iv CONTENTS. 



ZOOLOGY. 



30. Asiatic Elephant. 31. Organization of the Camelopard. 

 23. On the Gossamer Web. 33. Identity of the two 

 nominal species of the Ornithorynchus. 34. Glandular 

 Apparatus lately discovered in Germany on the Abdo- 

 men of the Ornithorynchus. 35. Remarkable Hybrid. 

 36, Microscopic Observations on Animal Tissues; by 

 Dr HoDGKiN and J. J. Lister. 37. Camelopard. 38. 

 Hirudo muricata. 39, The Elk, - - 388-392 



ARTS. 



40. Green Fire. 41. Object of Embalming in Egypt. 42. 

 Lithographic Drawings uf the celebrated Masters of dif- 

 ferent Schools. 43. On Mosaic Printing. 44. Fluid 

 Telescopes, 393, 394 



STATISTICS. 



45. View of the Scientific and Literary State of different parts 



of Italy. 46. Number of Crimes in Prussia, 395, 396 



NEW PUBLICATIONS. 



Illustrations of Zoology, being representations of New, Rare, 

 or otherwise remarkable subjects of the Animal Kingdom, 

 drawn and coloured after Nature, with Descriptive Let- 

 ter-press. No. II. By James Wilson, Esq. F. R. S. E. 

 Member of the Wernerian Natural History Society, 397 



A Tabular and Proportional View of the Superior (Alluvial 

 Tertiary Formations), Supermedial (Secondary Rocks), 

 and Medial Rocks (partly Secondary and partly Transition 

 Rocks). By Henry T. De la Beche, F.R.S. F.L.S. &c. 401 



A Tabular View of Volcanic Phenomena, comprising a List of 

 the Burning Mountains that have been noticed at any time 

 since the commencement of historical records, or which 

 appear to have existed at antecedent periods,* together 

 with the dates of the respective Eruptions, and of the prin- 

 cipal Earthquakes connected with them. By Charles 

 Henry Daub en y, M. D. Professor of Chemistry in the 

 University of Oxford, &c. . - - 402 



Memoir on the Geology of Central France ; including the Vol- 

 canic Formation of Auvergne, the Velay, and the Vivarais. 

 By G. PouLETT ScROPE, F. R. S. M. G. S. &c. - 402 



Art. XXIX. List of Patents granted in England, from 26th 



May to 15th August 1827, - - 403 



XXX. List of Patents granted in Scotland from 14th 



June to 5th September 1827, - 405 



