CONTENTS. 



No. IX.— January, 1827. 



Pag« 

 Art. I. Some account of the Life and Writings^ and Con^ 



iributions to Science^ of the late Sir T. Stamford 

 Raffles^ Knt, F.R,S. S A. Sfc; successively Lieu- 

 tenant-Governor of Java and its dependencies, and of 

 Fort Marlborough, Singapore, and the British Posses- 

 sion in Sumatra: Founder and President of the Zoolo- 

 gical Society . By JE. fV. Brayley, Jun, A.L.S. Sf 

 M, Zool. Soc ,, . . . 1 



Art. II. Supplement to the Genera of North American 

 Birds, and to the Synopsis of the Species found within 

 the territory of the United States. By Charles 

 IjVCian Buonaparte, Prince of Musignano, M. A. ; 

 Vice-President of the Maclurean Lyceum of Philadel- 

 phia; Mem. of the Phil. Soc. of Phil.; of the Phil. Soc, 

 of the State of New Jersey ; of the Ac. of Nat. Hist. 

 of Phil. ; of the Lyceum of Nat. Hist, of New York ; 

 of the Ac. of Arts <Sf Sc. of Baltimore ; of the Ac. of the 

 Ardenti, Sfc. Sfc 49 



Art. III. On the Esquimaux Dog. By J. G. Children, 



Esq. Sec. R.S. L. F.R.S. E., F.L.S. Sfc 54 



Art. IV. Observations upon Siagonium quadricorne of 

 Kirby, and on other portions of the Brachelytra {Sta- 

 phylinus, Lin,) By Mr. J. 0. Westwood 56 



Art. V. Observations on the Shells of an Acephalous Mol- 

 luscum of the Family ofPectinidoe,for which the Generic 

 name of Hinnites has been proposed by M. Defrance ; 

 together with the character of several Species. By G, B. 

 Sowerby, F.L.S., Sfc 67 



Art. VI. Sketch of the Life and Character of the late Count 

 de LacSpede. By William Swainson, Esq. F.R.S., 

 &c 73 



