NOTICES OF SERIALS. 
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GREAT BRITAIN. 
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. 4to. 
Vol. CXLIV. 1854. 
Researches on the Impregnation of the Ovum in the Amphibia, and on the early 
stages of Development of the Embryo. Third Series. By the late George New¬ 
port, F.R.S., F.L.S., &c., selected and arranged from the author’s MSS., by George 
Yiner Ellis, Professor of Anatomy in University College, London—p. 229-244. 
On the functions and structure of the Rostellum of Listera ovata. By J. D. 
Hooker, M.D., F.R.S., &c.; with a plate—p. 259-263. An account of the Or¬ 
ganic Chemical Constituents or immediate principles of the Excrements of Man 
and Animals in the healthy state. By W. Marcet, M.D., F.C.S.—p. 265-283. 
On the frequent occurrence of Indigo in Human Urine, and on its Chemical, Phy¬ 
siological, and Pathological Relations. By Arthur Hill Hassal, M.D., Member of 
the Royal College of Physicians, &c_p. 267-310. 
Vol. CXLV. 1855. 
An account of some recent researches near Cairo, undertaken with the view of 
throwing light on the Geological History of the alluvial land of Egypt. Insti¬ 
tuted by Leonard Horner, Esq., F.R.SS.L. and E., F.G.S.—p. 105-138. Ob¬ 
servations on the Respiratory Movements of Insects. By the late William F. Bar- 
low, F.R.C.S. Arranged and communicated by James Paget, F.R.S.—p. 139- 
148. On the structure of certain Limestone Nodules enclosed in seams of Bitu¬ 
minous Coal, with a description of some Trigonocarpons contained in them. By 
Joseph Dalton Hooker, M.D., and Edward William Binney, Esq.; with two 
plates—p. 142-157. On the Development of Striated Muscular Fibre in Mam¬ 
malia. By William S. Savory, Tutor and Demonstrator of Anatomy of St. Bar¬ 
tholomew’s Hospital, Medical College—p. 243-258. On the Anatomy of Nau¬ 
tilus umbilicatus, compared with that of N. Pompilius. By John Denis Macdo¬ 
nald, R.N., Assistant Surgeon of H.M.S.V. Torch, tender to H.M.S. Herald, 
Captain H. M. Denham, R.N., F.R.S., commanding the Expedition to the S. Seas, 
with two plates—p. 277-288. Remarks on the Anatomy of Macgillivrayia pela- 
gica and Cheletropis huxleyi (Forbes), suggesting the establishment of a New 
Order of Gasteropoda. By John D. Macdonald, Assistant Surgeon of H.M.S. 
Herald; with a plate—p. 289-293. Further observations on the Anatomy of 
Macgillivrayia , Cheletropis , and allied genera of Pelagic Gasteropoda. By John 
D. Macdonald, R.N., Assistant Surgeon of H.M.S.V. Torch; with a plate— 
p. 295-297. On the Megatherium ( MAmericanum , Cuvier, and Blumenbach) 
Part II. Vertebras of the Trunk. By Professor Owen, F.R.S., &c.; with eleven 
plates—p. 359-388. On Rubian and its products of Decomposition. By 
Edward Schunk, F.R.S.—p. 389-419. 
Proceedings of the Royal Society. Vol. VII. 8vo. London, 1854-1855. 
On the Growth of Land Shells; by E. J. Lowe, Esq., F.G.S., F.R.A.S.— 
p. 8. On a new and more correct method of determining the Angle of Aperture 
of Microscopic Object-glasses ; by W. S. Gillet, M.A.—p. 16. On an indication 
of depth of Primeval Seas, afforded by the remains of colour in Fossil Tes- 
tacea; by Edward Forbes, F.R.S., Pres. G.S., &c.—p. 21. On the Structure 
and Affinities of Trigonocarpon (a fossil fruit of the Coal-measures) ; by Joseph 
D. Hooker, M.D., F.R.S.—p. 28. On a peculiar arrangement of the Sangui¬ 
ferous System in Terehratula , and certain other Brachiopoda; by W. B. Car¬ 
penter, M.D., F.R.S.—p. 32. On the changes produced in the Blood by the 
Administration of Cod-liver Oil and Cocoa-nut Oil; by Theophilus Thompson, 
M.D., F.R.S.—p. 42. On the Relation of the Angular Aperture of the Object- 
glasses of Compound Microscopes to their penetrating power, and to Oblique 
light—p. 60. Examination of the Cerebro-spinal Fluid ; by William Turner, 
Esq.—p. 89. On the Oxidation of Ammonia in the Human Body; by H. Bence 
