CONTENTS. 



No. III. October, 1S24. 



Page 



Art. XLII. An Inquiry into the natural Affinities oj the 

 LaniadcSy or Shrikes ; preceded by some Observations 

 on the present State of Ornithology in this Country. By 

 William Sjfainson, Esq. F.RS. F.L.S. M.W.S. 

 S(c 289 



Art. XLIII. Sketches in Ornithology ; or Observations on 

 the leading Affinities of some of the more extensive 

 groups of Birds, By N. A. Vigors, Jun. Esq. A.M. 

 F.L.S 308 



Art. XLIV. An Inquiry respecting the true nature of In- 

 stinct, and of the Mental Distinction beivieeti Brute 

 Animals and Man. — Essay II. — An Examination of the 

 prevailing Division of the Brute Powers into Intellectual 

 and Instinctive, as presented, in some recent publications, 

 by the Rev. Dr. Fleming, and by M. Frederic Cuvier ; 

 including Strictures on the Theory of Habit proposed by 

 the latter : with Illustrations of the Specific Constitution 

 of the Brute Mind. By John Oliver French, Esq. 346 



Art. XLV. Monograph on the Cyprwidw, a Family of Tes- 

 taceous Mollusca. By Joiiji Edward Gray, Esq. 

 M.G.S. 367 



Art. XLVI. General Observations on the Anatomy of the 

 Thai ax in Insects, and on its Functions during Flight. 

 By E. T. Bennett, F.L.S. and Member of the Zoo- 

 logical Club of the Linnean Society 391 



Art. XLVII. Description of an hitherto unpublished 

 Species of Buccinum recently discovered at Cork. By 

 E. T. Bennett, F.L.S. and Member of the Zoological 

 Club of the Linnean Society 398 



Art. XLVI 1 1. Observations on Mclania Setosa, in reply 

 to Mr. Gray, by IVilliam SifAiNsoN, Esq. F.R. and 

 L.S. M.IV'S. S^c. 399 



