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No. VI. JuNE 1, 1833. 



Published on the First of every Month. 



PRICE SIXPENCE. 



THE ZOOLOGICAL MAGAZINE. 



OR 



JOURNAL OF NATURAL HISTORY. 



CONTENTS. 



Page 

 The Prehensile Porcupine, or Coen- 

 dou (Sy nether es prehensilis, Fr. 



Cuvier) . . . 161 



Observations on the Flying-Fish . 164 



The Ceylon Leech 165 



On the original Source of the Do- 

 mestic Cat 165 



Power of Scent in the Rein-Deer . 167 



Page 



The Proboscis-Seal, or Sea-Ele- 

 phant (Phoca proboscidea, Peron) 168 

 Classification of Mammalia .... 176 



Nest of the Tailor-bird 190 



Incubation of the Eggs of the 



common Fowl by an Eagle ... 192 



The Hippocampus, or Sea-horse . 192 



The Zoological Gardens 192 



LONDON: 



WHITTAKER, TREACHER, AND Co., 



AVE MARIA LANE. 



RICIIAIU) TAYLOR, PRINTER,] [RED LION COURT, FLEET STREFT. 



