CONTENTS. 



ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS. 

 I. Account of a Botanical Excursion in the Alps of the Canton of Va- 

 lais, Switzerland, in August 1835 ; and Catalogue of the Plants 

 collected, with occasional Remarks. By R. J. Shutxleworth, 

 Esq. - - - - Page 1 



II. On the Dentition and other Characters of the British Shrews, with 



reference to M. Duvernoy's recent researches into the structure 

 of this genus of Animals. By the Rev. Leonard Jenyns, M. A., 

 F. L. S., F. Z. S., &c. - 24 



III. Contributions to the Natural History of Ireland. By William 



Thompson, Esq. Vice-President of the Belfast Natural History 

 Society, - - - - 42 



IV. Cheloniorum Tabula Analytica. Auctore Carolo L. Bonaparte, 



Muxiniani Princip. - 58 



V. Miscellanea Zoologica. By George Johnston, M. D., Fellow of 



the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, 63 



REVIEWS AND CRITICAL ANALYSIS. 

 I. Icones Plantarum, or Figures with brief descriptive characters and 

 remarks of New or Rare Plants, selected from the Author's Her- 

 barium. By Sir W. J. Hooker, K. H. LL. D., &c. - 74 

 II. Dr Lardner's Cabinet Cyclopaedia. Natural History. Natural History 



and Classification of Birds. By W. Swainson, Esq. - 75 



III. An Analysis of the British Ferns and their Allies. With Copper- 



plate engravings of every Species and Variety. By George W. 

 Francis, 85 



periodicals. 



Loudon's Magazine of Natural History, 86 



Companion to Botanical Magazine, 87 



Annales des Sciences Naturelles, - - - - 89 



Annalen der Physik und Chemie, - ib. 



INTELLIGENCE. 

 Zoological — Miscellaneous — Proceedings of Societies. 



PLATES. 



Zoology. Plate I. Dentition of the British Shrews. 



II. •> 



jTj > British Ariciadse. 



