VI CONTENTS. 



Orchidacece ; Collections of Scottish and American Mosses; Animal of 

 Fanopcea austraiis; Industry and Metamorphoses of the Odynerl; 

 Lestris parasiticus; Copper in Plants; Occurrence of Falco Islan- 

 dicusin England; Meteorological Observations and Table pagel!)7-r-\C)0 



NUMBER IX. 



XV^III. On the Organic Origin of the Potstones or Paramoudras of 

 Whitlingham, near Norwich. By Prof C. G. Ehrenbero 161 



XIX. On the Genera Pinus and Abies, with remarks on the Culti- 

 vation of some Species. By Capt. S. E. Cook, R.N 163 



XX. On the Metamorphoses of Crustacea. By Capt. Du Cane, R.N. 

 (With Plates.) 178 



XXI. Notes on the Hairy-armed Bat (Fespertilio Leisleri). By 

 Thomas Paine, Esq., Jun. (With a Plate.) 181 



XXII. Decscriptions of New British Insects. TBy A. H. Haliday, 

 Esq.) 18.5 



XXIII. On the F'ormation of Fibrous Cells or Tubes of the Liber in 

 Plants. By Prof J. Meyen 190 



XXIV. On some new Organic Remains in the Flints of Chalk. By 



the Rev. .7. B. Reade, F.R.S. (With Plates.) 191 



XXV. Descriptions of British Chalcidites. By Francis Walker, 

 F.L.S 198 



XXVI. Florae I nsularum Novae Zelandiae Precursor ; or a Specimen 

 of the Botany of the Islands of New Zealand. By Allan Cunning- 

 ham, Esq 205 



New Books : — Plantas Javanicse rariores, quas in Insula .lava legit et 

 investigavit T. Horsfield, M.D. ; Monograph of the Caprimul- 

 gidcB, by John Gould, Esq., F.R.S. ; Wiegmann's Archiv fUr Na- 

 turgeschichte 214—223 



Proceedings of the Zoological Society ; Botanical Society of Lon- 

 don 226—233 



Cardamine sylvatica ; Himalayan Gypaetos; Occurrence of Nasturtium 

 Anceps ; Action of free Carbonic Acid on the Nutrition of Plants ; 

 Hybridity in Ferns; Affinities of the Ceratophyllacece ; Striped 

 Hyaena ; on a representative of the order of Insectivorous Mam- 

 malia; Caoutchouc in Plants; Obituary; Meteorological Obser- 

 vations and Table 235—240 



NUMBER X. 



XXVII. Remarks on the Greenland and Iceland Falcons, showing 

 that they are distinct species. By J. Hancock, Esq. (With a Plate.) 241 



XXVIII. On the Land and Freshwater Mollusca of Algiers and 

 Bougia. ' By Edward Forbes, Esq. (With two Plates.) 250 



XXIX. On the Habits of the King of the Vultures. By Robert 



H. ScHOMBURGK, Esq. 255 



XXX. On the British species of 2/0<Ms. By Charles C. Babington, 

 M.A., F.L.S 260 



XXXI. On Fishes ; containing a notice of one species new to the 

 British, and of others to the Irish Fauna. By W. Thompson, Esq. ... 266 



XXXII. On the Wild Cattle of Chillingham Park. By L. Hind- 

 marsh, Esq 274 



XXX III. On some new or little known Mammalia. By J. E. Gray, 

 Esq., F.R.S. (With two Plates.) 284 



XXXIV. Catalogue of the Slender-tongued Sanrians, with Descrip- 

 tions of many new Genera and Species. By J. E. Gray, Esq., F.R.S. 287 



