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8. Remains of Birds' Eggs found at Fisherton, near Salis- 



bury. By H. P. Blackmore, M.D., Salisbury. 

 Communicated by Sir William Jardine, Bart., . 74 



9. I. On Parallel Relations of the Classes of Vertebrates, 



and on some Characteristics of the Reptilian Birds. 

 II. The Classification of Animals based on the Principle 

 of Cephalization. No. I. By James D. Dana. 

 Communicated by the Author, . . .75 



10. Synopsis of Canadian Ferns and Filicoid Plants. By 

 George LAWsoN,Ph.D.,LL.D., Professor of Chemistry 

 in Dalhousie College, Halifax, Nova Scotia, . 102 



REVIEWS:--- 



1. (1.) Victoria Toto Coelo ; or, Modern Astronomy Re- 



cast. By James Reddje, F.A.S.L., Hon. Mem. Dial. 

 Soc. Edin. Univ. London, 1863. Hardwicke. 

 (2.) Quadrature du Cercle. Par un Membre de 1' Asso- 

 ciation Britannique pour I'avancement de la Science 

 (James Smith). Bordeaux, 1863, . . .116 



2. Sketch of Elementary Dynamics. By W. Thomson and 



P. Gr. Tait. Edinburgh: Maclachlan and Stewart, 118 



3. Climate : An Inquiry into the Causes of its Differences, 



and into its Influence on Vegetable Life. By C. 

 Daubeny, M.D., F.R.S., &c., Professor of Botany 

 and of Rural Economy in the University of Oxford, 122 



4. Manual of the Metalloids. By James Apjohn, M.D., 



F.R.S., M.R.I. A., Professor of Chemistry in the 

 University of Dublin. London : Longman & Co. 

 1864. 12rao. Pp. 696, . . .131 



