Bibliographical Notices, 117 



specimen of Phoca Grcenlandica was killed in 1830, but is supposed to 

 have fallen overboard from one of the returning Greenland ships. Of 

 P. annellata and leporina he states, " I am much inclined to suspect 

 that further observations will prove them to be merely varieties of 

 the vitulina." A specimen of the Walrus vfos, killed near the island 

 of Fetlar in the summer of 1815, and another was seen in 1828 for a 

 few days in Balta Sound. In this paper a great deal will be found 

 to interest relative to the manners and habits of the Shetland seals, 

 and Dr. Edmonstone would be conferring a favour on zoologists if he 

 could send the skins and skeletons of the most marked varieties either 

 to Edinburgh or London, where they could be compared with other 

 species, and any disputed points finally settled. 



II. " On the last changes in the Relative Levels of the Land and 

 Sea in the British Islands." By James Smith, Esq., of Jordan Hill. 

 A paper of much local interest, and illustrated by two plates of new 

 recent shells from the firth of Clyde. 



III. " On the Asteriada of the Irish Sea.'* By Edward Forbes, 

 Esq. 



IV. " Meteorological Journal for the year 1838, kept at the Manse 

 of the parish of Abbey of St. Bathons, Berwickshire." By the Rev. 

 John WoUow. 



V. " On the Geognosy of the Isle of Eigg." By R. J. Hay 

 Cunningham, Esq. 



Scandinaviens Fiskar, malade of W. v. Wright, med text of B. 

 Fries och C. U. Eckstrom. 4 et 5 Haftet. Stockholm. 



The fourth part of this excellent work contains splendid drawings 

 of Gadus JEglefinus, Pollachius ; Raniceps niger (with text), CalliO' 

 nymus Lyra ^ and $ , C. maculatus, besides descriptions of Cypri- 

 nus Grislagine, rutilus, erythrophthalmus, Gadus minutus and mer- 

 langus. The fifth part contains drawings of Centronotus gunellus, 

 Clinus maculatus. Fries ; Cyprinus Ballerus, Pleuronectes Liman- 

 doides, Myxine glutinosa. Scomber scombrus, and Squalus cornubicus. 

 From the accuracy of the drawings, and the completeness of the de- 

 scriptions, this work will always remain the most important source 

 for the determination of those species established by Linnaeus and 

 the Swedish naturalists. 



Verzeichniss der Conchylien in der Sammlung von E. Anton. Halle. 

 This Catalogue contains 3410 species, of which 348 are new, and ai*e 

 here described. 



