al a, 
CONTENTS. ili 
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the Author. Concluded from page 75, Vol. 
XXXVil., : 119 
ArtT.XVI. Report of a Remarkable ead of the 
Aurora Borealis below the Clouds. By the 
Rev. James Farquuarson, LL.D., F.R.S., Mi- 
nister of the Parish of Alford, ; 3 135 
XVII. On a Species of Teredo found in Cork-floats, on 
the Coast of Aberdeenshire. By Wittiam 
MacGituivray, A.M., LL.D., Professor of Na- 
tural History in Marischal College and Univer- 
sity. Communicated by the Author, , 138 
XVIII. An Inquiry into the Distinctive Characteristics of 
the Aboriginal Race of America. By Samvuet 
GeorcE Morton, M.D., Author of Crania Ame- 
ricana, Crania Hgyptiaca, &c., : 141 
1. Physical Characteristics, } 5 : 142 
2. Moral Traits, : ; : : 146 
3. Intellectual Faculties, ; F : 149 
4. Maritime Enterprise, : : : 155 
5. Manner of Interment, : 160 
XIX. Observations on the Comet in the Whale, made at 
the Observatory of Hamburg. By M. Rumxer. 
Communicated by Sir T. Makdougall Brisbane, 
Bart., President of the Royal Society of Edin- 
burgh, ‘ : : : ‘ 174 
‘XX. Screntiric INTELLIGENCE :— 
GEOLOGY. 
1. Remarks on Fossil Birds. By Mr Paul Gervaes. 
2. On Gigantic extinct Mammalia in Australia. 
By Prof. Owen. 3. On the influence of Fucoidal 
Plants upon the formations of the Earth; on Me- 
tamorphism in general, and particularly the Me- 
tamorphosis of the Scandinavian Alum Slate. By 
Prof. G. Forchhammer. 4. On the Fossil Fishes 
of the London Clay. By M. Agassiz. 5. On the 
Toadstone or Amygdaloid of Derbyshire. By J. 
Alsop. 6, Our supposed inexhaustible Stores of 
Coal. 7. Eruption of Boiling Water from the ex- 
tinct volcano of Solfatara. 8. Temperature of the 
Mediterranean. 9. On Polarization of Light in 
reference to the Light of the Sun, . : 175 
