CONTENTS, 



Pari I. ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS. 



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 MantelUan Museum at Lewes. 

 By Robert Bakewell, Esq. - - 9 



Sketch of a Natural Calendar of Coincidence, 

 with Preliminary Remarks. By the Rev. W. 

 T. Bree, M.A 17 



Some Details respecting the Garden of Plants 

 and the National Museum at Paris. By Mrs. 

 R. Lee (late Mrs. Bowdich) - - 22 



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. 

 F.R.S. . : ... 201 



Further Notice of the late Mr. George Caley. 

 By WilliamWithering, Esq. L.L.D. F.LS. 226 



Remarks on some of the Advantages and Dis- 

 advantages of Periodical Works on Natural 

 Histonr. 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- 

 lands 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, Devonshire. 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 rod^ntia. 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 S. T. P. - - 27 



On the Caprim61gus europae"*us, or Fern Owl. 

 By Bartholomew Dillon, Esq. - - 30 



On the Autumnal Migration and Habits of 

 some of the Genus Sylvia in England. By 

 J. D. Hoy, Esq. . - - 34 



On the wanton Destruction of Swallows. By 

 Philochelidon - . - 35 



An Introduction to the Natural History of Mol- 

 luscous Animals. In a Scries of Letters. By 

 G. J. . .. . 39. 249. 335. 525 



Observations relative to Dr. Carus's Discovery 

 of the Circulation of the Blood in Insects. By 

 William Spence, Esq. F.LS. - . 48 



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 

 irir6ndines in the Neighbourhood of AUesley 

 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. - 132 



On the Habits of the Chameleon. By Henry 

 Slight, Esq. M.R.C.S., Honorary Librarian to 

 the Portsmouth Institution - - 232 



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 biknaicus Lin.). 

 By W. H. Dikes, Esq. - - - 239 



Notice of the Plumage 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 Pontia ChariclSa and M^tra, 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- 

 rator of the Museum of the 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 (farus biarmicus L.). 

 By J. D. Hoy, Esq. - - - 328 



Some Account of the Stickleback Fish (Gaster- 

 tSsteus aculeatus). By O. - - 329 



Notice of the Capture of Vanessa H6ntera, for 

 the first time in Britain, with a Catalogue of 

 rare Insects captured. By J. C. Dale, Esq. 332 



On the Hfdra, or Fresh-water Polypus. By 

 Samuel Woodward, Esq. - - 348 



Supposed Parasite Habits of the Night-jar 

 (Caprimilgus europae'^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 Phalae^na typi- 

 coides. 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 other Indian Bustards. By 

 A Subscriber - - - 515 



Some Observations on the British Willow 

 Wrens. By T. F. - - - 518 



Additions to the British Fauna ; Class, Fishes. 

 By William Yarrell, Esq. F.LS. Z.S. &c. 521 



On the Metamorphosis of a Species of Cassida. 

 By T. H. . - - .523 



BOTANY. 



An Introductory View of the Linnean System 



of Plants. By Miss Kent, Authoress of Flbra 



Domestica, Sylvan Sketches, &c. 53. 134. 350 



On the Specific Identity of the Primrose, Oxlip, 



'■^'Cowslip, and Polyanthus. By the Rev. John 



