IV 



PREFACE. 



embrace natural history, in common with agriculture and garden- 

 ing ; and a magazine has been commenced in Australia, in which 

 natural history forms a prominent feature. 



So congenial are natural history pursuits to the human mind, 

 and so much do they tend to the progress of civilisation, to in- 

 creased domestic comfort, to peace between nations, and to human 

 happiness, that to us it appears that it would be treason to nature 

 to assert that this state of things will not be progressive, and will 

 not go on increasing, till the condition of mankind every-where is 

 improved to an extent of which we can at present form no idea. 



The more frequent appearance of this Magazine, as well as the 

 considerable addition to the quantity of matter which will be given 

 in the course of the year, demands corresponding exertions on the 

 part of its Editor and Conductor ; but our readers and con- 

 tributors may safely rely on these being made. In conclusion, 

 we cordially thank our contributors for their past assistance, and 

 earnestly invite them to continue to add to the common stock of 

 knowledge through the medium of our pages. 



J. C. L. 



BayswateVy Nov. 10. 1834. 



CORRECTIONS. 



In p. 78. line 4. from the bottom, for " Apo- 



crinites " read " Apiocrinltes." 

 In p. 137. line 29. for " Witton " read " Wilton." 

 In p. 158. line 20. for " him " read " it." 

 In p. 161. line 10. from the bottom, for " they 



were " read " it was." 

 In p. lei.'.line 11. for " octanfracti" read " oct- 



anfr&cta."; 

 In p. 176. lines 3. and 14. from the bottom, for 



" Lindegret " read " Lindegren." 

 In p. 180. affix the b to figure 36. 

 In p. 191. line 11. place inverted commas after 



the word " plants " : in line 17. for " Rel- 



ham's " read " Relhan's." 

 In p. 228. last line but one, for " His loss " read 



" The loss of him " : in the last line, for 



*• allowed " read " had allowed." 

 In p. 232. line 19. from the bottom, for " p. 233 " 



read " p. 231." 

 In p. 246. line 6. from the bottom, for " speaks " 



In p. 251. line 6. from the bottom, for " 1833 " 



read "1832." 

 In p. 260. line 10. from the bottom, for " Va- 



nissB., Antiopa. " read " Vanessa. Ant)opa." 

 In p. 262. line 20. for "1133 " read " 1833." 

 In p. 269. line 28. the treatise on ants referred to 



as in the Spectator, is in the Guardian. Nos. 



156, 157. 



In p. 347. note +, line 7. from the bottom, for 

 " field flycatcher " read " pied flycatcher." 



In p. 369. line 5. from the bottom, for " para- 

 sites " read " epiphytes." 



In p. 378, the antenna in fig. 49. a should have 

 been shown broader at the tip than in any 

 other part. 



In p. 382. lines 3. and 4. obliterate " subsequently 

 raised to Is. 6d. each." 



In p. 383. line 10. to " appertain " add " to 

 plants." 



In p. 429. line 22. for " grub" read " grubs." 



In p. 448. line 6. from the bottom, for " reaches 

 to A " read " reaches to b." 



In p. 454. line 30. for " Nov. 18." read " Nov. 

 16.; " in line 35. for "^could be" read " could 

 not be." 



In p. 492. lines 12. and 13. from the bottom, for 

 " Halichondra" read " HaHch6ndria : " the 

 word is from chalis, flint, and chondros, car- 

 tilage ; the cartilaginous skeleton of the crea- 

 ture is strengthened by siliceous spicula. 



In p. 506. the first word, for " rabbits " read 

 " rabbit." 



In p. 539. line 7. from the bottom, for " 570." 

 read "510." Z1-' 



In p. 567. and p. 636.S for " W. H. Y." read 

 " W. H. H." 



