IV CONTENTS. 



of Mussel, 16. Discovery of Remains of the 

 Mammoth in India, . . . 188-196 



ETHNOGRAPHY. 



17. Projected Expedition to Iceland and Greenland, 196 



XXI. Description of several New or Rare Plants which 

 have Flowered in the Neighbourhood of Edin- 

 burgh, chiefly in the Royal Botanic Garden. By 

 Dr Graham, Prof, of Botany, . . 202 



XXII. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 203 



On the History of the Arch, by Dr Traill, 203. On the 

 Application of the Hot Blast in the Manufacture of 

 Iron, by Dr Clark, 205. On the Ruins of Babylon, 

 by Dr Traill, 206. On the Expansibility of Stone, 

 by Mr Alex. Adie, Civil-Engineer, 207. 



XXIII. Proceedings of the Wernerian Natural History So- 



ciety, ..... 208 



Mr Cunningham on the Geology of the Island of Skye ; 

 and Professor Jameson on the Birds of the Him ma- 

 lay an Mountains, &c. 208. Mr Parnell's Account 

 of some New Species of Fishes found in the Firth of 

 Forth, 209. Professor Jameson on a New Species of 

 Eagle, and male Lophophorus Nigelli, 212. Mr James 

 Wilson on Insects of Sutherlandshire, 212. Professor 

 Jameson on New Species of Ibis, Tanagra, and Ru- 

 becola, 213. 



XXIV. Proceedings of the Society for the Encouragement 



of the Useful Arts in Scotland, . . 214 



XXV. List of Patents granted in Scotland from 25th Sep- 

 tember 1834 to 10th June 1835, . . 217 



