NOTICES OF SERIALS. 
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The Naturalist : a popular Monthly Magazine, with numerous Engravings ; 
conducted by Rev. F. O. Morris, B.A. No. 62, April; No. 63, May; No. 
64, June, 1856. 8vo. Price 6d. each. London : Messrs. Groombridge. 
No. 62, April:—(0. S. Round) The Voices of Birds. (Rev. F. O. Morris) A 
Chapter on Instinct. (W. V. Guise) A Day’s Conchologizing on the Islet of 
Herm. (W.) A Second Medley. (J. H. Davies) Three Days in Caernarvon¬ 
shire. (T. Edward) Moth Hunting ; or an Evening in a Wood—Leaf I. (The 
Editor) Systema Natures. Miscellaneous Notices.—Anecdote of a Horse ; Two 
Eagles Shot; The Little Bustard ; The Blackstart; Flight of Martins ; Scarcity 
of Birds ; Occurrence of the Great Plover and Spotted Crake, in Devon ; The 
Ring Ouzel; Occurrence of Rare Birds; English Names for Butterflies and 
Moths ; Callimorpha Hera ; A Christmas Novelty ; Late Blossoming of the 
Laburnum. Retrospect.—The “ Great Unknown” Hawk. Reviews.—The 
Entomologist’s Annual. Rustic Adornments, for Homes of Taste; by Shirley 
Hibberd. Proceedings of Societies.—The London Working Entomologists’ 
Society. 
No. 63, May:—(O. S. Round) Characteristics of Common Birds. (E. S. 
Walker) Down the River. (T. Edward) Moth Hunting; or an Evening in a 
Wood.—Leaf II. (Taxus) Hints to Insect Collectors. (W. V. Guise) A Day’s 
Conchologizing on the Islet of Herm. (The Editor) Systema Naturae. Miscel¬ 
laneous Notices.—Peregrine Falcon; Great Bustard; Common Bittern; Eider 
Duck ; Spotted Crake ; Common Scoter ; Common Crossbill; Scarcity of Birds 
about Richmond; Myrtle Bee ; Malformation of Plantago lanceolata. Review. 
—Taxidermy made Easy ; being Plain and Practical Directions for Preserving, 
Setting up, and Embellishing in the most approved style, all kinds of Quadru¬ 
peds, Birds, Fishes, Reptiles, Insects, &c.; with Notes and Illustrations. By 
John Tyrer, Taxidermist. Proceedings of Societies.—The London Working 
Entomologists’ Society. The Querist—Hips and Haws. 
No. 64, June :—(F. M. Burton) Extracts from Correspondence with a Brother 
Naturalist. (Pass Balshaw) Amateur Naturalists. Inquiry for the Naturalist 
(with Engraving). (Taxus) Hints to Insect Collectors. (J. H. Davies) Notes 
on the Bryology of Ladhill Gill, North Yorkshire. (R. G. Schofield) Design 
for a New Larva Box; with Engravings. (Emily E. Harrison) List of Cryp- 
togamous Flora found in the neighbourhood of Ripon, Yorkshire. (The Editor) 
Beginning of the Hunting Season. Miscellaneous Notices—Snow Bunting ; 
Bewick’s Swan ; Mealy Redpole; Golden-eye; Early Breeding of the Dipper ; 
The Cornish Chough ; Common Frog. The Retrospect.—The “ Great Un¬ 
known” Hawk ; Microscopes. Proceedings of Societies.—The London Working 
Entomologists’ Society. The Querist.—Why are Birds so scarce in certain 
districts, &c. ? 
SWEDEN. 
Goetheborgs Kongliga Vetenskaps och Vitterhets Samhaalles Hand- 
lingar. Ny Tidsfjoeld. Transactions of the R. Gottenburg Asso¬ 
ciation of Science and Literature. New Series. 8vo. Part III. 
Goetheborg. 1855. 
(Malm) Malacological contribution to the Scandinavian Fauna; with a plate 
—p. 1-47. (Same) Description of a species of the family Circinse, not pre¬ 
viously found in Scandinavia—p. 49-55. (Same) On the land and freshwater 
Mollusca of Sweden, with reference in particular to the species and forms 
that occur in the vicinity of Christianstad and Goetheborg; continued and con¬ 
cluded—p. 73-152. 
GERMANY. 
Verhandlungen des Zoologisch—Botanischen Vereins in Wien, 
Transactions of the Zoological and Botanical Association of Vienna. 
8vo. Vienna. Vol. V.; with nineteen Plates. 1855. 
Zoology.— (Lederer) Grapholitha hornigiana , n. sp.—p. 78-80. (Dorfmeis- 
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