CONTEN T S. 



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XXXI. On Allium Porrum and A. Ampeloprasum. 

 roroWj M.A., F.L.S., F.G.S., &c 



XXXII. Notice of some Fungi collected by C. Darwi. 

 during the Expedition of H. M. Ship Beagle. By the Rev. 

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



XXXIII. Zoological Notices. By Dr. A. Philippi 



XXXIV. Notes on Dr. Philippics Zoological Notices in the pre- 

 ceding Article. By J. E. Gray, Esq ox,* 



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 Struthionidce, and named by the native 

 Inhabitants Kiwi. By the late Allan Cunmnguam. Esq 312 



XXXVII. Characters of Four New Cape Orchidacece. By Professor 

 Lindley 314 



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

 Coast of Yorkshire. By Arthur Strickland, Esq 315 



XXXIX. Horae Zoological. By Sir William Jardine, Bart. .. 318 

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



burgk's Narrative of his recent Expedition in Guiana 322 



BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTICES. 



Histoire Naturelle des Poissons d'eau douce de l'Europe Centrale ; par 

 L 8 . Agassiz. Natural History and Illustrations of the British 

 Salmonidse ; by Sir W. Jardine, Bart. On the Growth of the 

 Salmon in Freshwater ; by W. Yarrell, F.L.S., V.P.Z.S 329 



Narrative of an Expedition into Southern Africa during the years 



1836 and 1837. By Captain W. C. Harris 334 



Deutschlands Lebermoose in getrockneten Exemplaren. Herausgege- 



ben von Dr. J. W. P. Hiibener und C. F. E. Genth 3,36 



A. Bertolonii Flora Italica, sistens Plantas in Italia et in Insulis cir- 



cumstantibus sponte nascentes 337 



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

 gesammelten Pflanzen. Ein Supplement zur Flora Altaica, von 

 Al. v. Bunge 338 



Fungorum et Byssorum Illustrationes, &c. By F. Fulg. Chevallier. . ib. 



Linmea. Vol. XIII. Part 3 ib. 



British Coleoptera delineated. By W. Spry, M.E.S., edited by W. E. 



Shuckard, Lib. R.S 339 



PROCEEDINGS OF LEARNED SOCIETIES. 



Linnsean Society 339 



Zoological Society 341 



Royal Society of Edinburgh 352 



Botanical Society of Edinburgh 355 



Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh . " ib. 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



On different Tissues, the work of Insects 356 



Structure of the Ovule in the Ericea 357 



Colour of Salt Marshes ib. 



Falco Eleonorcs 358 



Description of a new species of Meliphaga. By M. Dubus ib. 



Flannel formed of Infusoria and Conferva? 359 



Meteorological Observations and Table 359, 360 



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