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NUMBER CXX. 



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 XXXIX. Description of eight new species of Entomostraca found 

 at Weymouth. By John Lubbock, F.G.S. (With two Plates.) ... 401 



XL. On the great Bird of Paradise {Paradisea apoda, Linn.) ; 

 * Burong mati ' (Dead Bird) of the Malays ; ' Fanehan' of the natives 

 ofAru. By Alfred R. Wallace 411 



XLI. Observations on the Habits of the common Marten (Martes 

 foina). By Madame Jeannette Power 416 



XLIL On the Unity of the genera Pleur acanthus, Diplodus, and 

 Xenacanthus, and on the Specific Distinction of the Permian Fossil 

 Xenacanthus Decheni (Beyrich). By Sir Philip de Malpas Grey 

 Egerton, Bart., F.R.S 423 



XLIII. Remarks on the species of Whales which have been observed 

 on the Coasts of Cornwall. By Jonathan Couch, Esq., F.L.S. kc. 424 



XLIV. The Process of Fecundation in the Vegetable Kingdom, and 

 its relation to that in the Animal Kingdom. By Dr. L. Radlkofer. 439 



Proceedings of the Zoological Society 460 — 467 



On Circulation in Plants, by A. Trecul ; On a new genus of Birds 

 from Mexico, by P. L. Sclater, Esq. ; Discovery of Footsteps of 

 Quadrupeds in the New Red Sandstone of Saint -Valbert near 

 Luxeuil (Haute-Saone), by M. Daubree ; On two new species of 

 Birds from Bogota, by P. L. Sclater, Esq 467—472 



NUMBER CXXL SUPPLEMENT. 



XLV. On the Natural History of the Aru Islands. By Alfred 

 R. Wallace 473 



XLVI. Thoughts on Species. By James D. Dana 485 



XLVII. Supplement to a Catalogue of British Spiders, including 

 remarks on their Structure, Functions, (Economy, and Systematic 

 Arrangement. By John Blackwall, F.L.S 497 



XLVIII. On certain Coleopterous Insects from the Cape de Verde 

 Islands. By T. Vernon Wollaston, M.A., F.L.S 603 



XLIX. Remarks on the ColumUnce, with a description of a new 

 Indian Pigeon, akin to the * Stock Dove* of Europe. By Edward 

 Blyth 606 



L. Description of two new Cryptogams. By Mr. H. O. Stephens. 

 (With a Plate.) 514 



New Books .- — A Manual Flora of Madeira and the adjacent Islands of 

 Porto Santo and the Dezertas, by R. T. Lowe, M.A. Part I. 



