CONTENTS, 



No. IX^— January/, 1827. 



Pags 

 ^'AuT. I. Some account of the Life and Writings^ and Con- 

 tributions to Science, of the late Sir T. Stamforh 

 Raffles, Knt. F.R.S. S A. Sfc; successively Lieu- 

 tenant-Governor of Java and its dependencies, and of 

 Fort Marlborough, Singapore, and the British Posses- 

 sion in Sumatra: Founder and President of the Zoolo- 

 gical Society. By E. IV. Brayley, Jan. A.L.S. Sf 



N. Zool. Soc , 1 



^AuT, II. Supplement to the Genera of Not^th American 

 Birds, and to the Synopsis of the Species fou7id within 

 the territory of the United States. By Charles 

 LvciAK IjcoxAPATiTE, P riuce of Musignano, M.A.; 

 Vice-President of the Maclurean Lyceum of Philadel- 

 phia ; Mem. of the Phil. Soc. of Phil. ; of the Phil. Soc. 

 of the State of Nets Jersey ; of the Ac. of Nat. Hist. 

 of Phil. ; of the Lyceum of Nat. Hist, of Nezc York; 

 of the Ac. of Arts Sf Sc. of Baltimore ; of the Ac. of the 

 Ardenti, S^-c. 4 c 49 



AuT. III. On the Esquimaux Dog. By J. G. Children, 



Esq. Sec. R.S. L. F.R.S. E., F.L.S. <^c 54 



AttT. IV. Observations upon Siagonium quadricorne of 

 Kirhy, and on other portions of the Brachelytra (Sta- 

 phylinus, Lin.) By Mr. J. 0. Westwood 56 



Art. V. Observations on the Shells of an Acephalous Mol- 

 luscum of the Family of Pectinida: ,for which the Generic 

 name of Hinnites has been proposed by M. Defrance ; 

 together with the character of several Species. By G. B. 

 SojrERiiY, F.L.S.,S^c 67 



Art. VI. Sketch of the Life and Character of the late Count 

 de Lacepede. By JVilliam StrAiNsoNf Esq. F.R.S., 

 kc 7^ 



