CONTENTS. V 



Page 

 by M. Tuomey ; Egg of the Brambling Finch ; Locusta migrato- 



ria ; Locusta Christii ; Captain Belcher's Collections ; Works in 



the Press; Meteorological Observations and Table 153 — 160 



NUMBER LXIV. 



XXIV. On the Life and Writings of J. P. E. Vaucher. By Al- 

 phonse DeCandolle 161 



XXV. On the Dotted Vessels of Ferns. By J. W. Griffith, M.D., 

 F.L.S. (With a Plate.) 169 



XXVI. The Birds of Ireland By Wm. Thompson, Esq., Vice- 

 Pres. Nat. Hist. Society of Belfast. {Continued.) 171 



XXVII. Observations on the Common Toad, and on its long Absti- 

 nence from Food. By John Brown, Esq 180 



XXVIII. On the varieties of Dryas octopetala. By Charles C. 

 Babington, M.A., F.L.S., F.G.S., &c. (With a Plate.) 181 



XXIX. A Century of new Genera and Species of Orchidaceous 

 Plants. Characterized by Professor Lindley 184 



XXX. Horce ZoologiccB. By Sir W. Jardine, Bart., F.R.S.E. & 

 F.L.S., &c. (With two Plates.) 186 



XXXI. Extracts from a Report on subjects connected with Afgha- 

 nistan. By Dr. Griffith, F.L.S 190 



XXXII. Observations on the Rodentia. By G. R. Waterhouse, 



Esq., Curator to the Zoological Society of London 197 



. XXXIII. Description of a new species of Genetta, and of two spe- 

 cies of Birds from Western Africa. By T. R. H. Thomson, Esq., R.N., 

 Surgeon of the late African Expedition 203 



XXXIV. Information respecting Scientific Travellers 205 



New Books : — Histoire Naturelle des lies Canaries. Tome Troisieme, 

 Deuxieme partie, Plantes Cellulaires, par Camille Montague, 

 D.M. — The London Journal of Botany, by Sir W. J. Hooker, 

 K.H., &c— The Phytologist: a Botanical Journal 206—208 



Proceedings of the Botanical Society of London ; Zoological Society ; 



Microscopical Society; Geological Society 208 — 237 



On the Results of Deep Dredging, by J. Gwyn Jeffreys, F.R.S. & L.S. ; 

 Description of a new species of Thracia, by C. B. Adams ; Birds 

 of Kent; Meteorological Observations and Table 237 — 240 



NUMBER LXV. 



XXXV. On the Life and Writings of J. P. E. Vaucher. By Al- 

 phonse DeCandolle. (Concluded.) 241 



