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NUMBER CXX. 



Pafie 

 XXXIX. Description of eight new species of Entomostraca fountl 

 at Weymouth. By John Lubdock, F.G.S. (With two Plates.) ... 401 



XL. On the great Bird of Paradise (Paradisea apoda, Linn.); 

 * Burong mati ' (Dead Bird) of the Malays ; ' Fanehan' of the nati\es 

 ofAi'u. By Alfred R. Wallace 411 



XLL Observations on the Habits of the common Marten {Martes 

 foina). By Madame Jeannette Power 416 



XLIL On the Unity of the genera Pleur acanthus, Diplodus, and 

 Xenacanthus, and on the Specific Distinction of the Permian Fossil 

 Xenacanthus Decheni (Beyrich). By Sir Philip de Malpas Grey 

 Egerton, Bart., F.R.S 423 



XLin. Remarks on the species of Whales which have been observed 

 on the Coasts of Cornwall. By Jonathan Couch, Esq., F.L.S. &c. 424 



XLIV. The Process of Fecundation in the Vegetable Kingdom, and 

 its relation to that in the Animal Kingdom, By Dr. L. Radlkofer. 439 



Proceedings of the Zoological Society 460 — 467 



On Circulation in Plants, by A. Trecul ; On a new genus of Bu-ds 

 from Mexico, by P. L. Sclater, Esq.; Discovery of Footsteps of 

 Quatlriipeds in the New Red Sandstone of Saint -Yalbert near 

 Luxeuil (Haute- Saone), by M. Daubree ; On two new species of 

 Birds from Bogota, by P. L. Sclater, Esq 467 — 472 



NUMBER CXXI. SUPPLEMENT. 



XLV. On the Natural Histoi-y of the Aru Islands. By Alfred 

 R. Wallace 4/3 



XLVI. Thoughts on Species. By James D. Dana 485 



XLYII. Supplement to a Catalogue of British Spiders, inclucUng 

 remarks on their Structure, Functions, Q^conom}', and Systematic 

 Arrangement. By John Blackwall, F.L.S 497 



XLVIII. On certain Coleopterous Insects from the Cape de Verde 

 Islands. By T. Vernon Wollaston, M.A., F.L.S 503 



XLIX. Remarks on the Columbince, with a description of a new 

 Indian Pigeon, akin to the 'Stock Dove' of Europe. By Edward 

 Blyth 506 



L. Description of two new Cryptogams. By Mr. H. O. Stephens. 

 (With a Plate.) '. 514 



New Books : — A Manual Flora of Madeira and the adjacent Islands of 

 Porto Santo and the Dezertas, by R. T. Lowe, M.A. Part I. 



