200 New Fubllcations. 



V'lce-Vrcndnni?. 

 II. K. Greville, Esq. LL.D. Dr Walter Adam. 



John Sligo, Esq. F.E.S.E. Dr T. S. Traill, F.R.S.E. 



Secretary. — Dr Pat. Nbill, F.E.S.E. Librarlau.—J. Wilson, Esq. F.E.S.E. 

 ^ssjVf.&c— T.J.ToRRiE,Esq.F.R.S.E. Paintei:~F. Syme, Esq. 

 Treasurer.— A. G. Ellis, Esq. Assbt. Pahit.—W. H.TowNSEND,Esq. 



CouiwU. 

 R. J. Hay Cunningham, Esq. Sir William Newbigging, F.R.S.E 



W. A. Cadell, Esq. F.E.SS. L. & E. David Falconar, Esq. 

 Dr R. Hamilton, F.R.S.E. Dr Robert Paterson. 



Dr Robert Graham, F.R.S.E. Edward Forbes, Esq. 



NEW PUBLICATIONS. 



]. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. Edited by the Acting Secre- 

 taries. 



The departure of Mr James Princep, the former Editor, from 

 India, as stated in our last number, has placed the editorial 

 duties of this valuable periodical in the hands of the Acting- 

 Secretaries of the Societj'. The first and second numbers of 

 this new series have reached us. The First or January Num- 

 ber, 1839, contains the following scientific articles : — 1. On the 

 DistrihuiiGn of European Birds {^particularly in reference to 

 the views of Mr Bwainson), by William Jameson, Esq. Bengal 

 Medical Service. 2. On a new Genus of the Fissirostral Tribe : 

 By B. H. Hodgson, Esq. Catamandu (with a plate). 3. On 

 ike Egyptian System of Artificial Hatching : By Don Sinbaldo 

 Demas (with a plate). 4. Dr Burke's 'Report on the Value of 

 Life among the Officers and Men in Her Majesty's Troops in 

 India. 5. Observations on the Burmese and Munipoor Famish 

 Tree: By N. Wallich, Esq. M.D. (with a plate). 6. Meteo- 

 rological Table kept at the Assay Office, Calcutta, for the month 

 of January 1839. — The number of February 1839 contains the 

 following scientific papers: — ^1. Mr Hodgson on Cuculus. 

 2. Feport on the Coal and Iron Mines of Talcheer and Ungool, 

 ^c.^'c: By Mr M. Kittoe. 3. On the Detection of Arse- 

 nical Poisons, ^c. 4'c. .• By W. B. CShaughnessy, Esq. M. D. 

 4. Proceedings of the Asiatic Society. 5. Meteorological Table 

 for month of February. 



