TO CORRESPONDENTS. 



Communication! have been received from the Rev. J. M. Berkeley, J. E. Gray, 

 Esq., the Rev. J. B. Readb, J. ('. Etton, Esq., Allan Cvminoham, Esq., Dr. As 

 nott, Renald Gunn, Esq., George Gardner, Esq., and the Rev. Patrick Keith, 

 all of which will receive immediate attention. 



Extract of a Notice in Sir IV. Jar dine' s 'Magazine of 

 Zoology (uul Botany' for February. 



k ' When this Magazine was commenced, it was published at the 

 risk of the Conductors, and the Publisher in Edinburgh, — not as a 

 moncv speculation, but as an experiment to try how far a periodical, 

 endeavoured to be conducted on scientific principles, would succeed; 

 and although from the results they cannot speak very highly of the 

 encouragement which Naturalists have bestowed upon it, or of their 

 anxiety to encourage scientific papers and facts unadorned and 

 truthful, they have still had the satisfaction of being able, with the 

 assistance of their Contributors, to carry their periodical through a 

 second year, in a manner which they believe has been acknowledged 

 to stand high in the estimation of those who were inclined to djp 

 below the surface of the subjects which others pretended to study and 

 admire ; and they have the further satisfaction of now saying to their 

 Subscribers, that this experimental commencement has been the 

 means of enabling them to continue the work without risk to them- 

 selves, and with every prospect of a more ample and efficient sci- 

 entific support. 



" The following alterations are proposed to commence with our 

 next Number : 



The 'Annals of Natural History will be published by Mr. Richard Taylor, 

 Red Lion Court, Fleet Street, London, who will superintend the general editing of 

 the Work. 



The arrangement of each Number will be continued similar to that now followed, 

 — Original Communications and Translations, Reviews, &c, and Intelligence. 



The Zoological Department will be conducted by Sir W. Jardine, Bart., P. J. 

 Selby, Esq., and Dr. Johnston. 



The Botanical Department will be conducted by Sir W. J. Hooker, Professor of 

 Botany, University, Glasgow. 



A Number will be published on the First of every Month, containing from Five 

 to Six Sheets, with Plates, coloured or uncoloured, according to circumstances. 



From the intimate and almost inseparable connection of Geology with the sub- 

 jects contained in this Periodical, Papers tending to illustrate what may be termed 

 Zoology and Botany of Geology will be admitted. — Eds." 



