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Southern concave. (T. Strethill Wright, M.D.) On the Reproduction of Cjdippe 
pomiformis, and on the occurrence of two new Actiniae. Only one of these Actiniae 
is new to science, and has received the specific name of Ornata, belongs, as would 
appear from the description, to the genus Sagartia of Gosse, and is of a beautiful 
orange-brown colour, prettily dotted with white spots. The second Sagartia bellis 
is announced as am addition to the Scottish Fauna only. (J. Gallelly) On the 
double salts of Cadmium and the organic bases. (M. Jules Verraux) Notice of 
the systematic position and manners of Balaeniceps, &c. (Gould) Notice of the 
late James Wilson, Esq., of Woodville. Reviews ; Proceedings of Societies; and 
Scientific Intelligence. 
Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science. No. 16, July, 1856. 8vo. 
Price 4s. With Woodcuts and a Lithographic Plate. London: John 
Churchill. 
(William Gregory, M.D., M.R.LA.) On the Post tertiary Diatomaceous sands 
of Glenshira. Pt. III. ; containing an account of additional undescribed species. 
(Arthur Henfrey, F.R.S.) Notes on some Fresh-water Confervoid algae new to 
Britain. (F. H. Wenham) On a Method of illuminating Opaque objects under 
the highest power of the microscope, and on the Vegetable Cell. (D. F. D’Alquin) 
Notes on the ; structure of Oscillatorise ; with a description of a new species pos¬ 
sessing a most remarkable locomotive power, not Cilia. (Rev. J. B. P. Dennis') 
The existence of Mammifers anterior to the deposition of the Lias, demonstrated 
from the microscopic structure of a bone from the River-bed deposit, Lyme Regis. 
(Edwin Lankester, M.D., F.R.S.) On the presence of microscopic Fungi in water 
deleterious to health. (T. Brightwell, F.L.S.) Further observations on the genus 
Triceratium; with descriptions and figures of new species. (Samuel Highley, 
F.G.S.) Contributions to Micro-mineralogy. (Leuckaert) On the Mycropyle and 
minute structure of the Egg-shell in Insects. Reviews.—Transactions of the 
Pathological Society. Yol. YI. Rustic Adornments for homes of taste. By T. 
Hibberd. The Microscope. By Dr. Lardner. Notes and Correspondence.— 
Zoophytology. Index and Title page to Yol. IY.; with ten plates. 
The Naturalist : a popular monthly Magazine, with numerous Engravings ; 
conducted by Rev. F. O. Morris, B.A. No. 65, July. No. 66, August. No. 
67, September, 1856. 8vo. Price 6d. each. London: Messrs. Groombridge, 
No, 65, July:—(S. Hannaford) Phascolomys Wombat. (O. S. Round) The 
Flight of Birds. (R. G. Temple) The Birds of Spring. (Robert Anderson) 
Notice of a peculiar Organ in the Trachea of the Emeu. Communicated. (Rev. 
F. O. Morris) A Chapter on Instinct. (E. M. A.) Our Fresh-water Mollusca. 
(The Editor) Systerna Naturae. Natural History Societies. Miscellaneous 
Notices.—Anecdote of a Cat. Nidification in Norfolk. The Eagle lately shot in 
the Paik. Sparrow War. The Nightingale. The Shieldrake. Ravages of a 
Gall Nut. Ants. Method of Blowing Eggs. Review.—The Autobiography of a 
White Cabbage Butterfly. By Michael Westcott. With a few Introductory Re¬ 
marks by Beverley R. Morris, Esq., A.B , M.D. Wells: W. and R. George 
Proceedings of Societies.—The London Working Entomologists’ Society. The 
Querist.—The Dabchick. The Great Crested Grebe, &c. 
No. 66, August:—(Thomas Foggitt) On the Incongruous Attachment of Ani¬ 
mals, (O. S. Round) The Youth of Birds. (W.) A Third Medley. (G. R. 
Twinn) Bird Retreating. (J. MHntosh) Injurious Insects. No. VI. Aphis, 
Aphides, or Plant-lice. (O. S. Round) On the Weather. (G. R. Temple) The 
House Swallow. (The Editor) Systema Naturae. Miscellaneous Notices.—Pere¬ 
grine Falcon. Wood Warbler. Grasshopper Warbler. Bittern. Occurrence of 
the Dotterel in Cambridgeshire. Common Crossbill and Little Owl. The Field¬ 
fare. The Dipper. The Bat. Curious situation for the Nest of the Blue Tit. 
Capture of Carabus intricatus in Devonshire, Reviews.—A Natural History of 
Ireland, in four volumes. Yol. IV. Mammalia, Reptiles, and Fishes ; also Inver- 
