CONTENTS. 



No. III. October, 1824. 



Page 



Art. XLir. An Inquire/ into the natural Affinities of the 

 LaniadcBy or Shrikes ; preceded by some Observations 

 on the present State of Ornithology in this Country. By 

 William Swainson, Esq. F.RS. F.L.S. M.W.S. 

 Sic 289^^ 



AiiT. XLIII. Sketches in Ornithology ; or Observations on 

 the leading Affinities of some of the more extensive 

 groups of Birds. By N. A. Vigors^ Jun. Esq, A.M. 

 F.L.S 308 . 



Akt. XLIV. Ati Inquiry respecting the true nature of In- 

 stinct^ and of the Mental Distinction between Brute 

 Animals and Man. — Essay II. — An Examination of the 

 prevailing Division of the Brute Bowers into Intellectual 

 and Instinctive^ as presented^ in some recent publications, 

 by the Rev. Dr. Fleming, and by M. Frederic Cuvier ; 

 including Strictures on the Theory of Habit proposed by 

 the latter : with Illustrations of the Specific Constitution 

 of the Brute Mind. By John Oliver French, Esq. 346 



Art. XLV. Monograph on the Cyprceidce, a Family of Tes- 

 taceous MoUusca. By John Edward Gray, Esq. 

 M.G.S. 367 



Art. XLVI. General Observations on the Anatomy of the 

 Thorax in Insects, and on its Functions during Flight. 

 By E. T. Bennett, F.L.S. and Member of the Zoo- 

 logical Club of the Linnean Society 391 



Art. XLVII. Description of an hithet^to unpublished 

 Species of Buccinum recently discovered at Cork. By 

 E. T. Bennett, F.L.S. and Member of the Zoological 

 Club of the Linnean Society 398 



Art. XLVIII. Observations on Melania Setosa, in reply 

 to Mr. Gray, by William Sjvainson, Esq. F.R. and 

 L.S. M.W.S. Sfc 399 



