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Rappord sur IVkiide et la coiiservation des bloes 

 crratiques eu Siiissc. F. Goppelsroeder : Zur 

 Cliemie der natürlichen Wasser (Aiiszug). — Ueber 

 die Grotte von Ilohlefels bei Blaidieuern (Auszug 

 aus den Vorträgen von Escher von der Linth und 

 E. Desor), E. D e s o r : Die verschiedenen Grund- 

 formen der Höhlen des Jura. 



Alexander Milton Ross. Classified Cata- 

 loguo of the Lepidoptera of Canada. — Classi- 

 fied Catalogue of the Birds of Canada ; in- 

 cluding every species known to visit the se- 

 veral provinces which now froni the doruinion 

 of Canada. — Toreuto 1872. S». 



C. H. Schauenburg. Beitrag zur Lehre 

 von der Tödtlichkeit trichinöser Einwanderung. 

 Berlin 1872. 8". 



Photographische Gesellschaft zu Dresden. 

 Helios, herausgeg. von H. Krone. Jahrg. 3, 

 Nr. 4—8. — Dresden 1872. 8". 



New Zealand Institute. Transactions and 

 Proceedings 1871. Vol. IV. Edited by Janie.s 

 Hector. — Wellington 1872. 8». 



Zoology. F. W. Hutton; On Megapodius 

 Pritcliardi, Gray. — Ün the microscopical structure 

 of the egg-shell of the Moa. — On the Lizards of 

 New Zealand, with descriptious of two new species 

 (Mocoa? Laxa, & Norbea isolata). — On Some 

 Moa Feathers. — On the New Zealand Chitonidae. 



— Description of a specimen of Mus rattus. L. in 

 the C'olonial Museum. — On the Bats of New Zea- 

 land. F. J. Knox; Observations on the New 

 Zealand Bats. — Notes on the Anatomy of the 

 Kanae (Mugil sp.). J. Haast: Notes on Harpa- 

 gornis Moorei, an Extinct Gigantic Bird of Prey. 

 J. Hector: Notes on the Für Seal of New Zealand 

 (Arctocephahis einereus, Gray[?]). T. H. [Potts: 

 On a new species of Rail, Eallus pictns. — On a 

 new species of Gull, l-arus (Bmchigavia) Bulleri. 



— On a new species of Aptery«. W. T. L. 

 Travers: On the. Ilabits of Some New Zealand 

 Birds. A. C. Purdie: On a supposed new species 

 ofDuck. R. W. Fereday : On the Lepidoptera of 

 New Zealand. E. Stowe: Description of a new 

 Shell found at Nelson (Imperator Davisii, Stowe). 

 B. Thomson: A Rock Pool and its Contents. 



Botany. J. Buchanan: On some New 

 Species of New Zealand Plants. T. Kirk: On 

 the Flora of the Isthmus of Auckland and the 

 Takapuna District. — On the Nativity in New 

 Zealand of Polygonuni aviculare, L. — Notes on 

 the New Zealand Asteliads. — A Comparison of 

 the Indigenous Floras- of the British Islands and 

 New Zealand. — Notes on the Local Distribution 

 of Certain Plants common to the British Islands 

 and New Zealand. — On the New Zealand Species 

 of Pittosporum. — On the Habit of the Rata 

 (Metrosideros robusta). T. F. Cheeseman: On 

 the Botany of the Titirangi District of the Province 

 of Auckland. J. F. Armstrong: On the Natu- 

 ralized Plants of the Province of Canterbury. — 

 On Some New Species of New Zealand Plants. 



Chemistry. W. Skey: On the Conducting Power 

 of various MetaUic Sidpliides and Oxides for Electri- 

 city, as compared with that of Acids and Saline 

 Solutions. — On the Eleetro-motive and Electro- 

 lytic Phenomeiia developed by Gold and Piatina 

 in Solutions of the Alkaline Sulphides. - On a 

 New and Rapid Process for the Generation of Sul- 

 phuretted Hydrogen Gas for use as a Re-agent in 

 Laboratory Operations. — Preliminary Notes on 

 the Isolation of the Bitter Substance of the Nut 

 of the Karaka Tree (Corynocarpus laevigata). — 

 Notes in support of the alleged Alkalinity of Car- 

 bonate of Linie. — On the Alkalinity or Aci(hty 

 of certain Salts and Minerals, as inticated by their 

 Reaction with Test Paper. — On a Form of 

 Electro - maguetic Seismograph adapted for Indi- 

 ratiug or Rogistering Minute Slioks. — New Pro- 

 cess for the Manufacturo of Sulpho - Cyanide of 

 Potassium. — Absorption of Copper from its Am- 

 moniaeal Solution by Cellulose in presence of 

 Caustic Potash. 



Geolo^y. F.W. Hutton: On the Alluvial 

 Deposits of the Lower Waikato, and the Formation 

 of Islands by the River. A.D. Dobson: On the 

 Traces of Ancieut Glaciers in Nelson Province. 

 J. Hector: On theRemains of a Gigantic Penguin 

 ( Palaeeudyptes antarcticus , Huxley ) , from the 

 Tertiary Rocks on the West Coast of Nelson. 

 F. W. Hut ton: On the Saihng Fhght of the 

 Albatros. 



Annales de la sociätä imperiale d'agri- 

 culture histoire naturelle et arts utiles de 

 Lyon. Ser. IV. 1, 2. 1868—69. — Lyon, 

 Paris 1869, 1870. 8». 



M. Gromier: Examen critique des idees de 

 M. ü. Ville sur les engrais chimiques. M. Mali- 

 nowsky: Essai liistorique sur l'origine et le deve- 

 loppement progressif de l'exploitation du charbon 

 de tcrre dans le bassin du Gard. M. Mulsant: 

 Tribn des Gibbicoles, pour faire suite ä l'histoire 

 des Cok'opteres de France. M. A. Chariere: 

 Observations meteorologiques pendant l'annee 1868. 

 MM. Fournet et Maxime Benoit: Greles du 

 Departement du Rhone, de 1819 k 18C6 inchi- 

 sivement. M. Rodet: Pneoscope et pneographe. 

 M. Nogues: La mineralogie et la mineralurgie 

 ä l'exposition universelle de 1867. — Orages de 

 1868 dans le Departement du Rhone. — Tableaux 

 de la Commission hydronietrique pour 1 68. M. P. 

 Eymard: Rapport de la Commission des soies 

 sur les Operation de l'annee 1869. — Tableau des 

 observations meteorologiques faites ä TObservatoü-e 

 du Palais Saint-Pierre, pendant le temps de l'edu- 

 cation des vers ä soie. M. Malinowsky: Projet 

 de l'etablissement de comptoirs mineralogiques ä 

 Alais et dans les autres centres des exploitations 

 houilleres et metallurgiques. M. Perrey: Sur les 

 tremblements de terre et les eruptions volcaniques 

 dans rarchipcl hawaien, en 1868. M. Gonnard: 

 Mineralogie du departement du Puy - de - Dome. 

 M. Mulsant: Tribu des Laraellicornes. M. Gon- 

 nard: Note sur une nouvelle zeolithe du Puy de 

 Marman. — Note sur un echantillon de Panabase. 

 M. Joannen: Observations sur la hauteur des 



