387 

 OLD NATURAL HISTORY MAGAZINES, ETC. 



T. SHEPPARD, M.Sc, F.G.S. 



{Continued from page J56). 



THE MALACOLOGICAL AND CONCHOLOGICAL MAGAZINE. 



Conducted by G. B. Sowerby, F.L.S., etc., etc. Part I., 

 London : Printed ... for G. B. Sowerby, Great Russell Street, 

 Bloomsbury, 1838. For private, gratuitous distribution 

 only ' is the title of an octavo publication, a copy of the first 

 part of which I now have. It was ' to be continued monthly,' 

 but the British Museum Catalogue only notes two parts, in 

 1838 and in 1839. . . 



On the first page we learn that ' This work is intended as 

 the Conductor's gratuitous contribution for the advancement 

 of one of his favourite branches of Natural Science. The 

 particular object which he proposes to himself in commencing 

 it is the establishment of a Malacological and Conchological 

 Society in London, it will be carried on at the sole expense of 

 the Conductor for a twelvemonth, by which time it is to be 

 hoped such a Society will be established ; when it will be 

 naturally replaced by their transactions. The Conductor will 

 admit useful original articles relative to Malacological and 

 Conchological Science in all their branches, and he invites 

 articles relating to those sciences in their connection with 

 Geology.' 



This part contains 32 pages and a plate, followed by 8 

 pages of specimen plates, etc. One of these is devoted to 

 ' The Yorkshire Meteorite ' which fell at Thwing in 1795. 

 The Meteorite was then in the possession of the Sowerby 

 family, who were prepared to deliver it to the Trustees of the 

 British Museum ' as soon as £300 shall be subscribed ' ! 



THE ZOOLOGICAL MAGAZINE. 



or Journal of Natural History, being a series of Miscellaneous 

 Articles, original and translated, on interesting subjects in 

 Zoology, illustrated by engravings in steel and on wood.' 



This publication appeared in 1833, six parts (8vo) with a 

 total of 192 pages, were published, and the last part has an 

 index occupying less than a page. The articles refer to the 

 Giraffe, Rhinoceros, Elephant, Polar Bear, etc., and occasionally 

 there are shorter notes of zoological interest. 



My copy, recently obtained, was once in the possession of 

 Richard Owen, and bears his signature. 



MOSLEY'S HISTORY OF BRITISH BIRDS. 



(See pages 146-7 of Yorkshire's Contribution to Science). 

 I learn from British Birds, August, 1916, p. 71, that Mr. 



1917 Dec. 1. 



