CONTENTS. Vll 



XLIII. Miscellanea Zoologica. By George Johnston, M.D., Fel- 

 low of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. With Plates X. 

 and XI r. 368 



XLIV. Note on the Occurrence at various times of the Bottle-nosed 

 Whale {Hyperoodon Buizkopf, Lacep.) on the coast of Ireland ; and 

 on its nearly simultaneous appearance on different parts of the British 

 coast in the autumn of 1839. By William Thompson, Vice-President 

 of the Natural History Society of Belfast 375 



XLV. New Orchidacece. By Professor Lindley 381 



XLVI. Note on the Annelida. By W. S. MacLeay, M.A., F.L.S. 

 &c 385 



XLVII. Notes on the Excitability and Movement of the Leaves in 

 the Species of Oxalis. By Professor J. De Brignoli de Brunhoff of 

 Modena, and Prof. Morken of Liege 388 



XLVIII. An attempt to ascertain the Fauna of Shropshire and North 

 Wales. ByT. C. Eyton, Esq., F.L.S 396 



XLIX. On the production of Isinglass from Indian Fishes. By Dr. 

 Cantor, Corresponding Member of the Zoological Society 399 



L. On Isinglass in Polynemus sele, Buch., a species which is very 

 common in the Estuaries of the Ganges. By J. McClelland, Esq.... 401 



LI. A Supplement to the Synopsis of the Fishes of Madeira in the 

 Second Volume of the Transactions of the Zoological Society. By the 

 Rev. R. T. Lowe 405 



LII. Information respecting Botanical Travellers: — 



Mr. Griffith's Journal of the Mission to Bootan 424 



Mr. Schomburgk's Expedition in Guiana 429 



NUMBER XXVII. SUPPLEMENT. 



Information respecting Botanical Travellers : — Mr. Schomburgk's 

 Expedition in Guiana [^Continued.'] 433 



New Books : — Etudes de Micromammalogie. Revue des Musaraignes, 

 des Rats et des Campagnols, suivie d'un Index methodique des 

 Mammiferes d'Europe. Par Edm. De Selys-Longchamps 434 



Proceedings of the Zoological Society ; Geological Society ; Tweedside 

 Physical and Antiquarian Society ; Physical Society of Edin- 

 burgh 442—461 



Movement of the Style of Goldfussia anisophylla ; Echinospermum lap- 

 pula\ Guiana Expedition; Grew " On the Principles of Bodies ;" 

 Notes on the Birth of the GirajQTe ; Meteorological Observations 

 and Table... 462— •466 



