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the first half of the 19th century, with reference to the influence of seasons and 
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Memoires de l’Institut National Geneyois. Memoirs of the Genevese 
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(Vogt) On the Siphonophora of the seas of Nice, with 21 coloured plates—p. 
1-164. 
Vol. II. 1854. (Same) On the Tunicata of the seas of Nice, with 6 
coloured plates—pp. 102. Important contributions to Marine Zoology, and illus¬ 
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Armenia, with a plate—p. 5-15. 
Memoires de la Societe de Physique, et d’Histoire Naturelle de Geneve, 
etc. Memoirs of the Genevese Society of Physics and Natural His¬ 
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(Pictet and Rouxj Description of the fossil Mollusca of the Green sand of Ge¬ 
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Verhandelingen der Koninklijken Akademie van Wetenschappen. 
Transactions of the R. Dutch Academy of Science, etc. 4to. Amster¬ 
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(Bleeker) Contributions to the Ichthyological Fauna of Japan—pp. 16 ; (Vrolik) 
On the composition of the Core in the horns of Antelopes, with 2 plates—pp. 8. 
Part II. 1855. (Schroeder van der Kolk) Anatomical and Physiological exam¬ 
ination of the intimate composition and function of the Spinal marrow, with 3 
plates—pp. 90; (Bleeker) Fishes of Van Diemen’s Land, with a plate—pp. 31. 
List of 844 Australasian species, of which 70 belong to the Fauna of V.D.L., and 
39 are peculiar to it. Three new species, and a new genus (of the Cataphracti), 
Gnathanacanthus , described and figured. (Dozy) Anatomy and Phytography of 
Sphagnum, with 2 plates—pp. 11. 
Proceedings of the R. D. Academy, etc. 8vo. Amsterdam. New Series. 
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(Van Hall) The Metamorphosis a chief element of Natural Classification in the 
Vegetable Kingdom—p. 63-79 ; (Schlegel) A Word more on the Dodo and its 
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Verhandelingen (Natuurkundige) van de Hollandsche Maatschappij 
der Wetenschappen te Haarlem. Transactions of the Dutch Scien¬ 
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(De Vriese) The Goodenoviacece. with 38 plates, by Ver Huell: in commemora¬ 
tion of the Centenary of the Society (1852)—pp. 202 ; (Dozy and Molkenboer) 
Prodromus of the Bryological Flora of Surinam, together with a fascicle of new 
species from Venezuela, with 19 plates—pp. 58. 
Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indie. Journal of Natu¬ 
ral Science for Dutch India. Published by the Association of Natural 
Science in Dutch India. New Series. 8vo. Batavia. Part III. Numbers 1 
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(Bleeker) Contributions to the Ichthyological Fauna of Halmaheira (in Gilolo) 
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article)—p. 89-114. (Hepp.) The species of Javanese Lichens, from the Zollin- 
