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NEW PUBLICATIONS. 

 1. Metmirs of Wernerian Natural History Society. 



The Sixth Volume of the Memoirs of the Wernerian Natural 

 History Society, has just appeared, and contains the following 

 interesting papers : 



A Monograph of the Genus Allium. By Mr George Don, 

 A. L. S. — On the Saphan of the Hebrew Scriptures. By the 

 Rev. David Scot, M. D. — On the Structure of the Eye of the 

 Swordfish. By Robert Edmond Grant, M. D., F. R. S. E., 

 &c. — Notice regarding a Vein of Asphaltum, found imbedded 

 in Gneiss, in the Hill of Castle Leod, near Dingwall. By 

 Henry Witham, Esq. F. R. S. E. and M. W. S.— Descrip- 

 tion of a New Species of Ornithorynchus. By Mr William 

 Macgillivray, M. W. S. — Observations on the Anatomy of 

 the Paca of Brazil. By Dr Grant. — Sketches of the Compa- 

 rative Anatomy of the Organ of Hearing, founded chiefly on 

 the'Ear of the Squalus, By Thomas Buchanan, C. M., M. 

 W. S., with two Plates. — On the Fossil Remains of Quadrupeds, 

 &c. discovered in the Cavern at Kirkdale, in Yorkshire, and in 

 other Cavities in Limestone Rocks. By the Rev. George 

 Young, A. M., M. W. S. — Observations on the Anatomy of 

 of the Parameles nasuta. By Dr Grant. — Meteorological 

 Journal from the Mouth of the Rio de la Plata to the Coast of 

 Chili, 1822 ; with a Chart. By William Jameson, Esq. Sur- 

 geon. — Memoir on the Geology of the Snowdon Range of 

 Mountains, as connected with its Scenery, Soil, and Productions. 

 By James Stuart Menteath, Esq. — A Commentary on the 

 Second Book of the Herbarium Amboinense. By Francis 

 Hamilton, M. D. — On the Anatomical Peculiarities of the 

 Sturgeon. By David Craigie, M. D. (with an engraving.) 

 — Observations on the Aranea geometrica^ obtextrix^ domestica, 

 and other Spiders. By Mark Watt, Esq. M. W. S. (with a 

 Plate.) — Description of a Silurus, known in Demerara by the 

 name of GilbacJce, more properly Geelbuik. By Dr T. S. Traill 

 of Liverpool. — Description of a New Species of Cephalus, which 

 it is proposed to name Cephalus Cocherani. By Dr Traill, 

 (with a Plate). — Remarks on the Genus Scissurella of M. D'Or- 

 bigny, with a description of a recent British Species. By John 



