IV 
CONTENTS. 
III. NATURAL HISTORY. 
Botany. 18. Fig-Trees. 19. Bemains of Trees in the Ork- 
ney Islands, 20. Discovery of the Linnaea borealis in Nor- 
thumberland. 21. Sternberg’s Flora of a Former World. 
22. Plants and Animals living in the Water of the Hot- 
Springs of Gastein. 23. Remarkable Internal Combustion 
of the Trunks of Scots Fir Trees^, - 204 207 
Zoology. 24. Notice of a peculiar Habit of the Starling, (Stur- 
nus vulgaris). 25. Notice of a prolific cross-breed between 
the Common Cat and the Pine-Martin, (Mustela martes). 26. 
Swainson’s Zoological Illustrations. 27* Selby’s Natural His- 
tory of British Birds. 28. Natural History of Sumatra and 
Java. 29* Affinity of the Genera Echidna, &c. with Amphi- 
bia. SO. Respiration of the Alimentary Canal. 31. Serpent 
W'ith Two Heads. 32. Stony Concretions found in the Hu- 
man Muscular System. 33. Hermaphrodite Butterflies, 207 — 212 
Mineralogy. 34. Rock-crystals containing globules of Wa- 
ter formed, and forming, in decaying Granite in Elba. 
35. Strontites and Precious Opal, &c. in the Faroe Islands. 
S6. Boue’s Geology of Scotland. 37. Mohs’s Characteristic. 
38. Hausmann’s New Mineralogical Work. 39. Alpine 
Limestone same Age as Oolite and Lias. 40. Discovery of 
Green Fluor-Spar in Banffshire. 41 . New Localities of Ores 
of Titanium. 42. Extraordinary Mass of Platina discover- 
ed in Peru. 43. Alpine Limestone of the Carpathians, 212 — 215 
IV. GENERAL SCIENCE. 
44. Earthquake at Lead-Hills. 45. Fall of a Mountain into the 
Moselle. 46. Height of Snowdon, as determined by Mr 
Wollaston’s Therm ometrical Barometer* 47* Clay-slate Axe 
found inaWhale. 48. Luminosity produced by Compression, 
Friction, and Animal Bodies. 49- On the Luminosity of the 
Ashes of Wood steeped in solutions of Lime, &c. 50. Spon- 
taneous Combustions. 51. Description of the Mummy-Pits 
at Thebes by M. Belzoni. 52. Antidotes against Poisons. 
53. Expeditions to the Frozen Ocean. 54.. State of the 
Ice off the East Coast of West Greenland in Summer 1820, 
as observed by Captain Scoresby. 55. Bottle found on the 
Coast of Brazil. 56. Report on Captain Scoresby’s Account 
of the Arctic Regions, - - 215 — 224 
Prizes. 57- Adjudication of the Copley Medal. 58. Appro- 
priation of Mr Keith’s Legacy, - - 224 
Art. XXXVI. List of Patents granted in Scotland since 11th 
August 1820, -» - ib- 
