CONTENTS. 



ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS. 



GENERAL SUBJECT. 



Chit-chat. No. II. By John F. M. Dovaston, 

 Esq. A.M., of Westfelton, near Shrewsbury 1 



Address to the Members of the Berwickshire 

 Naturalists' Club, Sept. 19. 1832. By George 

 Johnston, M.D. -, - - 11 



Notes on the Weather at Philipsburg, Penn- 

 sylvania, from November, 1831, to Decem- 

 ber 9. 1832 ; with Remarks on its Influence 

 on certain Animals and Plants ; including a 

 detailed Description of a North American 

 " Ice Storm." By R. C. Taylor, Esq. - 97 



An Account of the Hurricane at Thorndon 

 Park, the Seat of Lord Petre, Oct. 12. 1831. 

 By Jacob George Strutt, Esq. - - 103 



On certain recent Meteoric Phenomena, Vicis- 

 situdes in the Seasons, and prevalent Dis- 

 orders, contemporaneous, and in supposed 

 connection, with Volcanic Emanations. By 

 the Rev. W. B. Clarke, A.M. F.G.S. - 289 



Some Remarks on Genera and Subgenera, and 

 on the Principles on which they should be 

 established. By the Rev. Leonard Jenyns, 

 A.M. F.L.S. - - 385 



Observations on the Nomenclature of Divisions 

 in Systematical Arrangements of the Subjects 

 of Natural History, more particularly in re- 

 ference to " Some Remarks on Genera and 

 Subgenera, and on the Principles on which 

 they should be established ; by the Rev. Leo- 

 nard Jenyns, A.M. F.L.S. ; " published in 

 p. 385—390. By Edward Newman, Esq. F.L.S. 

 &c. - - 481 



Considerations pertaining to Classification, in 

 relation to the Essay (p. 385—390.) of the Rev. 

 L. Jenyns on this Subject. By Edward Blyth, 

 Esq. ... . .485 



Remarks on the Spring of 1833. By the Rev. 

 W. T. Bree, M.A. - - - 488 



ZOOLOGY. 



On the extraordinary Growth of the Incisor 

 Teeth, occasionally met with in the Wild 

 Rabbit. By Fred. C. Lukis, Esq. - 21 



Something about Sea Birds. By Rusticus - 25 



Instances of singular Nidification in Birds. By 

 the Rev. W. T. Bree, M. A. - - 32 



The Starling. By Charles Waterton, Esq. 36 



Illustrations in British. Zoology. By George 



Johnston, M.D., Fellow of the Royal College 



of Surgeons in Edinburgh - 40. 123. 232. 320. 



405. 497 



A short Notice of the Habits of Testacellus 

 Scutulum. By Mr. Thomas Blair, of Stam- 

 ford Hill, near London - - - 43 



Observations on the Iceland and Ger Falcons 

 (Falco islandicus), tending to show that these 

 Birds are of two distinct Species. By J. D. 

 Hoy, Esq. - - - - 107 



More about Birds. By Rusticus of Godalming 



111 



On the probable Number of Species of Insects 

 in the Creation ; together with Descriptions 

 of several minute Hymenoptera. By J. O. 

 Westwood, F.L.S. &c. - - - 116 



Notices on Natural Objects observed in a 

 Ramble on St. Valentine's Day. By Rusticus 

 of Godalming - - - 193 



Notes on Butterflies, and other Natural Ob- 

 jects ; made in Cumberland, through the 

 Month of May, 1832. By G. W. - 198 



On the Habits and Food of the British Species 

 of the Genus Mustela. By W. L of Selkirk- 

 shire - - - - 202 



The Habits of the Carrion Crow. By Charles 

 Waterton, Esq. - - - 208 



On the " Biography of Birds " of J. J. Audubon. 

 By Charles Waterton, Esq. - - 215 



On the Migration of a Species of Thrush. By 

 W. L. of Selkirkshire - - - 218 



On the pendulous Nests of the Indian Baya 

 Bird (L6xia philippina L.). By a Subscriber 



219 



Familiarities effected with Butterflies, 2?om- 

 byces, and Sphinx stellatarum. By F. C. 

 Lukis, Esq. - - - 222 



Sketches of the Natural History of my Neigh- 

 bourhood. By C. Conway, Esq., of Pontne- 

 wydd Works, Monmouthshire - - 224 



On the connecting Links between the Geo- 

 corisae and Hydrocorisa? of Latreille, or the 

 Land and Water Bug Tribes. By J. O. West- 

 wood, F.L.S. &c. ... 228 



Notice of the Occurrence of Squilla Desma- 

 rdstra on the British Shores. By William 

 Yarrell, Esq. F.L.S. - - - 230 



An Introduction to the Natural History of 

 Molluscous Animals. In a Series of Letters. 

 By G. J. - - - - 235 



The Habits of the Pheasant. By Chas. Water- 

 ton, Esq. - - - 308 



Descriptions and Figures of some Marine Ani- 

 mals. By Mr. Andrew Mathews. With 

 Remarks by. a Contributor - - 314 



An Enumeration of the Land and Freshwater 

 Shell Snails met with in some Rambles in 

 Norfolk and Derbyshire ; with a passing 

 mention of some other Natural Objects ob- 

 served. By the Rev. Andrew Bloxam - 324 



A Notice of a remarkable Lengthening in the 

 Cutting Teeth of the Rat, and of the Physio- 

 logical Principle of Dentition in the Animalia 

 rod^ntia generally ; with an incidental No- 

 tice of the Dentition of the Elephant. By 

 C - - - - 390 



A Notice of the Habits of the Jackdaw. By 

 Charles Waterton, Esq. - - 394 



A Notice concerning the Red Viper (Coluber 

 cherseaLm.). By.Hugh E. Strickland, Esq. 399* 



Observations on the Molluscous Animals of the 

 Genus Gastrocha^na, preceded by some Stric- 

 tures on the reputed Means by which the 

 Burrowing Moll usca effect ingress into Rocks- 

 and Stones under Water. By Frederick C. 

 Lukis, Esq. - - - 401 



A Notice of the Ravages of the Cane Fly, a 

 small winged Insect, on the Sugar Canes of 

 Grenada, including some Facts on its Habits j 

 by a Subscriber in Grenada : with additional 

 Observations, bv J. O. Westwood, Esq. F.L.S. 

 &c. - - - - 407 



Further Notices of the British parasitic Hy- 

 menopterous Insects; together with the 

 " Transactions of a Fly with a long Tail," 

 observed by Mr. E. W. Lewis ; and addi- 

 tional Observations. By J. O. Westwood, 

 Esq.F.L.S.&c. - - -414 



