84 NOTICES OF SERIALS. 



(Trask) On Earthquakes in California during 1856— p. 341-346. (Cobell) 

 Biography of J. N. Von Fuchs ; extracted from Proceedings of Bavarian Academy 

 — p. 95-101, 225-233. Literary Notices. — Owen : On the Ruminants, and the 

 Aboriginal cattle of Great Britain — p. 132-236. Hallowell : Appendix to papers 

 on Reptiles in the Museum of Philadelphia Academy — p. 282-284. Agassiz : On 

 some young Gar-pikes from Lake Ontario — p. 284. Fitch : Report on the 

 Noxious and other Insects of New York — p. 150. Binney's Terrestrial Mollusks 

 of the U. S. — p. 292. Leidy : On a boring Sponge, Chona—\). 281. Heer : On 

 the probable origin of the Organized beings now living in the Azores, Madeira, and 

 the Canaries — p. 130-132. De Candolle: Prodromus Systematis Vegetabilium — p. 

 126. Bromfield : Flora Vectensis— p. 127. Seeman : Botany of the Voyage of the 

 Herald — p. 127. Engelmann : Synopsis of the Cactacea? of the United States, &c. 

 — p. 128. Sullivant : The Musci and Hepaticse of U. S. east of the Mississippi — 

 p. 129. Henfrey : Origin of the Embryo in Plants— p. 278. Gray : First Lessons 

 in Botany — p. 280-439. Mohl: On the causes of the opening and closing of 

 Stomata — p. 280. Sullivant and Lesquereux : Musci Boreali-Americani exsic- 

 cati — p. 438. Ravenel : Fungi Caroliniani exsiccati— p. 439. Greg : Meteoric iron 

 from Chili, containing Native Lead, &c. — p. 118. Higgins and Bickell : Compo- 

 sition of Columbian Guano — p. 121. Jackson: Analysis of Serpentine marbles, 

 known as Verd Antique — p. 123-126. Shepard : Treatise on Mineralogy — p. 148. 

 Ansted : Elementary Course of Geology, Mineralogy, &c. — p. 148. Blake : Oc- 

 currence of Telluret of Silver in California— p. 270. Leidy : Remains of extinct 

 Animals discovered by Professor Emmons— p. 271. Owen : Geological Survey of 

 Kentucky — p. 272. Jones : Shower of Ashes over the plains of Quito — p. 276. 

 Coan : Volcanic action on Hawaii — p. 435. Lapham : Geological Survey of Wis- 

 consin — p. 437. Carpenter: The Microscope and its Revelations — p. 149. 



Obituary W. C. Redfield— p. 292. Hugh Miller— p. 294. Jacob W. Bailey 



— p. 467. M. Tuomey— p. 668. Correspondence of J. Nickles — p 102-115, 

 440-447. New Publications— p. 151, 304, 450. 



BRITISH INDIA. 

 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, New Series. 8vo. Calcutta. 

 Vol. XXIV. for the year 1855. A.D. 1856. 

 Essays. — (Piddington) On an unknown forest race (of Indian Veddahs ?), 

 inhabiting the Jungles South of Palmow— p. 207-210. (Blyth) Further re- 

 marks on the different species of Orang-utan — p. 518-528. (Same) On the 

 Indian species of Shrews— p. 24-28. There are enumerated of Sorex 15 species, 

 Feroculus 1, Soriculus 1, Crossopus2; as new species — Sorex heterodon, me- 

 lanodon, micronyx, nudipes, atratus. (Same) Report on a Zoological collection 

 from the Somali country — p. 291-306. (Hodgson) Catalogue of Nepalese Birds, 

 collected between 1824 and 1844— p. 572-582. The list consists of 652 species ; 

 89 Raptorial, 407 Passerine, 44 Gallinacean, 77 Wading, and 35 Natatorial 

 Birds. (Tickell; Description of a new species of Hornbill from Tenasserim, 

 Buceros tickelli Blyth— p. 285-287. (Theobald) Indian Oology; continued 



from Vol. XXIII p. 529-536. (Benson) Shells of Chusan, collected by Dr. 



T. Cantor— p. 119-140. Ineilaria n. g., a connecting link between Arion and 

 Onchidium ; Batillaria n. g., for Cerithium zonale Lam. ; Laguncula n. g., re- 

 lated both to Assiminia in the Turbinidae, and to Lacuna and Globularia in 

 the Naticidae. (Hi slop) On the age of the Coal strata in Western Bengal and 

 Central India— p. 347-353. (Piddington) Report on two specimens of Cuttack 

 coal— p. 240. (Same) Analysis of a Coal from Cherra Punji— p. 283. 

 (Same) On the Kunkurs of Burdwan, as a flux for smelting Iron ores— p. 212- 

 214. (Marcadieu) Report on the Kooloo Iron mines, and a portion of the 

 Mannikura Valley— p. 191-202. (Royle) On the Graphite of Kumaon and 



Travancore — p. 203-206. Proceedings The species of Orang-utan of 



Borneo and Sumatra — p. 469. Squirrels of Burmah — p. 472-477. Animals of 

 Pegu; Lepus peguensis, and many new species of Birds — p. 471-481. New 

 Mammalia, Reptilia, and Amphibia, from Pegu— p. 711-721. Sorex fuliginosus 

 Blyth, n. 6p., from Pegu — p. 362. Comparative view of the Birds of India and 



