CONTENTS. 



PAGE. 



I. Notice of a New Species of Swan, hy Mr. R. R. Wingate, ... 1 



II. Some Notice of the Falco Apivorus, or Honey Buzzard, shot in 



Thrunton Woods, by the Hon. H. T. Liddell, M. P. ... 3 



III. Some Account of a Whale stranded near Berwick upon Tweed, 



by George Johnston, M. D. ... ... ... ... ... 6 



IV. Notice of a Whin Dyke lately discovered in the Fenham Division 



of Be7iwell Colliery, by John Buddie, Bsq. ... ... ... 9 



V. Observatio?is on the New Species of Swan discovered by Mr. R. 



R. Wingate, by P. J. Selby, Esq 17 



VI. A Catalogue of the Land and Fresh-water Testaceous Mollusca 



found in the Vicinity of Newcastle upon Tyne, with Remarks, 

 by Mr. Joshua Alder, ... ... ... ... ... 26 



VII. Afexv Observations on the curious Mechanical Feats of a small 



Species of Spider, by the Rev. Wm. Turner, ... ... 42 



VIII. Notice on the Effects of a Basaltic Dyke at Butterknowle Col- 

 liery, by Mr. Michael Forster, Colliery Viewer, 44 



IX. Remarks on the Distribution of the indigenous Plants of North- 



umberland and Durham, as connected with the Geological 

 Structure of those Counties, by N. J. Winch, ... ... 50 



X. Notice of a Bed of Whin at Sta7ihope, in Weardale, by W. C. Tre- 



velyan, Esq., of Wallington, 58 



XI. Notes on the New Red Sandstone of the County of Durham, be- 



low the Magnesian Limestone, by Mr. Wm. Hutton, ... 60 



