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are rare, " on account of their forming a chief article of food during the long 
fasts prescribed by the Greek church." Vertebrate Animals. " The ani- 
mals of this great division are few in number." Fishes In autumn shoals 
of Hemiramphus appear on the coasts, and are caught by lines trailed on the sur- 
face -water. The species most commonly met with in the markets are, the ge- 
nus Percis, Smaris vulgaris, Sargus, Pagrus vulgaris, Crysophrys aurata, Ser- 
ranus scriba and cabrilla, Trigla lyra, and hirundo, Mullus surmuletus and 
barbatus, Scorpetta, Coitus, Trachinus, Zeus, Caranx, Cybium, Dentex, Creni- 
labrus, Labrus, Torpedo, Ophysurus, Pleuronectes, Scyllum, Trygon, Hemi- 
ramphus, Sygnathus. A more extensive list than is generally met with in other 
markets. Reptiles are not abundant. Among those mentioned are, Lacerta 
agilis, Coluber berus, Rana esculenta, and Bufo vulgaris. Birds. " In Cerigo 
stationary birds are few in number, but hosts appear, remaining a longer or shorter 
period in spring, on their passage north to spend the summer in more temperate 
climes, and in autumn on their return." A list under the different seasons in 
which their visits are made is given, too long to extract, but containing European 
species only. Only four or five birds are mentioned as truly indigenous, a 
remarkable feature in the zoology of the island. Quails are very abundant, and 
the inhabitants catch them much in the same way that an entomologist secures 
his prey, by means of an oval net at the end of a long pole ; a party of three will 
sometimes secure twenty or thirty couples during the day. Quadrupeds existing 
now in a wild state are few. Canis aureus, Vespertilio murinus, Rhinolophus 
f. equum, Mustela foina, Lepus timidus and cuniculus, Mus rattus and musculus 
are all that are noted ; the VespertilionidaB will, however, be most probably un- 
derrated. Of the domestic animals, an average of five years in Cerigo gives an- 
nually 3132 horned cattle, 5524 goats, sheep, 16,809. The hog is an inmate of 
every peasant's cottage II. Memoir on the Chemical composition of Asses 
milk. By M. E. Peliget. (Translated from the French.) III. Farther pre- 
liminary notices regarding Fossil infusoria. By Prof. C. B. EHRENBERG- (From 
PoggendoriFs Annalen.) On the Unity of Structure in the Animal Kingdom. 
By MARTIN BARRY, M. D. A paper strongly advocating the view of the sub- 
ject which is stated in the title Observations upon the Fossil Polypi of the 
genus Eschara, read before the Academy of Sciences, Paris. By MILNE EDWARDS. 
Observations regarding Fossil Infusoria. By Professor EHRENBERG. 
(From Wiegman's Archiv.) 
Botany. 
On the relations of colour and smell in the more important families of the 
vegetable kingdom, translated from Ueber das Licht vor Zugtweiss uber die 
Chemischen, &c. An interesting paper, illustrated by numerous tables exhibit- 
ing the ratio in which smell exists in plants of various colours. The results 
of the examination of 4200 plants are given. 
London's Magazine of Nalural History. New Series. January 
and February 1837- (Continued from p. 490.) 
THE new'series has begun with a decided improvement, first in the quality of 
the papers admitted, and 2dly, in the exclusion of some things which tended to 
lower the character of the Magazine in its primary epoch. We also like the 
practice now adopted of giving us " Translations" from the foreign journals, al- 
