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laneous —(Brent) Notices of the destruction of Conger eels by frost—p. 46, 29, 
(Hodgson) On the Geographical distribution of the Mammalia and Birds of the 
Himalaya—p. 124-128, (Torrens) On native impressions regarding the Natural 
History of certain Indian animals—p. 129-131. Minutes of Proceedings. 
Index, &c. 
The Annals and Magazine of Natural History; including Zoology, 
Botany, and Geology. No. 103, July; No. 104, August; No. 105, Septem¬ 
ber, 1856. 8vo. With Plates. London; Taylor and Francis. No. 103 and 
105. Price, 2s. 6d. each. No. 104. Price, 5s. 
No. 103, July:—(Andrew Murray, Edinburgh) Monograph of the Genus Ca- 
tops. (Dr. J. E. Gray, F.R.S.) On a second new species of Sphaerium from 
the Paddington Canal. The Paddington Canal seems to be quite an El Dorado 
for sphaerii, but we think that further investigation will place S. Pisidioides 
Gray as a synonym of Cyclas cornea and S. pallidum of C. lacustris Drap. 
(Alfred R. Wallace) On the habits of the Orang-Utan of Borneo. (George 
Busk, F.R.S.) Polyzoa collected by Mr. M‘Andrew on the coast of Norway and 
Finmark in 1856. (S. P. Woodward, F.G.S.) On the evils of increasing syno¬ 
nyms. (John Denis Macdonald, RN., Assistant Surgeon H. M. S.Y. Torch) 
Observations on the External characters and internal anatomy of a Bitentacu- 
late Slug found at the Island of Aneiteum, New Hebrides. (Professor Arthur 
Henfrey, F.RS.) On vegetable cell-formation. (Thomas H. Huxley, F.RS.) 
On the method of Palaeontology. Bibliographical Notices.—The Ferns of Great 
Britain. The Fern Allies. British Poisonous Plants—all illustrated by John 
E. Sowerby. The descriptions by C. Johnston. Proceedings of Learned Socie¬ 
ties: Zoological Society, June 12 : 26, 1855. Royal Institution of Great Bri¬ 
tain, May 2, 1856. Botanical Society of Edinburgh, April 10, 1856. Miscel¬ 
laneous : Edwardsia vestita (Forbes) Cyclas lacustris. Occurrence of Clau- 
silia Mortilleti Dum. in Kent. On the Siliceous Sporangial sheath of the Dia- 
tomaceze. Travels in Central America ; by Mon. Scherzer and Wagner. On 
the non-existence of Polarizing Silica in the organic kingdom ; by Professor 
J. W. Bailey. Meteorological Table and Observations for May, 1856. 
No. 104, August:—A double Number, with six plates. (Dr. Ferdinand Cohn) 
On the Development and Propagation of Sphaeroplea annulina. (W. H. 
Benson) New Terrestrial Shells from Ceylon, with a general list of the 
species inhabiting that Island. (C. W. Peach) Notice of a curious meta¬ 
morphosis in a Polype-like animal, with a plate. (J. Denis Macdonald) 
Brief outline of the anatomy of the genus Atlas ( Lesueur ) ; with a plate. 
(Dr. Max Schultze) On the development of Arenicola piscatorum ; with 
remarks upon that of other Branchiferous annellides ; with a plate. (H. 
J. Carter, Assistant Surgeon H.C.S. Bombay) Notes on the Fresh-water 
Infusoria of the Island of Bombay — No. 1, Organisation ; with three 
plates. (Andrew Murray, Edinburgh) Monograph of the genus Catops, con¬ 
tinued from page 24. (William Webster) On a new British species of Skenea. 
(J. E. Gray, F.R.S.) Description of a new species of Dolphin (Steno) from 
the upper parts of the River Amazon. Bibliographical Notices.—Manual of 
Geology, by John Phillips; Tenby, by P. H. Gosse ; Manual of British Botany, 
by C. C. Babington; Trees and their nature, by Dr. Harvey. Proceedings of 
Learned Societies.—Zoological Society, July 10-24, 1855 ; Botanical Society of 
Edinburgh, May 8, June 12, 1856. Miscellaneous.—On the probable origin of 
the organised beings now living in the Azores, Madeira, and the Canaries ; by 
M. Oswald Heer. Note on Clausilia plicatula and C. mortilleti; by J. Gwyn 
Jeffreys. On Lernea branchialis. On the new species of Birds from Santa. 
Fe di Bogota ; by P. Sclater. On the British Diastylidae; by C. Spence Bate. 
Note on Helix Cantiana Mont.; by W. Lonsdale. Description of a Fossil 
Cranium of the Musk Buffalo, from the gravel at Maidenhead, Berks ; by 
Prof. Owen. A last word on Scissurella; by J. Gwyn Jeffreys. New mode of 
cleaning Diatomaceous Deposits, and on a new method of disintegrating masses 
