INDEX. 
MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS. 
Page. 
Local Occurrences in Natural History. BjEd- 
win Lees, F.L.S. 1 
Ornithological Selections and Criticisms. By 
Wm. Leslie Bussell, Esq. 11 
Natural History of the Bloodhound and its Va¬ 
rieties. By A Lover of Nature . 15 
Sketches of European Ornithology. By Shir¬ 
ley Palmer, M.D. 23 
On the Habits and Peculiarities of British Plants, 
and on the Derivations of their Latin Names. 
By T. B. Hall ...... 29 
The Botanical Looker-out for June. 57 
Sketches of European Ornithology. By Shir¬ 
ley Palmer, M.D. 62 
Habits of the Fitchet Weasel, or Polecat. By 
A Student of Nature . 67 
Comparative Phrenology—Birds. By J. L. Le- 
vison . 76 
On the Habits and Latin Names of British 
Plants. By T. B. Hall . 79 
On the Practicability and Advantages of the 
Culture of Wheat within the Tropics, and 
more especially in the British'Settlements in 
the West-Indies. By William Hamilton, 
M.B. 113 
An Outline of the Comparative Structure of the 
Organs of Locomotion in Badiated Animals. 
By Thomas Wright, M.R.C.S. 121 
On the Habits and Latin Names of British 
Plants. By T. B. Hall . 126 
A Glance at the Habits of the Adephagous In¬ 
sects. By Peter Bylands, Esq.131 
Sketches of European Ornithology. By Ne¬ 
ville Wood, Esq. 136 
Contributions towards a more accurate Know¬ 
ledge of the Fresh-water Sponge. By Prof. 
Meyen, M.D.. 143 
The Botanical Looker-out for June. 145 
CORRESPONDENCE. 
Geological Maps of Counties, Professor Phillips, 
F.B.S.,31; Bern arks on the Spring of 1839, Ri¬ 
chard Pigott, 32; Random Remarks on Na¬ 
tural History, Id., 82; Suggestions for Papers in 
“The Naturalist,” 84; Occurrence of the Opah 
in the Mersey, Peter Bylands, 150. j 
THE NATURALIST’S PORTRAIT- 
GALLERY. 
Page. 
Memoir of Professor Arago, Astronomer-Royal 
of France. Accompanied by a Portrait and 
Autograph. 34 
PROCEEDINGS OF SOCIETIES. 
Zoological Society, 35; Geological Society, 36; Lin- 
mean Society, 36; Hull Literary and Philosophi¬ 
cal Society, 37; Dublin Royal Zoological Society, 
38; WArrington Phrenological Society, 38; Cu- 
vierian Natural-History Society, 84; Royal Aca¬ 
demy of Sciences of Paris, 85; Philomathic Socie¬ 
ty of Paiis, 87; Geological Society of the West- 
Biding of Yorkshire, 88; Caledonian Gardener’s 
Society, 151; Asiatic Society of Bengal, 152: 
Agricultural and Horticultural Society of India, 
152. 
EXTRACTS FROM FOREIGN PUB¬ 
LICATIONS. 
Zoology. —Eagle-hunting in Corsica, 38; Anecdote 
of a Parrot, 39; Geese and their Representatives, 
39; Brazilian Fossils, 153; Remarkable Anecdote 
of a Dog, 154; Escape from a Tiger, 155. 
Geology.—N ew Fossil Carnivora, 40. 
REVIEWS OF NEW PUBLICATIONS. 
An Introduction to the Natural History of Fishes, 
by James Wilson, F.R S.E.,M.W.S., 40; An In¬ 
troduction to the Natural History of Birds, by 
the same Author, 41 ; A Floral Guide for East- 
Ivent, by M. H. Cowell, 43; Memoirs of the 
Wernerian Society of Edinburgh, for the Years 
1831—7, 44; Principles of General and Compara¬ 
tive Physiology, by W-B. Carpenter, M.R.C.S., 
45 ; A History of British Birds, by Wm. Mac- 
Gillivray, A.M., F.R.S.E.,M.W.S., Vol. II., 94; 
Supplement to the History of British Fishes, by 
Wm. Yarrell, F.L.S., V. P.Z.S., 103; British 
Coleoptera delineated, edited by W. E.Shuckarb, 
Parts i. and ii., 104; A History of British Reptiles, 
by Thomas Bell, F.R.S., F.L.S., V.-P.Z.S., 106; 
A Flora of Liverpool, by T. B. Hall, 155; Geo- 
