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INDEX. 
Page 
K 
Kandy, Messrs Sawers and Marshall's recollections of a 
Journey from, to Caltura, - - 396 
Kilmaurs, fossil elephant's tusk found in the parish of, 63 
Kittiwakes congregate in one spot of the Island of Foula, 24.9 
Knox, Dr, his notice relative to the habits of the Hyaena 
of Southern Africa, S83 ; his observations on the ana- 
tomy of the beaver, considered as an aquatic animal, 584 
Kunkur, or calcareous Tuffa, mode of formation of, in In- 
dia, - - - 47 
L 
Larus, see Gull. 
Leadspar, observations on the formation of, by Mr James 
Braid, - - „ 508 
Lestris Catarractes, its manners described by Captain 
Vetch, - - 246 
— — — parasiticus, do. - - 247 
Lipari Islands, examination of a liquid from the crater of 
one of the, by Mr John Murray, - 330 
Livingstone, Mr, his attempts to reach the Arctic Sea by 
Mackenzie's River, 20 ; slain by the Eskimaux, 21 
M 
Macgillivray, Mr, his notice relative to two varieties of 
Nuphar lutea, 186 ; remarks on the specific characters 
of birds, - » - 51? 
Mackenzie's River> notice of attempts to reach the sea by, 
19 ; country through which it flows interesting to the 
naturalist, 22 ; map of the river by Mr Wentzel, 562 ; 
additional particulars regarding its vicinity, - 563 
Macritchie, Reverend William, his meteorological jour- 
nal kept at Clunie, = « 74 
