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1 On the Genera of the Tribe Duboisieae.' By John Miers, F.R.S., 

 F.L.S. 



' On Marine Vivaria. 7 By William Thompson, Esq. 



' Rambles in Ceylon.' By Edgar Leopold Layard, Esq. 



1 A Revision of the Genera of some of the Families of Conchifera, 

 or Bivalve Shells.' By J. E. Gray, Ph.D., F.R.S., V.P.Z.S. 



Bibliographical Notice : — ' Revue et Magasin de Zoologie.' Par 

 M. F. E. Guerin Meneville. 



Proceedings of Learned Societies: — Royal Institution — Zoological 

 Society. 



Miscellaneous : — On the Nervures of Leaves and their distribution ; 

 by L. von Buch. On the occurrence of large quantities of the Shells 

 of Anodonta cygnea on the Sea-coast near Sandgate ; by Francis 

 Brent, Esq. Description of a new Genus of Gorgoniadae ; by J. E. 

 Gray, Ph.D., F.R.S., P.B.S., &c. Note on a new Species of Franco- 

 lin ; by Dr. Nicholson, H.E.I.C. Medical Service. 



From Mr. W. Thompson's paper ' On Marine Vivaria,' it appears 

 that he has for some years been following up, and with complete suc- 

 cess, Mr. Warington's plan, of keeping the water pure by preserving 

 the balance of animal and vegetable life. The experiment is a most 

 interesting one ; and the cases constructed for this purpose at the 

 Zoological Gardens, Regent's Park, will doubtless be a source of great 

 attraction during the present summer. 



On the Persecution of Birds and Animals, unhappily so general in 

 this Country. By the Rev. Alfred Charles Smith, M.A. 



In my " Notes on the Natural History of Norway," I have already 

 alluded to the continual and wanton persecution of birds in England, 

 as contrasted with their kind treatment in Norway ; and their conse- 

 quent confidence and familiarity with man in the one country, their 

 shyness and fear in the other. Perhaps some may be inclined to think 

 that this difference arises from the very scanty population of the one 

 country, and the swarming multitudes of the other : undoubtedly, the 

 two countries are widely different in respect to population ; but while 

 numbers of inhabitants on the one hand may have the effect of cans-* 

 ing greater wariness in birds, on the other hand they produce greater 

 familiarity with man. At any rate, whatever effect this may have, I 

 must still assert that I fear our own countrymen cannot lay claim to 



