5194 Notices of New Books. 



6 The Natural History Review." No. XL, dated July, 185G. Price 

 2s. 6d. London, Williams & Norgate ; Dublin, Hodges and 

 Smith ; Edinburgh, Williams & Norgate. 



The eleventh number of this useful and improving Journal contains 

 the following papers : — 



Reviews. — ' Popular History of the Palms and their Allies ;' by B. 

 Seemann. ' On the Variation of Species;' by T. Vernon Wollaston. 

 ' Natural History of the Animal Kingdom ;' by W. S. Dallas. ' June : 

 a Book for the Country in Summer Time;' by H. T. Stainton. 

 'Shells and their Inhabitants;' by H. and A. Adams. ' Introduction 

 to Entomology ;' by W. Kirby and W. Spence : seventh edition. ' A 

 Re- arrangement of the Nomenclature of British Coleoptera,' Part I. 

 Geodephaga — Phylhydrida; by J. F. Dawson and Hamlet Clark. 

 1 The World of Insects : a Guide to its Wonders ;' by J. W. Douglas. 

 'Practical Hints respecting Moths and Butterflies;' by R. Shield. 

 ' Manual of Entomology,' Vol. III. — IV. ; by Hermann Burmeister. 

 c The Natural History of Ireland,' Vol. IV. ; by the late William 

 Thompson. 



Societies. — Dublin Natural History Society: — Remarks on the 

 Fungi of the South-west of Ireland ; by W. Andrews, Esq. On the 

 Genus Skua; by Chas. Farran, Esq., M.D. On the Occurrence of 

 Rare Birds in Ireland ; by Lord Clermont. On Asplenium Tricho- 

 manes; by W. Andrews, Esq. On the Occurrence of the Egyptian 

 Goose (Chenalopex Egyptiacus) in Ireland ; by R. J. Montgomery, 

 Esq. Remarks on some Birds that usually visit Ireland ; By J. R. 

 Kinahan, Esq., M.B. On the Natural Affinities of the Genera Botry- 

 chium and Ophioglossum ; by J. R. Kinahan, Esq., M.B. Sparoleg- 

 nia Ferox attacking Gold Fish in Vivaria; by Dr. Frazer. Change 

 of Colour in a Fowl ; by R. P. Williams, Esq. Journal of the Dub- 

 lin Geological Society : — Report of the Council for the year 1855. 

 Donations to the Library since February, 1855. On the Geology of 

 the Lake District of Killarney; by Geo. V. Dukoyer, Esq. Re- 

 searches among the Palaeozoic Rocks of Ireland, with a view to deter- 

 mine the Limits of the Old Red Sandstone, and its Relation to the 

 Inferior Rocks ; by John Kelly, Esq. Tabular List of Localities in 

 Ireland where Junctions occur of Old Sandstone with the Rocks 

 that lie beneath it ; by John Kelly, Esq. On the Lower Carbonife- 

 rous Beds of the Peninsula of Hook, County of Wexford ; by the 

 Rev. Saml. Houghton, M.A., Professor of Geology in the University 

 of Dublin. 



