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NOTICES OF SERIALS. 
Degeneration ; by "Rudolph Virchow. Reviews.—Researches on the Structure 
and Formation of the Vegetable Cell; by Dr. Pringsheim. Manual of Marine 
Zoology and Handbook to the Marine Aquarium; by P. H. Gosse. General Out¬ 
line of the Animal Kingdom ; by T. Rymer Jones. Notes and Corres¬ 
pondence.—Finders 
Cilia in Unicellular 
Object-glasses. Me 
Victoria regia. The Stomachs of the Polygastrica. Proceedings of Societies. 
Zoophytology. 
The Zoologist. No. 159, January ; No. 160, February ; No.' 161, March, 1856. 
8vo. London: John Van Voorst. Price, Is. each. 
No. 159, January:— Notices of New Books. —The Natural History of the Ti- 
neina, Vol. I.; by H. T. Stainton. The Microscope and its Application to Vegetable 
Anatomy ; by Dr. H. Schacht. A Handbook to the Marine Aquarium ; by P. H. 
Gosse. Contributions to the Natural History of Labuan; by J. Motley and L. 
L. Dillwyn, Part I. Natural History Review, No. VIII. Quarterly Journal of 
Microscopical Science, No. XIII. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, No. 
XCV. (Robert F. Tomes) Removal of Vespertilio emarginatus from the list of 
British Bats, and addition of V. dasycnemus to it. (Hesperus) A glance over the 
Cliffs of Mohir (Co. Clare), Ireland. (Thomas Lister) Notices of rarer Birds about 
Barnsley. On the habits of Palseorhis malaccensis and of Dicteum croceoventer in 
confinement, from the Natural History of Labuan. (George Guyon) Late stay of 
Swallows in 1855. (H. Stevenson) Bohemian Waxwing in Norfolk. (P. L. Sclater) 
The Palombiere of Bagneres de Bigorre. On the Habits of Megapodius Cumingii, 
from Natural History of Labuan. (E. V. Harcourt) Late stay of Swallows and 
Martins in 1855. (E. H. Rodd) Notes on the same. (H. Stevenson) Occurrence 
of the Sea Eagle in Norfolk, Note on the Hawfinch breeding, and on the Occur¬ 
rence of the Shore Lark and Iceland Gull in Norfolk. (J. Gatcombe) Occurrence 
of the Great Plover and Spotted Crake in Devonshire. (E. H. Rodd) Occurrence 
of the Velvet Scoter at the Land’s End, and on a remarkable flight of Woodcocks. 
(Edward Newman) Occurrence of the Stilt Plover in Sussex. Question respecting 
the American Scaup, said to have been taken at Scarborough. (A. H. Lloyd) 
Fresh water fish in Confinement. (A. G. More) The great Sea Serpent. (Robert 
Warrington) Observations on the Habits of the Stickleback. *(C. R. Bree) The 
Gonepteryx Rhamni question. (J. J. Reeve) Capture of Colias Hyale and C. 
edusa in Sussex, of Argynnis Lathonia in Norfolk, and of Cailimorpha Hera in 
Sussex. (Edward Newman) Mr. Scott’s note on Argynnis Lathonia. (H. Harpur 
Crewe) Double-broodedness of Notodonta camelina and Clostera reclusa. (George 
Wailes) Spiraea ulmaria, a food-plant of Lampronia praelatella. Occurrence of 
Plutella annulatella and of Peronea caledoniana near Newcastle. Note on Tinea 
ochraceesla. (H. H. Higgins) Occurrence of Anthrax Hottentota in Lan¬ 
cashire. (H. T. Stainton) Duplicate Micro -Lepidoptera. (J. W. Douglas) Dupli¬ 
cates of Micro-Lepidoptera. (R. Hislop) Localities of Elaphrus lapponicus and 
Agabus congener. (Edward Newman) Actinia swimming in an inverted position. 
(George Guyon) Observations on a fresh-water Aquarium. These are most interest¬ 
ing notes ; and we are glad to find that the study of fresh-water animals is likely to 
become as popular as those of the marine. Many new subjects will be found to 
present themselves for our investigation. (Robert Warrington) On the Injurious 
Effects of an excess or want of heat or light on the Aquarium. Proceedings of 
Societies.—Entomological Society, November 5, 1855, December 3, 1855. 
No. 160, February :—Society of British Entomologists, November 2 ; 6, 1855, 
Cornwall Natural History and Antiquarian Society, November, 1855. Notices 
of New Books.—General Outline of the Animal Kingdom ; by T. Rymer Jones, 
F.R.S. The Entomologist’s Annual for 1856 ; Annals and Magazine of Natural 
History, No. 96, 97 ; Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science, No. XIV. 
(R. Knox, M.D., F.R.S.E.) The Present Position of the Salmon Question, con¬ 
sidered physiologically. To those who are not tired with this vexed question, these 
light pages by Dr. Knox will give a fair summary of the facts known about the 
vindicators. On Micrometers applied to Microscopes. 
Plants. Remarks on Mr. Wenham’s Paper on Aperture of 
►hi on Chlorophyll. On the Microscopical Structure of the 
