CONTENTS. iii 



Art. XXIV. On the various Preparations of Milk, particularly 



of Mares' Milk, used by the Kalmuck Tartars, 360 

 XXV. Analyses of Limestones from the Quarries be- 

 longing to the Earl of Elgin, near Charlestown 

 in Fifeshire. By Rev. A. Robertson junior, 

 Inverkeithing.' Communicated by the Author, 364 



XXVI. A Uniformity of Climate prevailed over the Earth 



prior to the time of the Deluge ? - 366 



XXVII. Notes on the Moth named Saturnia Luna — the 

 Domestication of Foreign Butterflies — and the 

 Geographical Distribution of Insects. Com- 

 municated by James Wilson, Esq. F. R. S. E. 368 

 - XXVIII. Account of several New Species of Grouse (Te- 



trao) from North America, - - 372 



XXIX. Description of several New or Rare Plants which 

 have lately flowered in the neighbourhood of 

 Edinburgh, and chiefly in the Royal Botanic 

 Garden. By Dr Graham, Professor of Bo- 

 tany in the University of Edinburgh. With 

 -a Plate illustrative of the germination of the 

 Nepenthes distillatoria, - - 377 



XXX. Celestial Phenomena from April 1. to July 1. 

 1830, calculated for tlie Meridian of Edin- 

 burgh, Mean Time. By Mr George Innes, 

 Astronomical Calculator, Aberdeen, - 381 



XXXI. Proceedings of the Wernerian Natural History 



Society, _ . . - 384 



XXXII. Scientific Intei.mgence, 



385 



METEOROLOGY. 



Climate of Britain. 2. Winter of 1829-30 3. Meteoro- 

 logical Table kept at Kinfauns Castle. 4. Meteorological 

 Tables for Aberdeen. ."). Latitude of Ciilton Hill. 6. 

 Mysterious Sounds. 7- Etfects of Electricity on Rocks. 

 8. Meteoric Iron of Atacama, - - 385-3510 



MINKRALOGY. 



1). Perishable Nature ot \\'<>rks of Man. 



300 



