INDEX. 407 



Jameson, Professor, his remarks on the noises that sometimes accompany the 

 aurora borealis, 156.— notice respecting the Irish' Elk, 199. 



Knox, Dr R., his account of the Wombat of Flanders, 104 — notice regarding 



the presence of a rudimentary spur in the female echidna, 130. 

 Kuhl, Henry, biographical memoir of, 1. 



Lead found in a meteoric stone, 391. 



Leech, Ceylon, Mr Tytler's remarks on its bite, 375. 



Leguminosse, notice respecting a work of De Candolle's on the, 201. 



Lehmann, l)r, his inquiries regarding the formation of the tails of comets, 243. 



Lightnin<5, remarks on the colours of, 188. 



liOt's wire, conjecture regarding her conversion into salt, 365 



Madeira, Baron Von Buch's observations made during a visit to, 380. 



Magnesian limestones, constituents of certain, 190. 



Magnetical influence of the sun, Prof. P. Prevost's remarks on the, 289. 



Magnetism in light, 391. 



Dr Buchner's hypothesis regarding, 236. 



Mantell, Gideon, Esq., his remarks on the geological position of the strata of 

 Tilgate Forest, 262. 



Marabous, notice regarding, 199. 



Mammoth found at Hudson's Bay, 395. 



Mastodon found in Bahama, 395. 



Meikle, Mr H., his remarks on the theory of the air thermometer, 332. 



Meteoric stone of Bitsberg, 390. — lead found in one, 391. 



stones, notice respecting their structure, 188. 



Meteorological instruments capable of discJ.osing their indications at any given 

 instant, 239. 



Meteorology, notices in, 183, 390. 



Meteors, luminous, seen at Edinburgh, Falkirk, St Andrew's, Bridlington, 391. 



Mildew in barley, 198. 



Mineralogy, notices in, 191, 394. 



Mineral substances, their effects on animals, 188. 



Mirage in Persia, 185. 



Moon and its inhabitants, conjectures respecting the, 389. 



Mortality, Mr Bonoiston de Chateauneuf, his account of the changes under- 

 gone during the last half century, by the laws of, 275. 



Natural Philosophy, notices in, 182. 



Neill, P. Esq., his account of a rare fish found in the Shetland Seas, 135. 



New Brunswick, Dr Boyle's meteorological observations made at, 113. 



Newfoundland, Mr Cormack's account of the fisheries of, 32. 



New Books, notices regarding, 393. 



Observations of distant stations in geodesical operations. Lieutenant Drum- 



mond on the means of facilitating the, 182. 

 Oil in the human blood, 373. 



Olbers, Dr, his remarks on the transparency of space, 141. 

 Ova of certain zoophytes, Dr Grant on the spontaneous motions of the, 150. 



Patents sealed in England, 205, 401 — granted in Scotland, 208, 103. 

 Pheasants, M. J. G. St Hilaire, on the change of plumage in female, 302. 

 Philadelphese and Granatese, Mr D. Don's observations on, 132. 

 Plants, Dr Graham's lists and descriptions of rare ones flowering in the Edin- 

 burgh Botanic Garden, 171, 385. 

 Poison, heart of the frog used for, 198. 

 Poisoning of plants, 201. 

 Pluvial trees, 200. 

 Prevost, Prof. P., his remarks upon the magnetical influence of the sun, 289. 



Quadersandstein belongs to the green sand, 393. 



Rail-roads, Rev. W. Adamson's sketches of our information regarding, 23. 

 Rain, coloured, 385. 



