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the Plattensee, and the immediate environs of Fuered ; a contribution to the 

 Geology of Hungary; with two plates — p. 339-373. Mineralogy, Crystal- 

 lography, &c. (Leydolt) On the Structure and Composition of the Crystals 

 of primitive Calcareous Haloid, Arragonite, and an Appendix on the structure 

 of the Calcareous Parts of some Invertebrate Animals ; with nine plates— p. 10-32. 



(Volger) On Asterismus — p. 103-116. (Haidinger) Report on the same 



p. 98-102. (Grailich) Refraction and Reflection of Light at the double sur- 

 faces of Crystals of single optical axis— p. 226-230. (Strasky) Analysis of An- 

 thracite Coal, from the neighbourhood of Rudolfstadt, near Budweis, in Bohe- 

 mia— p. 325-332. 



Vol. XX. Part I. ; with nine Plates. 1856. 

 Zoology. (Pelzeln) New and imperfectly known species of thelmperial Ornitho- 

 logical collection; with two coloured plates — p. 153-161. The new species are 

 Dacnisni gripes, from New Friburg, Brazil, allied to D.cyanocephalus, but differing 

 by the shorter, stouter bill, and the blackish legs, as well as the plumage, figured ; 

 Phyllomis frontalis Natterer MSS., from Khelgat near Goa, figured ; Furnarius 

 longirostris, from Venezuela, distinguished from F. leucopus Swains, by the longer 

 bill and differences of the plumage, figured ; Synallaxis kollari, distinguished from 

 S. candeiD' Oro. by the rufous tail, ferruginous cheeks, and black throat, the fea- 

 thers of which are merely edged with white, figured; S. striolata ; S. albilora ; 

 S. inornata;—S. vulpina. Natterer; Cyanocorax heckell, like C. azureus Temminck, 

 but of a different hue, inclining more to violet ; — C. diesingii, like C. pileatus, but 

 the spots at the eye and at the base of the bill are much smaller, and all three of 

 a light violet hue, besides other differences of plumage; all these from Brazil ; 

 C. affinis, from Bogota, very like the preceding, which it exceeds in size, with the 

 bill broader and less compressed, and many differences of colouring. (Langer) 

 The vascular system of the Anodontes : Section IT. — p. 150-152. Physiology. 

 (Szontagh) On the minute Anatomy of the human jawbone — p. 3-9. (Engel) 

 The development of the human hand ; with two plates — p. 261-273. Botany. 

 (Stur) The influence of the soil on the Distribution of Plants : a contribution to 

 the Flora of Austria, and the Geography and History of the Vegetable king- 

 dom — p. 71-149. Includes a Catalogue of the wild plants collected by the author 

 in his travels through Austria, Hungary, Salzburg, Styria, Carynthia, Tirol, Car- 

 niola, Dalmatia, and the Venetian territory, with notes of the Geological positions. 

 Geology, &c. (Hochstetter) On the position of the Hotsprings of Carlsbad, in 

 two parallel series, on two parallel fissures of rock ; with a plate — p. 13-36. 

 (Hoernes) On Gastropoda from the Trias of the Alps — p. 68-70. (Woehler) 

 On the Meteoric iron of Toluca in Mexico— p. 217-224. (Stur) Notice of 

 the Geological map of the Neogene-teniary, Diluvial and Alluvial deposits, in 

 the district of the North -Eastern Alps, of Austria, Salzburg, Carynthia, Styria, 

 and Tirol, &c— p. 274-281. Miscellaneous. (Moser) On the composition 

 of the mud of the river Nile — p. 9-12. (Scherzer) Report on a Scientific Expe- 

 dition to America during the years 1852, 1853, 1854, and 1855 — p. 43-67. 



Jahrbuch der K. K. Geologischen Reichsanstalt. Annals of the 



Imperial Geological Institute. 4to. Vienna. 



Vol. VI. for the year 1855. No. 2, 3, 4. 



(Andrse) Report on the results of official Geognostical examinations in Styria, 

 during the summer of 1854 — p. 265-304. (Emmrich) Contributions to the 

 history of the Molasse of Southern Bavaria — p. 433-444. (Same) Notes on the 

 Mountain limestone of the district of Lienz — p. 444-450. (Haidinger) Remarks 

 on Pick's Considerations on the certainty of barometrical measurements of alti- 

 tude — p. 450-453. (Same) Biographical memoir of J. Czjzek — p. 665-681. 

 (Hauch) Results of a physico-chemical examination of the mineral springs of 

 Szliacs, in Northern Hungary — p. 314-318. (Hauer) Report on the Geological 

 operations of Section IV., during the summer of 1855 — p. 741-749. (Same) 

 The quicksilver deposit of Gagliano, in the province Udine — p. 810-814, 



