CONTENTS. 



Part I. ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS. 



GENERAL SUBJECT. 



An Account of Mr. Needham's original Dis- 

 covery of the Action of the Pollen of Plants ; 

 with Observations on the supposed Existence 

 of active Molecules in Mineral Substances. By 

 Robert Bakewell, Esq. - -1 



On certain Effects produced by Fresh Water on 

 some Marine Animals and Plants. Read to 

 the Belfast Natural History Society, by the 

 President, James L. Drummond, M.D., De- 

 cember 30. 1826 - - - 121 



Indications of Spring. By Robert Marsham, 

 Esq., and Lord Suffield. Communicated by 

 R. C.Taylor, Esq. F.G.S. - . 127 



Farther Observations on the Influence of Fresh 

 Water on Marine Animals. By Lieut. J. H. 

 Davies, R.M. Communicated by James L. 

 Drummond, M.D., President of the Belfast 

 Natural History Society - - 217 



Some Account of the Life, Genius, and Per- 

 sonal Habits of the late Thomas Bewick, the 

 celebrated Artist and Engraver on Wood. 

 By his Friend John F. M. Dovaston, Esq. 

 A.M., of Westfelton, near Shrewsbury 313. 428 



A Dissertation on the Ancient Hebrew Names 

 of Animals. By Mr. Archibald Gorrie, Annat 

 Gardens, Perthshire - - - 319 



On the Red Snow of the Arctic Regions. By 

 Thomas Nicholson, Esq. - - 321 



Some Account of the Progress of Natural His- 

 tory, during the Year 1828, as reported to the 

 Academy of Sciences at Paris by the Baron 

 Cuvier. By Mrs. Bowdich . .409 



Account of an Ascent and Barometrical Mea- 

 surement of Wha-ra-rai, a Mountain in the 

 Island of Owhyhee ; extracted from the MS, 

 Journal of Archibald Menzies, Esq. F.L.S. 

 Communicated by Mr. Menzies - . 435 



ZOOLOGY. 



Anecdotes of a Diana Monkey. By Mrs. Bow- 

 dich - - - - 9 



On riding on the Back of a Crocodile. By J. H. 

 P. H .13 



On the Arrival and Retreat of the British Hi. 

 rundines, with a Table of Arrivals and De- 

 partures, from 1800 to 1828. By the Rev. 

 W. T. Bree, M.A. . - . 16 



An Outline and Description of Centrbtus Ben. 

 netii and Hardwickw. By the Rev. William 

 Kirby, M.A. F.R.S. F.L.S. &c. . - 20 



The Natural History of Molluscous Animals. 

 In a Series of Letters. By G. J. - 22. 148 



The Cuvierian, or Natural, System of Zoology. 

 — Essay 3. The Characters of Vertebrated 

 Animals, and theirDivision into Four Classes; 

 Mammiferous Animals, Birds, Reptiles, and 

 Fishes. Distinctive Characters of each Class. 

 By B. . . . - . 128 



Observations on a preternatural Growth of the 

 Incisor Teeth, occasionally observed in cer- 

 tain of the Mammalia rod^ntia. By the Rev. 

 Leonard Jenyns, F.L.S. - - 134 



On the Kath of the Ancient Hebrews, con- 

 sidered as the Pelican of the Moderns. By 

 David Scot, M.D. M.W.S. F.H.S.E. - 137 



Descriptive and Historical Notices of British 

 Snipes. By H. V. D. - - - 143 



Notice of an Imposture entitled a Pygmy Bison, 

 or American Ox. By V. . - 218 



Some Account of the Water-Shrew : a Mouse 

 supposed to have been lost for about a Cen- 

 tury. By John F. M. Dovaston, Esq. A.M. 

 Oxon., of Westfelton, near Shrewsbury 219 



Remarks on the Nature and Habits of the 

 Bearded Titmouse (Phrus bi^rmicus). By a 

 Lover of Nature - . - 222 



On the White Butterflies of Britain. By J. 

 Rennie, Esq. A.M. A.L.S. 



On the Wheat Fly. By Mr. Archibald Gorrie, 

 C.M.H.S., &c. . . . . 3^■23 



Contributions towards theNatural History of the 

 Dodo (Didus in^ptus Linn), a Bird which ap. 

 pears to have become extinct towards the 

 End of the Seventeenth or Beginning of the 

 Eighteenth Century. By John V. Thompson, 

 Esq. F.L.S. . . . .442 



Some Account of the Wheat Fly. By Mr. Pa. 

 trick ShirrefF, Farmer, Mungoswells, East 

 Lothian - . ... - 448 



BOTANY. 



An Introductory View of the Linnean System 

 of Plants. By Miss Kent, Authoress of Flora 

 Dom4stica, Sylvan Sketches, &c. - - \55 



On the Natural History of Vegetables. By 

 Mentor . . - - . 165 



On some Phenomena attending SpheeVia/raxi- 

 nea. By Electricus . . - 171 



Some Account of a remarkable Spruce Fir Tree 

 in the Woods at Braco Castle, Perthshire. 

 By Mr. Archibald Gorrie, C.M.H.S. - 173 



Notice respecting an Oak Tree struck by Light- 

 ning. By the Rev. T. W. S. - - 230 



On Vessels made of the Papyrus. By John 

 Hogg, Esq. M.A. F.L.S. &c. . - 324 



GEOLOGY. 



An Attempt to form a Table of the Geological 

 Arrangement of British Fossil Shells. By 

 R. C. Taylor, Esq. F.G.S. - . 26 



An Account of a new Species of Trilobite, found 

 in the Barr Limestone in the Neighbourhood 

 of Birmingham. By Frederick Jukes, Esq. 

 With a Note by J. D. C. Sowerby, Esq. . 41 



Notice of some Fragments of Orth6ceras annu. 

 laris and striata, found in the Barr Limestone 

 in Warwickshire. By Frederick Jukes, Esq. 

 With a Note by J. D. C. Sowerby, Esq. F.L.S. 



231 



On the Anatomy of the Ventriculites of Man- 

 tel. By C. B. Rose, Esq., SwafFham - 332 



METEOROLOGY. 



Of Winds, and the Causes of their different 

 Kinds. By James Main, Esq. A.L.S. . 175 



On *ie Art of deriving Interest from the Study 

 of the Weather. By Mr. A. Gorrie, C.M.H.S. 



177 



