 647. 698 



Literary NoUcea - - 76. 189. 377. 443. 713 



Zoology 

 Botany 

 Meteorology 



COLLECTANEA. 



~ 77. 273. 379. 651. 000 

 - 87.000 



MISCELLANEOUS INTELLIGENCE. 



Foreign Notices - - - 92 



Natural History in Foreign Countries - 444 

 Natural History in the English Counties - 538 

 Natural History in Scotland - - 569 



Natural Hisiory in Ireland - - 576 



Monthly Calendar of Nature for Scotland - 97 



Hints for Improvements ... 587 

 Retrospective Criticism - 98. 193. 292. 393. 487. 

 588. 673. 714 

 Queries and Answers 104. 202. 396. 494. 678. 765 

 Obsequy. By John F. M. Dovaston, A.M., of 

 Westfelton, near Shrewsbury . - 111 



Index to Books reviewed and noticed 

 General Index . . - 



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