THE ANNALS 



AND 



MAGAZINE OF NATURAL HISTORY, 



INCLUDING 



ZOOLOGY, BOTANY, and GEOLOGY. 



BEING A CONTINUATION OF THE * ANNALS * COMBINED WITK LOUDON AND 

 CHARLESWORTh's 'magazine of NATURAL HISTORY.') 



CONDUCTED BY 



P. J. SELBY, Esq., F.L.S., GEORGE JOHNSTON, M.D., 



CHARLES C. BABINGTON, Esq., M.A., F.R.S., F.L.S., F.G.S., 



J. H. BALFOUR, M.D., Prof. Bot. Edinburgh, 



AND 



RICHARD TAYJJ£WM!:L.S., F.G.S. 



VOL. IX.— SECOND SERIES. 



LONDON: . 



PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY TAYLOR AND FRANCIS, 



SOLD BY LONGMAN, BROWN, GREEN, AND LONGMANS; S. HIGHLEY AND SON ; 



SIMPKIN, MARSHALL, AND CO.; PIPER, BROTHERS, AND CO.; W. WOOD, 



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AND PARIS; LIZARS, AND MACLACHLAN AND 



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1852. 



