CONTENTS. 



PAGE. 



.Some Account of William Dawson, Late of Leeds, Surgeon. By (). A. Moore, Esq. 145 



MoUusca in the Neighbourhood of Nice 151 



The Myrtle Bee. By James S. Walkee, Esq 152 



.Short Notes from My Note-Book, No. 2. By Chas. H. Dashwood, Esq lo\} 



Nucleus of a Flora of Gosport and Adjacent Parts of Hampshire. By Dr. John 



Rose, Assistant Surgeon, E.N , 154 



•'The Good Time Coming," Come at Last: — Being Notes on Kecent Rambles 



amidst Clouds and Sunshine, By Wilmam Kmc, Esq 157 



< )rnithological Notes. By the Rev. E. Pye Alington 161 



Reviews. — The Natural History Review, &c. No. 6, April, 1855 162 



Synopsis of the Edible Fishes at the Cape of Good Hope. By L. Papi'e, M. D. 163 



The Entomologist's Annual, for 1855, &c. Second Edition ih. 



A Classified List of British Mosses. By Geo. Dixon lb. 



A List of the British Species of Geodephaga. By G. Guyon. Richmond, Surrey 164 



Miscellaneous Notices ih. 



TUE QCERIST 168 



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