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are rare, " on account of their forming a chief article of food during the long 

 fasts prescribed by the Greek church."— Vertebrate Animals. " The ani- 

 mals of this great division are few in number." Fishes — In autumn shoals 

 of Hemiramphus appear on the coasts, and are caught by lines trailed on the sur- 

 face water. The species most commonly met with in the markets are, the ge- 

 nus Percis, Smaris vulgaris, Sargus, Pagrus vulgaris, Crysophrys aurata, Ser- 

 ranus scriba and cabrilla, Trigla lyra, and hirundo, Mullus surmuletus and 

 barbatus, Scorpetta, Cottus, Trachinus, Zeus, Caranx, Cybium, Dentex, Creni- 

 labrus, Labrus, Torpedo, Ophysurus, Pleuronectes, Scyllum, Trygon, Hemi- 

 ramphus, Sygnathus. A more extensive list than is generally met with in other 

 markets. Reptiles are not abundant. Among those mentioned are, Lacerta 

 agilis, Coluber berus, Rana esculenta, and Bufo vulgaris. Birds. " In Cerigo 

 stationary birds are few in number, but hosts appear, remaining a longer or shorter 

 period in spring, on their passage north to spend the summer in more temperate 

 climes, and in autumn on their return." A list under the different seasons in 

 which their visits are made is given, too long to extract, but containing European 

 species only. Only four or five birds are mentioned as truly indigenous, a 

 remarkable feature in the zoology of the island. Quails are very abundant, and 

 the inhabitants catch them much in the same way that an entomologist secures 

 his prey, by means of an oval net at the end of a long pole ; a party of three will 

 sometimes secure twenty or thirty couples during the day. Quadrupeds existing 

 now in a wild state are few. Canis aureus, Vespertilio murinus, Rhinolophus 

 f equum, Mustela foina, Lepus timidus and cuniculus, Mus rattus and musculus 

 are all that are noted ; the Vespertilionidae will, however, be most probably un- 

 derrated. Of the domestic animals, an average of five years in Cerigo gives an- 

 nually 3132 horned cattle, 5524 goats, sheep, 16,809. The hog is an inmate of 



every peasant's cottage II. Memoir on the Chemical composition of Asses 



milk. By M. E. Peliget. (Translated from the French.) III. Farther pre- 

 liminary notices regarding Fossil infusoria. By Prof. C. B. Ehrenberg (From 



Poggendorff's Annalen.) On the Unity of Structure in the Animal Kingdom. 



By Martin Barry, M. D. A paper strongly advocating the view of the sub- 

 ject which is stated in the title Observations upon the Fossil Polypi of the 



genus Eschara, read before the Academy of Sciences, Paris. By Milne Edwards. 



Observations regarding Fossil Infusoria. By Professor Ehrenberg. — 



(From Wiegman's Archiv.) 



Botany. 

 On the relations of colour and smell in the more important families of the 

 vegetable kingdom, translated from Ueber das Licht vor Zugtweiss uber die 

 Chemischen, &c. An interesting paper, illustrated by numerous tables exhibit- 

 ing the ratio in which smell exists in plants of various colours. The residts 

 of the examination of 4200 plants are given. 



Loudon s Magazine of Natural History. New Series. January 



and February 1837- (Continued from p. 490.) 



The new series has begun with a decided improvement, first in the quality of 



the papers admitted, and 2dly, in the exclusion of some things which tended to 



lower the character of the Magazine in its primary epoch. We also like the 



practice now adopted of giving us " Translations" from the foreign journals, al- 



