40 NOTICES OF SERIALS. 



Bog of Kilmaleady (with a map). Museum of Natural History — Lists of Irish 

 Mammals, Reptiles, Amphibia, and Eehinoderraata. More Lists; and we really 

 cannot see their value. On whose authority is Irish affixed to them? Are all 

 the species given supposed to be indigenous? If so, what brings Sciurus Vul- 

 garis among the Irish Mammals? but we see a ? attached to the specific name; 

 so, perhaps, it is a new species peculiar to Ireland. Or are they lists of things 

 captured in Ireland ? if so, we miss Bufo Vulgaris, Vipera Communis, and such 

 things — all taken alive in the country. These Lists will doubtless help to in- 

 crease the debtor side of the Society accounts. In our opinion, they never will 

 increase its credit side. 



The Naturalist : a popular monthly Magazine, with numerous Engravings; 

 conducted by Rev. F. 0. Morris, B.A. No. 68, October. No. 69, November. 

 No. 70, December. 1856. 8vo. Price 6d. each. London : Messrs. Groom- 

 bridge. 



No. 68, October :— (T. S.) A Visit to Befley Wood. (Frederick M. Burton) 

 Extracts from Correspondence with a Brother Naturalist. (W. Sutherland) A 

 Visit to Braemar, in 1855. (W.) Contributions to the Ichthyology of Banff- 

 shire. Miscellaneous Notices Anecdote of a Dog. Instinct of Animals. 



The Nightingale. Java Sparrow. Occurrence of the Rose-coloured Pastor. The 

 Hoopoe. Notices of New Publications. — Jottings in Australia ; being Notes 

 on the Flora and Fauna of Victoria, with a Catalogue of the more corrmon 

 Plants, their Habitats, and time of Flowering, by Samuel Hanaaford. Review — 

 Insecta Britannica — Diptera. Vol. III. By Francis Walker, F. L.S. London: 

 Lovell Reeve. 1856. Retrospect. — Moth Hunting. On 'Change. — Botany. 

 Peat Earth. Entomology. Proceedings of Societies — London Working Ento- 

 mologists' Club. Obituary Death of Mr. Yarrell. 



No. 69, November :_(0. S. Round) The Flycatcher. (W. Sutherland) 

 Visit to Braemar, in 1855. (Rev. R. P. Alington) A few words on commenc- 

 ing a Collection of Lepidoptera. (0. S. Round) Spring Walk. (Editor) A 

 List of Sizes of Cases for Birds. (Editor) System a Naturae. (John Duiton) 

 The Puffin. Miscellaneous Notices. — Stormy Petrel. Phalarope. GrayPbal- 

 arope. Ring Ouzel. Golden Plover. Green Sandpiper. Greenshanks. Swal- 

 lows. Nightjar. Golden Orioles and Broadbilled Sandpiper in Norfolk. The 

 Wryneck. Black-headed Gull. Another Capture of Carabus intricatus in 

 Devonshire (with Engraving). The Shag. Little Gull. Note on the habits of 



Drypta. Early appearance of a Chrysalis. Exchange Dried Plants. Land 



and Fresh-water Shells. The Querist. — The " Naturalist's" Heraine. 



No. 70, December : — (C. J. S.) Haunts of the Town Sparrow. (Lieut. 

 Blakiston and Lieut. Bland) A List of the Birds of Nova Scotia. (Editor) A 

 List of S'zes of Cases for Birds. (R^v. R. P. Alington) A Few Words on com- 

 mencing a Collection of Lepidoptera (with Engravings). (Aurelius) On 

 the Present Condition of the Classification of British Lepidcptera. (0. S. 

 R)und) Vacation Notes— Heme Bay. (Thomas Foggitt) A List of Epiphytes 

 growing on the Willows in the Holmes, Thirsk. (Editor) Systema Naturae. 

 Miscellaneous Notices. — Stormy Petrel. Cream-coloured Courser. The Querist 

 — Food of the Larvae of Lithosia. Location of Chrysalides. 



Transactions of the Royal Irish Academy. 4to. Dublin. Vol. XXII. 

 Part I., Science. 1855. 

 (Allman) On the Homology of the Organs of the Tunicata and the Polyzoa — 

 p. 275-290. (Harvey) Some account of the Marine Botany of the Colony of 

 Western Australia — p. 525-566. 



Vol. XXIII. Part L, Science. 1856. 

 Contains no article of Natural History. 



