486 INDEX. 
Laing’s Major, papers, 143. d 
Lake Leman, (Lake Geneva,) anomalous rise of the waters of, 288. 
Lakes of the west of America, 433. : 
*Lama, Peruvian, Dr. Knox on the structure of the stomach of the, 321. Note 
and Correction, 349. < , ~~ 
Lander’s, R. and J. expedition to Africa, information concerning, 432. 
Lausanne, sinking of lands at, 233. 
Lechevallier, M. on maximum and minimum thermometers, 307. 
Legrand, M. on the cold produced by the dilatation of air, 229. 
Lessingia, 2 new genus of composite plants, by M. A. de Chamisso, 312. 
Lesson, M. R.P. on the distribution of fishes in the Asiatic Seas, 222. 
Lestiboudois’; Prof. notice on the genus Hedychiwm. Rat 
Library of Entertaining Knowledge, Vol. II. Part I. reviewed, 279. 
Life, Dr. Holland’s experimental inquiry into the laws of, reviewed, 45. 
Light, Mr. Richardson on the constant of the aberration of, 78. Dr. Brews- 
ter on the reflection and decomposition of, at the separating suriaces of 
different media, 155. M. Ampére on the undulatory theory of, 3&9. And 
optical instruments, Higgins’ treatise on, noticed, 473. 
Lilae, original habitat of the, 224. 
Lime, original habitat of the, 224. 
Lime and soda, M. G. Barruel on a new natural combination of the carbonates 
of, 474. : 
Linden P. L. Vander, on the insects of Java, &c. noticed, 310. 
Linnean Society, preceedings of, 234, 313, 477. 
Longchamps’, M. theory of nitrification, 149. 
Lushingten’s, Mrs. overland journey from India to Europe, reviewed, lis. 
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HfacCulloch, Dr. on the prismatic structure in sandstone rocks, 393. 
Macgillivray’s, W. A.M. &c. notice of the habits of the Throstle, (Turdus 
musicus,) 66. * Account of the Outer Hebrides, 245. * On the plumage of 
the dipper, (Cinelus aquaticus,) 374. * On the geological constitution of the 
Outer Hebrides, 401. ; 
Madeira, Dr. Heineken’s notice of some birds of, 156. * Sir W. Jardine ona 
collection of birds from, 241. 
Magellan, new channel in the straits of, 63. 
Magnesia, properties of the metallic base of, by M. Bussy, 471. 
Magnesian limestone, sulphate and carbonate of magnesia obtained from, by 
M. Pelletier, 470. 
Sfagnesite discovered in Anglesey, Dr. Henry on, 312. 
ees Mathieu Bonafous on a new species of, 72. Cultivation of, in France, 
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Manchester, Banksian Society, 73. 
Rianganese, Mr. Kanes’ analysis of the native arseniuret of, 472. 
Tiarco Polo’s travels in Asia, Africa, &c. by B. Gamba, noticed, 239. 
Mattrucci, Sig. Carlo on the electricity of the solar rays, 308. 
Mauritius, commerce of the island of, 214. 
Mawe, Mr. John, death of, 288. . 
Meckel’s Traité d’ Anatomie Comparée, par Reister and Sanson, reviewed, 124. 
Heliacee, Ad. de Jussieu on the geographical distribution of, 463. 
Menzies’, Arch. Esq. F.L.S. account of an ascent and measurement of Wha- 
ra-ral, in Owhynee, 312. 
Mercurialis iriandra, a new species, by M. Ern. Meyer, 312. 
Aiercury, cyanide ot, Mr. J. F. W. Johnston on the atomic constitution of, 74. 
Mz. Phillips’ diseovery of a new salt of the perchloride of, 473. . 
*Mermaid of mariners, the dugong of natural history, Mr. Cheek on the, 161... 
Mesch, A. H. Vander Boon, on the crystallization of sulphated iron, 308. 
Mexico, Hardy’s traveis in the interior of, reviewed, 185. Statistics of, 214. 
Meyer, M. Ern. on a new species of Mercurialis, (ériandra,) 312. 
Migration of herring and mackerel, Major Morrison on the, 154. 
“Iineralogy, Cuvier’s report on the labours of the Academy on, during 1828, 
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Monkeys cf Senaar, Cordofan, &c. MM. Hemprich and Ehrenberg on the, 2s. 
Montreal Natural History S: ciety, proceedings of, 75, 319. Climate of, 290. - 
