THE ANNALS 



AND 



MGAZINE or NATURAL HISTORY, 



INCLUDING 



ZOOLOGY, BOTANY, and GEOLOGY. 



(being a continuai ion of the 'magazine of botany and zoology,' and of 

 loudon and ch arlkswortil's '.magazine of natural history.') 



COX DUCTED BY 



Sir W.JARDINE, Bart., F.L.S.— P.J. SELBY,EsQ.,F.L.S., 



GEORGE JOHNSTON, M.D., 



CHARLES C. BABINGTON, Esq., M.A., F.L.S., F.G.S., 



J. H. BALFOUR, M.D., Reg. Prof. Bot. Glasg., 



AND 



RICHARD TAYLOR, F.L.S., F.G.S. 



VOL. XV. 



LONDON: 



PRINTED .\ND PUBLISHED BY 11. AND J. E. TAYLOR. 



SOLD BY S. HIGIILEY; SIMPKIN and MARSHALL; SHERWOOD AND CO.; W. WOOD, 



TAVISTOCK STREET j BAILLIERE, REGENT STREET, AND PARIS : 



LIZARS, AND MACLACHLAN AND STEWART, EDINBURGH : 



CURRY, DUBLIN : AND ASHER, BERLIN. 



1845. 



