CONTENTS, 
ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS. 
page. 
Description of the Golden Oriole (Oriolus galbulaJ. By William Mac Gil- 
livray, A.M., F.R.S.E., M.W.S., &c...... 241 
Reminiscences of the Rhine; ornithological and entomological.—- Concluded . 244 
Notes on the Months ; January .. 246 
Dispersion of Plants -.. ........ 248 
Notices of the Captures of Insects, with cursory observations thereon. By 
J. C. Dale, Esq.— Continued from page 13... 249 
Mr. Swainson’s Remarks on Vernacular Nomenclature Examined. By 
Charles Thorold Wood, Esq... 253 
A Botanical Tour in Herefordshire, Monmouthshire, and South Wales ; 
with Incidental Notices of the Scenery, Antiquities, &c. By Edwin 
Lees, F.L.S. and F.E.S.L .—Continued from page 217.. 260 
On the Evidence of Design observable in the Vital Economy of the Colchu 
cum autumnale (Linn.), or Common Meadow Saffron. By W. A. 
Leighton, Esq., B.A., F.B.S.E., &c. 269 
St. James’s Ornithological Society ........ 274 
REVIEW. 
Sacred Philosophy of the Seasons; illustrating the Perfections of God in the 
Phenomena of the Year. Part I.: Winter. By the Rev. Henry 
Duncan, D.D. ...... .... 274 
EXTRACTS FROM FOREIGN SCIENTIFIC JOURNALS. 
Geological.. *... 279 
Upon Fossil Infusoria. By C. G. Ehrenberg. 
Entomological ..... ... 281 
Abstract of Count Mannerheim’s paper on the Family of the Coleop- 
tera Brachelytra. 
TO CORRESPONDENTS. 
Notes on the Amarse, by Peter Ryland, Esq., reached us too late for insertion in our present 
Number; they shall appear in our next. 
Professor Jink, “ On the Geography of Plants in the South of Europe,”—“ On the proba¬ 
ble Origin of the Diamond”—and Review of Marshall’s “ Contribution to a Natural and 
Economical History of the Cocoa-nut tree,” in our next. 
The communication relative to the formation of a Society in London, to promote the cul¬ 
tivation of British Natural History, shall receive attention when the plans are more ma¬ 
tured. An Institution for the concentration of the labours of the British Naturalist in 
the Metropolis is a desideratum, and we most sincerely wish it every possible success. 
Communications and Books for Review to be addressed to the Editors 
of “ The Naturalist,” to the care of Mr, Groombridge , Paternoster-row, 
London, ^ 0 ^ 
