CONTENTS. 
Parr I, 
GENERAL SUBJECT. 
Some Account of the Life, Genius, and Personal 
Habits of the late Thomas Bewick, the cele- 
brated Artist and Engraver on Wood. By his 
Friend John F. M. Dovaston, Esq. A.M., of 
Westfelton, near Shrewsbury - Page 1. 97 
A Visit to the Mantellian Museum at Lewes. 
By Robert Bakewell, Esq. 
Sketch of a Natural Calendar of Coincidence, 
with Preliminary Remarks. By the Rev. W. 
T. Bree, M.A. -1 
Some Details respecting the Garden of Plants 
and the National Museum at Paris. By Mrs. 
R. Lee (late Mrs. Bowdich) = mee 
On the Geography, Geology, and Vegetation of 
Sicily. By John Hogg, Esq. M.A. F.L.S. 
F.C.P:S. ~ 105 
On the Falls of Niagara, and on the Physical 
Structure of the adjacent Country. By Mr. 
Robert Bakewell, Jun. - 117 
An Address delivered at the sixth and last An- 
niversary Meeting of the Zoological Club of 
the Linnean Society of London, on the 29th of 
November, 1829. By N. A. Vigors, Esq. A.M. 
E.R.S. = 201 
Further Notice of the late Mr. George Caley. 
By William Withering, Esq. L.L.D. F.L.S. 226 
Remarks on some of the Advantages and Dis- 
advantages of Periodical Works on Natural 
History. By a Purchaser of Periodicals 297 
On the Luminousness of the Sea. Read before 
the Plinian Society. By W. Baird, Esq. ; 
Member of- that Society - 308 
Account of an Ornithological Visit to the Is- 
ands of Shetland and Orkney, in the Sum- 
mer of 1828. By Richard Drosier, Esq. 321 
Remarks on the Natural History of the Parish | 
of Slapton, near Dartmouth, Arexgnahire: By 
H. V. D. 393 
Original Letters, “descriptive of a Natural His- 
tory Tour in North America. By T. W. 489 
Notes on the Pyrenees. By William Ainsworth, 
~ Esq, Member of the Royal College of Sur. 
geons of Edinburgh, &c. - 496 
Certain Effects attending the Blowing up of 
Stob’s Powder Mill in Peebleshire, and other 
Matters. By Agronome - - 507 
ZOOLOGY, 
Observations on the Preternatural Growth of 
the Incisor Teeth, occasionally observed in 
certain of the Mammalia rodéntia. By W. 
Farrar, Esq. M.D. - - 27 
Supplement to the ‘* Descriptive and Historical 
Notice of British Snipes,’ in the Seventh 
Number of the Magazine of Natural His- 
tory. (Vol. 11. p.143.) In a Letter to the 
Conductor. By 8. TP. - - 27 
On the Caprimilgus europe‘us, or Fern Owl. 
By Bartholomew Dillon, Esq. 
On the Autumnal Migration and “Habits of 
some of the Genus Sylvia in England. eu 
J. D. Hoy, Esq. 
On the wanton eDestauntion of Swallows. “By 
Philochelidon 
An Introduction to the Natural History of Ma. 
luscous Animals. Ina Series of Letters. By 
G.I. : = - 39. 249. 335. 525 
Observations relative to Dr. Carus’s Discovery 
of the Circulation of the Blood in Insects. By 
William Spence, Esq. F.L.S. . - 48 
OB On the Habits of the Chianicleou: 
ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS. 
On the extraordinary Instincts peculiar to some 
of the Insect Tribe. -By T. H. « Page 50 
Dates of the first and last Appearances of the 
Hirindines in the Neighbourhood of Allesley 
Rectory, for the Year 1829, with Remarks. 
By the Rev. W. T. Bree, M. A. - - 130 
Some Account of the British Pearl Fishery now 
existing on the Conway. By D. C. 2713! 
By Henry 
Slight, Esq. M.R.C.S., Honorary Librarian to 
the Portsmouth Institution - 232 
7 Trait in the Habits of the Weasel, with Notes 
on the Water Shrew and the Thrush. By W. 
L., Selkirkshire - 234 
Notice of a Discovery respecting the Food of 
the Bearded Titmouse (Parus bidrmicus Lz7.). 
By W. H. Dikes, Esq. - - 239 
Notice of the Phuskage’ of the Bearded Titmouse 
when a young Bird. By the Rev. J. Lakes 239 
Notice of Stones found in the Stomachs of Pike. 
By the Rev. W. T. Bree, M.A. - - 241 
On Péntia Charicléa and Métra, the large and 
small Cabbage Butterflies. By the Rev. W. 
T. Bree, M.A. = 242 
On the Gooseberry Grub. By E. s - 245 
On the Periodical Appearance of certain Insects. 
By J. H, Davies, Esq., Lieut. R. M., late Cu- 
itor of the Museum of Me Portsmouth Phi- 
losophical Society - - 247 
An Account of the Mode in which the common 
Frog takes its Food. By the Rev. W. T. 
Bree, A.M. - 326 
Observations on the Habits and Nidification of. 
the Bearded Titmouse (Parus biarmicus L. 
By J. D. Hoy, Esq. : 398 
Some Account of the Stickleback Fish (Gaster- 
ésteus aculeatus). By O. - 329 
Notice of the Capture of Vanéssa Hintera, for 
the first time in Britain, with a Catalogue of 
rare Insects captured. By J.C. Dale, Esq. 332 
On the Hydra, or Fresh-water Polypus. © By. 
Samuel Woodward, Esq. - 348 
Supposed Parasite - Habits of the Night-jar 
(Caprimalgus europz‘us), and Nests of the 
Cuckoo. By J. Rennie, Esq. - - 397 
On a remarkable Formation of the Bill observed 
in several Species of Birds. By John Black- 
wall, Esq. - 402 
Remarkable Visitation of the Phale® na typi-" 
céides. By E. S. - - - 404 
The Cuvierian, or Natural, System of Zoology. 
By B._ Essay 4. On Mammiferous Animals ; 
their Division into Orders, and distinctive 
Characters of each. Comparison between the 
Cuvierian and Linnean Systems = - 510 
Description of the Great Bustard of India, with 
Notices of some os Indian Bustards. By 
A Subscriber - 515 
Some Observations on the British Willow 
Wrens. By T. F. - - 518 
Additions to ‘he British Fauna ; Class, Fishes. 
By William Yarrell, Esq. F.L. ’S. ZS. &e. 521 
On the Metamorphosis Oot a Species of Cassida. 
By T. H. - - - 523 
BOTANY. 
An Introductory View of the Linnean System 
of Plants. By Miss Kent, Authoress of Flora 
Doméstica, Sylvan Sketches, &e. 53, 134. 350 
On the Specific Identity of the Primrose, Oxlip, 
*Cowslip, and Polyanthus. By the Rev, John 
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