Vlll TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



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 Owen, Richard, Esq. Account of various portions of the Glyptodon, an 

 extinct quadruped allied to the Armadillo, recently obtained from the 

 Tertiary deposits in the neighbourhood of Buenos Ayres - - 257 



Philippi, Dr. A. Remarks on the molluscous animals of South Italy, 

 in reference to the geographical extension of the mollusca, and to the 

 mollusca of the tertiary period - -95 



Tchihatcheff, M. de. On the geology of the Altai mountains = 550 



Thorent, M. On the geological structure of the neighbourhood of 

 Bavonne - - - - - - 114 



III. NOTICES OP NEW BOOKS. 



Brodie, Rev. Peter Bellinger. A history of the Fossil Insects in the 

 secondary rocks of England, accompanied by a particular account of the 

 strata in which they occur, and of the circumstances connected with 

 their preservation - - - - •• •'• -399 



Burat, Amedee. Geologie appliquee ----- 133 



Burmeister, Hermann. Die organisation der Trilobiten aus ihren leb- 

 enden Verwandten entwickelt ; nebst einer systematischen Uebersicht 

 aller zeither beschriebenen Arten - - - - - 129 



Darwin, Charles. The structure and distribution of Coral reefs ; being 

 the first part of the geology of the Beagle under the command of Cap- 

 tain Fitzroy, R.N., during the years 1832 to 1836 - - - 381 



Geological observations on the Volcanic Islands visited during the 



voyage of H. M. S. Beagle, together with some brief notices on the geo- 

 logy of Australia and the Cape of Good Hope ; being the second part 

 of the geology of the voyage of the Beagle under the command of Cap- 

 tain Fitzroy, R.N , during the years 1832 to 1836 - 556 



Humboldt, Alexander Von, Kosmos. Entwurf einer physischen Welt- 



beschreibung - - ■. - - 402 



Lyell, Charles. Travels in North America, with geological observations 



on the United States, Canada, and Nova Scotia - - 389 



Manteix, G. A., LL. D. The Medals of Creation - - - 136 



Nicol, James. Guide to the Geology of Scotland - - - 139 



Strzelecki, P. E. de. Physical description of New South Wales and 

 Van Diemen's Land, accompanied by a geological map, sections, and dia- 

 grams, and figures of the organic remains -'--■- 558 



IV. MISCELLANExl. 



Cardium concentricum. Description of, by Prof. E. Forbes - - 408 



Coprolites and footprints of birds - - - - 141 



Earthquakes in Upper Assam from Jan. 1839 to Sept. 1843 - - 142 



Fossil plants. Distribution and number of known species of - 566 



Gold mines of Siberia. Account of their produce from 1830 to 1842, - 409 



Mastodon. Notice of the perfect remains of, recently found - - 566 



Mud-torrent in the plain of the Lagunilla, New Granada - ' - 410 



Ornithichnites, and the Coprolites of birds ~ - - - 1 41 



Osseous centres of the vertebras of cartilaginous fishes - 143 



Palaeozoic fossils from Hobart's Town and New South Wales - - 407 



Palaeozoic fossils. Localities of, in Cornwall - 567 



