INDEX. 



ORIGINAL PAPERS. 



Page. 



Remarks on the Natural History, Scenery, and 

 Manners of Ne«- Zealand. By Thomas Kier 

 Shout, Esq 1 



List of Diurnal Lcjtidoptera captured in the 

 Neighbourhood of St. Andrews in 1837- By 

 Henry Buist 4 



Account of a young Cuckoo. By W. H. Ben- 

 ste d 7 



Habits of the Natterjack (Ranarubetra^istt.). 

 By R. Tudor, Esq 8 



Some Account of an Excursion to the Subma- 

 rine Forest, Leasowes, Cheshire. By A Mem- 

 ber of the British Association 10 



Catalogue of Coleopterous Insects found in Dor- 

 setshire. By James Charles Dale, Esq., 

 A.M., F.L.S 12 



Some Account of the principal Works on Ento- 

 mology. By Peter Rylands, Es.q 19 



Derivations of the Latin Names of British 

 Plants. By T. B.Hall 22 



Derivations of the Latin Names of British 

 Plants. ByT. B.Hall 59 



On the Natural History, Scenery, &c, of New 

 Zealand. By T.K. Short, Esq 63 



On the Growth and Development of Horns. By 

 BevKbley R. Morris, Esq <3G 



Notice of the Works most interesting to the 

 Student of British Plants. By Edwin Lees, 

 F.L.S., M.E.S.L 68 



Remarks on the Bitterns. By Edward Blyth. 72 



Hints to young Entomologists on catching, 

 keeping, and breeding Insects. By J. C. 

 Dale, Esq., A.M., F.L.S 81 



Flowering Plants for February. By T. B Hall 87 



Observations on the Popularity of Natural His- 

 tory. By Edwin Lees, F.L.S 115 



Account of the Soirees at the Liverpool Royal 

 Institution. By T. B. Hall 123 



On the Migration of Birds. By Petbr Ry- 

 lands, Esq 127 



On the Nature, Varieties, and Development of 

 Teeth in the class Mammalia. By Bever- 

 ley R. Morris, Esq ]3l 



Addenda to Mr.MoRRis's " Derivations of the 

 Latin Names of British Birds." ByT. B.Hall 137 



British Flowering Plants for March 140 



On the Geographical Distribution of Birds. By 

 Edward Blyth, Curator of the Ornitholo- 

 gical Society 169 



On the relative Advantages of the Linnaean and 



Pagt. 

 Natural Arrangements of Plants. By Edwin 



La.vkester, M.R.C.S 175 



Manners and Customs of the New Zealanders. 

 By T. K. Short, Esq 178 



Derivations of the Latin Names of British 

 Plants. By T. B. Hall — 181 



H ours among Rocks and Clouds. By Edwin 

 Lees, F.L.S., M.E.S 186 



British Flowering Plants for April 193 



On the Phj sical Power of Insects as Labourers, 

 and on their Architecture. By R. Adik 229 



Explanation of a peculiar Mechanism in the 

 Trachea of Birds. By William MacGil- 

 livray, A.M., F.R.S.E., M.W.S 238 



The lowest Temperature of January, 1838. By 

 Hewett Cottrell Watson, Esq., F.L.S. . 241 



Further Hints to young Entomologists. By 

 Peter Rylands, Esq 244 



On the Growth and Longevity of Trees 249 



British Flowering Plants for May 251 



A Sketch of the New Red Sandstone Formation. 

 By the Rev. Thomas Dwyer, A.M., and 

 George Thompson, Esq 285 



Notes on the Ornithology of St- Andrews. By 

 Henry Buist 287 



Observations on the Popularity of Natural His- 

 tory. By Edwin Lees, F.L.S .". . . 891 



Account of a Fossil Zoophyte, Alcyonia moni- 

 lia, discovered in the lower Greensand of the 

 Iguanodon Quarry, Maidstone. By W. H. 

 Bensted 302 



On the Habits and Peculiarities of British 

 Plants, and on the Derivations of their Latin 

 Names. By T.B.Hall 305 



On Lists of Flowering Plants for the Months 

 By Nevillk Wood, Esq 310 



Some Remarks on Specific Distinctions. By 

 Peter Rylands, Esq 341 



A History of the Nightingale. By Edward 

 Blyth, Curator of the Ornithological Society 343 



Sketches of European Ornithology. By Ne- 

 ville Wood, Esq 353 



Hours among Rocks and Clouds. By Edwin 

 Lees, F.L.S 360 



On the Habits and Peculiarities of British 

 Plants, and on the Derivations of their Latin 

 Names. By T. B. Hall 37* 



Remarks on the general Structure and Habits of 

 Invertebrate Animals. By Edwin Lankes- 

 ter, M.R.C.S 397 



