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water Fishes, more particularly the Vendace and Trout. (H. T. Baxter) On 

 the influence of Magnetism on Chemical action. (Thomas S. Traill, M.D.) On 

 the occupation of Kivers. (Charles Richardson, M.D.) Chronological remarks 

 on the River Wye. (Henry How, Professor of Chemistry and Natural History, 

 King's College, Windsor, Novia Scotia) On the occurrence of Natro-boro-caleite 

 with Glauber Salts in the Gypsum of Nova Scotia. (W. L. Green, of Hono- 

 lulu, Sandwich Islands) On the cause of the Pyramidal form of the outlines of the 

 southern extremities of the great Continents and Peninsulas of the globe. (T. 

 Strethill Wright, M.D.) Observations on British Zoophytes ; with two plates. 

 These observations are most valuable ; and we have seldom perused a scientific 

 paper with more pleasure and profit than this one of Dr. Strethill Wright. It 

 abounds with original research, and is the result of unbiassed thought, and of a 

 mind fresh from the field of nature. (Thomas Strethill Wright, M.D.) On the 

 prehensile apparatus of Spio seticornis. (Louis Blodget, U. S.) The distribu- 

 tion of Rain in the temperate latitudes of North America. (Augustus A. 

 Hayes, Assayer to the State of Massachusetts, U. S. A.) On the composition of 

 the Phosphate of Lime existing in sea- water ; and on the composition of the so- 

 called Guanos of the Atlantic Islands. (David Forbes, F G.S.) On the Chemi- 

 cal composition of some Norwegian Minerals. Part III. (Andrew Murray, 

 Edinburgh) On Insect Vision and Blind Insects. Reviews. Proceedings of 

 the Royal Society of Edinhurgh ; the Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh , and 

 the Botanical Society of Edinburgh. Literary Information. 



The Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science. No. 20, July. 8vo. 

 London : J. Churchill. Price 4s. 



No. 20, July Transactions oj the Microscopical Society of London — (W. Hislop) 



Description of an Object compressor for preparing and mounting objects. (John 

 Grove, M.R.C.S.) On a Fungus parasitic in the Human Ear. (Arthur Fane, 

 M.D., F.R.S.) Description of an early Human Embryo of about the fourth week 

 of utero -gestation. Journal of Microscopical Science. — Original Commu- 

 nications. — (W. Lauder Lindsay, M.D.) On the structure of Lecidea lugubris. 

 (Thomas Brightwell, F.L.S.) On Self-division in Noctiluca. (Rev. J. B. P. 

 Dennis) On the microscopical characters of certain so-called Cetacean Bones 

 associated with Cetolites in the Detrital Bed of the Red Crag at Felixston, Suf- 

 folk. (Arthur M.Edwards) On "Finders" for microscopes. Transla- 

 tions. — (N. Lieberkuhn) Contributions to the History of the Development of 

 the Spongillas. (Professor Max Schultze) Abstract of " Observations on the 

 Reproduction of the Rhizopoda." Reviews. Notes and Correspondence. 

 Proceedings of Societies. Zoophytology. Index and Title-page to Vol. V. 



The Zoologist. No. 179, July; No. 180, August; and No. 181, September. 

 8vo. London : John Van Voorst. Price Is. each. 



No. 179. July.— (Rev. Hamlet Clark, Mr. A. R. Wallace, Mr. H. W. Bates) 

 Proceedings of Natural History Collectors in Foreign Countries. Quadrupeds. 

 — (J. J. Reading) Dr. Leach and the Elephant. (J. Pristo) Beautiful Variety 

 of the Mole. (Cuthbert Collingwood, M.D.) Singular Familiarity of a Squirrel. 

 (J. H. Jenkinson) Capture of Vespertilio Nattereri. (Captain H. W. Hadfield) 

 Reddish gray Bat. (Charles William Peach) Harvest Mouse: Anecdote of a 

 Dog. (Jonathan Couch, F.L.S.) On the Connexion of Reason with Instinct. 

 Birds. — (The Marquis Oratio Antinori) On the Migration and Breeding of 

 Pastor roseus in the neighbourhood of Smyrna. (Lieutenant T. Blakiston, R.A.) 

 Birds of the Crimea. (H. Stevenson) Occurrence of Tengmalm's Owl in Nor- 

 folk. (G. E. Bulger) Occurrence of the Lesser Spotted Woodpecker near Fer- 

 moy. (Reginald Bosworth Smith) Raven Pairing with Crow ; Hawfinch Breed- 

 ing at Marlborough. (Captain H. W. Hadfield) Note on the Reed Bunting; 

 Notes on the Rook ; Early Arrival of the Cuckoo, &c. ; Another Egg Prodigy ; 

 Notes on the House Sparrow ; Notes on the European Nuthatch ; Note on the 



