VI fC^ONTENTS. 



XXX I r. Notice of some Fungi collected by C. Darwin, Esq. during 

 the Expedition of H. M. Ship Beagle. By the Rev. M. J. Berkeley, 



M.A., F.L.S. (With Plates.) 291 



" XXXIII. Zoological Notices. By Dr. A. Philippi 294 



XXXIV. Notes on Dr. Philippi's Zoological Notices in the prece- 

 ding Article. By J. E. Gray, Esq 305 



XXXV. Notices of Botanical Excursions in the neighbourhood of 

 Trieste. By Edward Forbes, M.W.S., For. Sec. B.S., &c 307 



XXXVI. On the Habits of the Apteryx Australis, a Bird of New- 

 Zealand, closely allied to the Struthionidis, and named by the native 

 Inhabitants Kiwi. By the lat^ Allan Cunningham, Esq 312 



XXXVII. Characters of Four New Cape Orchidacece. By Professor 



LlNDLEY 314 



XXXVIII. On the Occurrence of Squalus spinosus, Linn., on the 

 Coast of Yorkshire. By Arthur Strickland, Esq 315 



XXXIX. Horse Zoologicse. By Sir William Jardine, Bart 318 



XL. Information respecting Botanical Travellers : — Mr. Schom- 



burgk's Narrative of his recent Expedition in Guiana 322 



New Books : — Histoire Naturelle des Poissons d'eau douce de I'Europe 

 Centrale, par Ls. Agassiz ; Natural History and Illustrations of 

 the British Salmonidae, by Sir W. Jardine, Bart. ; On the Growth 

 of the Salmon in Freshwater, by W. Yarrell, F.L.S., V.P.Z.S. ; 

 Narrative of an Expedition into Southern Africa during the years 

 1836 and 1837, by Capt. W. C. Harris ; Deutschlands Lebermoose 

 in getrockneten Exemplaren, Herausgegeben von Dr. J. W. P. 

 Hiibener und C. F. Genth ; A. Bertolonii Flora Italica, sistens 

 Plantas in Italia et in Insulis circumstantibus sponte nascentes ; 

 Verzeichniss der in Jahre 1832 im ostlichen Theile der Altai-ge- 

 birges gesammelten Pflanzen. Ein Supplement zur Flora Altaica, 

 von Al. v. Bunge; Fungorum et Byssorum Illustrationes, &c., by 

 F. Fulg. Chevallier ; Linnae ; British Coleoptera delineated, by 

 W. Spry, M.E.S., edited by W. Shuckard, Lib. R.S 329—339 



Proceedings of the Linnaean Society; Zoological Society; Royal So- 

 ciety of Edinburgh ; Botanical Society of Edinburgh ; Royal Phy- 

 sical Society of Edinburgh 339 — 355 



On different Tissues, the work of Insects ; Structure of the Ovule in 

 the EricecB ; Colour of Salt Marshes ; Falco EleonorcB ; Descrip- 

 tion of a new species of Meliphaga, by M. Dumas ; Flannel formed 

 of Infusoria and Confervas ; Meteorological Observations and 

 Table 356—360 



NUMBER XXVI. 



XLI. On the Strut-'ture of the Setae of Funaria hygrometrica. By 

 Edwin Lankester, M.D 361 



XLII. On the Tentacular Classification of Zonphytes. By John 

 Hogg, Esq., M.A., F.R.S., F.L.S., &c 364 



