i> CONTENTS. 



Garnet of Schwavzenstein or Zillerthal in the Tyrol. 

 7. New Species of Brittle Silver-glance. 8. Fluor-spar 

 found in Ben-Gloe in Perthshire, - - 186, 187 



GEOLOGY. 



9. Humboldt's Journey to Siberia. 10. Meeting of Natu- 

 ralists in Berlin, - - - - 1 87 



ZOOLOGY. 



11. New Method of preserving Fishes. 12. Sea Birds, &c. 



of the Isle of May. 13. Changes in Animals, I88-I9O 



BOTANY. ^ 



14. Hybrids produced by species of Rhododendron, Azalea, 



and Rhodora fertilizing each other, - - igs 



ANTHROPOLOGY. 



15. Craniology. I6. On the Duration of Generations in the 



Eighteenth Century, - - _ 1 93-1 95 



ARTS. 



17. Extent of the Iron Trade of Great Britain. 18. Russian 

 Coinage of Platina. I9. Apparatus for the Sounding 

 of Church-Bells, invented in Denmark, - 197,198 



NEW PUBLICATIONS. 



1. Elements of Natural History, adapted to the present State 



of the Science. By John Stark, F. R. S. E. M. W. S. 

 &c. Two volumes 8vo, with Plates, - - 199 



2. Turner's Elements of Chemistry, 2d Edit. - 200 



3. An Essay on the Study of the Animal Kingdom ; being 



an Introductory Lecture delivered in the University of 

 London. By Dr Grant, Professor of Zoology and 

 Comparative Anatomy, - - - - ib. 



4. Picture of Organized Nature, in its distribution over the 



Earth. Translated from the German of Wilbrand and 

 RiTGEN, ----- ib. 



5. Zoological Researches, and Illustrations in Natural His- 



tory ; illustrated by numerous Figures. By John V. 

 Thompson, Esq. F. L. S. Surgeon to the Forces, No. I. ib. 



6. M. De la Beche's Table of Formations, 2d Edition, 201 

 Art. XXXII. List of Patents granted in England from 24ith 



July to 16th October 1828, - - 202 



XXXIII. List of Patents granted in Scotland from 9th 



September to 6th December 1828, - 204 



