CONTENTS. iii 



Art. XIX. Proceedings of the Wernerian Natural History 



r Society, - - - - 377 



XX. Scientific Intelligence, - - 379 



METEOROLOGY. 



1. Meteorological Table ; extracted from the Register kept at 

 Kinfauns Castle, N. Britain, Lat. 56° 23' 30"; above the 

 level of the sea 150 feet. 2. Thunder-Storms in France. 

 3. Sudden agitation of the Sea. 4. Aurora Borealis at 

 Paris, ----- 379-381 



GEOLOGY. 



5. Gold Mines in the Uralian Mountains. 6. Lightning Tubes. 

 7. Temperature of some Mines in Cornwall. 8. Volcano 

 in New Zealand. Q. Map of the Puy de Dome. 1 0. Dia- 

 mond in the Coal-formation. 11. Splendid Specimen of 

 Megatherium. 12. Slates of the Tarentaise belonging to 

 the Jura Formation. 13. Decrepitation of Common Salt; 

 Condensation of Gas in it. 14. Interesting discovery of 

 Fossil Animals. 15. Dr Tumbull Christie. 16. New 

 President of the Geological Society, - - 381-385 



MINERALOGY. 



17. Recent Formation of Zeolite. 18. A New Metal disco- 

 vered, ----- 385, 384 



ZOOLOGY. 



19' Four-spined Stickleback. 20. Himala Ornithology, 386 



BOTANY, 



2 1. Crystals in Living Vegetables. 22. Native Country of 



Maize, or Indian Corn, - - - - 387 



GEOGRAPHY. 



23. Tables for converting French Toises and Metres into Eng- 

 lish Feet, and the contrary, - _ - 388 



NEW PUBLICATION. 



Sections and Views Illustrative of Geological Phenomena. By 



Henry de la Beche, F, R. S. F. G. S. - - 389 



