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XVIII. On the Manner in which Sticklebacks (Cotto id Fishes) 

 construct their Nest and take care of their Eggs, 

 By M. CosTE, ... 322 



XIX. Fourteenth Letter on Glaciers. By Professor J. D. 



Forbes, With a Plate, . . 327 



XX. Abstract of Meteorological Observations for 1846, 

 made at Applegarth, Dumfriesshire. By Rev. 

 Wm. Dunbar, D.D., ... 343 



XXI. Synopsis of Meteorological Observations, made at 

 Whitehaven in the year 1846. By J. F. Mil- 

 ler, Esq., .... 345 



XXII. Letter from Professor Johnston, inclosing one from 



Professor Mulder of Utrecht, . . 355 



XXIII. A Discourse delivered before the General Agricultu- 



ral Society of Barbadoes,'at its Second Half- Yearly 

 Meeting, on the 22d of December 1846. By 

 John Davy, M.D., F.R.S., Inspector-General of 

 Army Hospitals, Honorary Member of the So- 

 ciety, &c. Published at the request of the So- 

 ciety, and communicated to the Editor of the 

 Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal, . 359 



XXIV. Description of Three Varieties of Meteoric Iron. 1. 



From near Carthage, Smith County, Tennesse ; 

 2. From Jackson County, Tennesse ; 3. From 

 near Smithland, Livingston County, Kentucky. 

 By G. Troost, Professor in the University of 

 Nashville, Tennesse, . . , 371 



XXV. Scientific Intelligence: — 



METEOROLOGY. 



1. Eflfects of Diminished Atmospheric Pressure on Ani- 

 mals. 2. Presence of Sulphur in Metallic Substances 

 struck by Lightning. 3. Note on the Atmospheric 

 Dust which fell at Genoa, 16th of May 1846 373-376 



