CONTENTS. V 
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Proceedings of Learned Societies— 
Zoological Society of London. 800 
Geological Society of London . 311 
Pharmaceutical Society of London . 312 
Bibliographical Noliee— 
Discoveries in Australia. By Capt. J. L. Stokes, H.M.S. 
Beagle. 1837—1843. 317 
Minutes of the Tasmanian Society. 322 
Meteorological Register . 328 
Account of the Exploring Expedition from South Australia into 
the Interior of New Holland. By Captain Sturt. 329 
On the Landslips which have recently occurred on the west bank 
of the River Tamar, Van Diemen’s Land. By Lieut. M. C. 
Friend, R.N., F.R.S., &c...... 338 
A List of Birds which frequent the upper portion of the River 
Goulburn, in the district of Port Phillip, New South Wales. 
By Mr. John Cotton, C.M.Z.S. 361 
Comparison of the Geology of Russia and Australia .. 365 
Exports of Grain and Flour from Van Diemen’s Land . 371 
Statistics of the Port of Launceston, Van Diemen’s Land, for 1847 372 
Notes on the Palaeozoic Formations of New South Wales and 
Van Diemen’s Land. By J. Beete Jukes, M.A., F.G.S. 376 
On the Jaw of the Diprotodon Australis, and its dental formula. 
By Edmund C. Hobson, M.D. 387 
Remarks to accompany Mr. Calder’s Paper on the Country lying 
between Lake St Clair and Macquarie Harbour. By Lieut. 
Kay, R.N., F.R.S., Director of the Magnetical Observatory, 
Hobart . 389 
Miscellanea— 
Dr. Hooker’s Botanical Mission to India. 394 
On the Fossil Plants of the Carbonaceous Strata near Syd¬ 
ney, Australia. By Professor Sedgwick. 398 
Some Observation on the Skull of Phascolomys Vombatus. 
By J. E. Gray, Esq., F.R.S., &c. 398 
Discovery of the Eggs of the Moa, or Dinornis, of New 
Zealand. 400 
On a New Species of Dawsonia . 401 
Proceedings of Learned Societies— 
Geographical Society of London . 401 
Zoological Society of London . 403 
