CONTENTS. 



Vll 



PAGE. 



Natural History of the Birds of Africa. Trans- 

 lated from the French of Le Vaillaut 

 On Swimming. By Professor Borelli, of Naples 379 

 On the Effect of Coal Fires upon the Colour of 



the Eyes. By the Rev. T. Price . . 388 

 Mr. Blackwall's Experiments on Flies . 395 



Notes. By Ruricola 398 



To the Lily of the Valley . . . . .401 

 Gleanings. By Solitarius .... 403 

 Mr- Main's Vegetable Physiology 407 

 Chapter of Varieties- 

 Anecdote of the Domestic Cat. The Fox. 

 The Nightingale. The Kingfisher and 

 the Sedge Bird- The London Natural 

 History Society. White Monkey. The 

 Cuckoo. Reason of Cats alighting 

 on their feet in falling. 



Natural History of the Birds of Africa. Trans- 

 lated from the French of Le Vaillaut . 421 

 A General Arrangement of the British 

 Warblers, and Birds of the Robin kind, 

 with Various Remarks- By Edward 



Blyth .423 



Notes. By Ruricola 447 



On Monkeys. By Sir William Jardine . 450 

 Field Scraps. By Solitarius . . . .455 

 On the Burrowing Owl- By H . R. L. . . 459 

 Chapter of Varieties 



Faults in Zoological Nomenclature. On 

 the May-Fly Larva being the Cadis- 

 worm. To what Modern Genus docs 

 the Brambling belong ? Redbreast's 



Nest 461 



Natural History of the Birds of Africa. Trans- 

 lated from the French of Le Vaillant . 465 

 New Facts on the Migration of various Birds 



and Insects. By Edward Blyth. . .466 

 The British Museum. By E. G. Ballard, Esq. 472 

 On the Increase of the Roots and the Stump 

 in the Silver Fir long after it has been 

 felled. By M. Dutrochet, Member of the 



Institute, Paris 474 



The Alligator of the Antilles- By R. H L. 476 



Additional Notices of the Aurora Borealis- By 



Ruricola 480 



Notes from Lough Erne. By Ruricola . . 482 

 Natural History of the Reed Bird. By Robert 



Sweet, Esq., F. L. S. . . . . 484 



On the Fidelity and Attachment of Dogs to 



their Masters. By Miss Hunter . . 485 

 On the Species of Insect popularly called 

 Mosquito. By the Editor . . .488 



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On the Geography of Plants. By Baron Ilum- 



boldt 490 



Miscellanies. By Solitarius .... 494 



Notes. By Ruricola 499 



A Meteorological Phenomenon. By Ruricola 502 

 Chapter of Varieties- 

 Mice. The Little Man of War. Vegetative 

 Peculiarities in durable and soft 

 wooded Trees in the Tropics. Indica- 

 tions of the Quality of Mahogany in 

 the Growing Tree. On the Hooded 

 Crow. On taming Wild Ducks. Sin- 

 gular Roosting-place for a Canary. 

 Natural History of the Birds of Africa. 



Translated from the French of Le Vaillant 509 

 Angling, See. By L. W. Clarke . . .510 

 Remarkable instance of attachment in a Wil- 

 low Wren (Sylvia trochilus) to its Nest. 



By a Lady . 512 



Experiments on the Excrementitious Rejec- 

 tions of the Roots of Plants, with refer- 

 ence to the Rotation of Crops. By M. 



Macaire, of Geneva 513 



Remarks upon Zoological Nomenclature and 



Systems of Classification. By Solitarius 521 

 Notes from Killeshandra. By Ruricola . . 528 

 An .October Day's Ramble. A sketch from 



nature. By Ruricola 529 



On the Black-headed Gull (Larus ridibundus}. 



By Mr. C. Parsons . ': 533 



Agenda for our Contributors, and for the 



Zoological Society. By N. N. . . . 534 

 Mr. J. S. Menteath on the Geology of the 



Snowdon Range of Mountains . . .536 

 Notes from the West Indies- By R. H 1, esq. 539 

 Chapter of Varieties 



Notice of a Paper by Dr. Knox, on the 

 Natural History of the Salmon. The 

 Libellula, or Dragon-Fly. Baron 

 Cuvier's Animal Kingdom. Shrew 

 Mouse. Wild Haunt of the Window 

 Swallow. House Bug. Growth of 

 Stones. Truffles. Thaw. The Lamp- 

 lighter Insect. Chrysalis of the 

 Death's Head Hawk Moth. Lumi- 

 nosity of the Sea. Magpie Moth re- 

 fused by Birds. Night-shining Eyes 

 of the Dark Arches Moth. M. Perty's 

 Fundamental Principles of Natural 

 History. Spiders for Cabinets. On 

 the Colours exhibited by the Chame- 

 leon 541 



VOL. II. 



The Green Tody f Todus' viridisj, with a co- 

 loured Figure. By R. H. L., with addi- 

 tions by the Editor 1 



On the Expansion and Contraction of Solids 



by Heat. By R. T. C. . . . 3 



Experiments on the Heat of Living Plants. 



By Professor Goeppert, of Vienna . . 6 

 Advantages of Natural History ... 9 



Notes. By Observator 11 



On the Agenda of N. N. By T. C. . . 12 

 Mr. Birt's Arrangement of Clouds . . .14 

 Tabular View of the Nomenclature of Nepho- 

 logy 16 



Notes from Yorkshire. By J. H. Anderson, 



Esq 17 



Bedell's Tree. By Ruricola .... 21 

 On the Organs of Hearing in Insects. By Pro- 

 fessor G. R. Treviranus, of Bremen . 23 



Notes- By T. C 25 



The Editor's Medical Botany. ... 27 



The Field Diary of Solitarius . . 40 



On procuring Specimens of the smaller Bri- 

 tish 'Land Birds for a Museum, with Ob- 

 servations on the Habits of various Spe- 

 cies. By Edward Blyth . . 44 

 Chapter of Varieties- 

 Anecdote of a Slow Worm. The Wood- 

 chat. Dragon Flies . . 54 

 The Zebra Spider (Epeira fasciata, Fabricius). 

 With a coloured figure of the female and 

 her nest of eggs, drawn from the Editor's 

 Specimen. By the Editor ... 57 

 Retrospective Remarks. By James Fennel! 61 

 N. N.'s Agenda. The Llama of Peru . 66 

 On the Advantages of the Study of Natural 



History g^ 



On the Migration of Birds. By T. C. 70 



On the Root of an Ash Tree. By R T. C 72 



: Notes from the Isle of Wight. Bv. S. W ' 71 

 Notes on Birds. By T. C . . 



