Magazine of Natural History

CONTENTS.

ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS.

GENERAL SUBJECT.

Chit-chat. No. II. By John F. M. Dovaston,

Esq. A.M., of Westfelton, near Shrewsbury

Address to the Members of the Berwickshire

Naturalists' Club, Sept. 19. 1832. By George

Johnston, M.D.

Notes on the Weather at Philipsburg, Penn-

sylvania, from November, 1831, to Decem-

ber 9. 1832; with Remarks on its Influence

on certain Animals and Plants; including a

detailed Description of a North American

"Ice Storm." By R. C. Taylor, Esq. 97

An Account of the Hurricane at Thorndon

Park, the Seat of Lord Petre, Oct. 12. 1831.

By Jacob George Strutt, Esq.

103

On certain recent Meteoric Phenomena, Vicis-

situdes in the Seasons, and prevalent Dis-

orders, contemporaneous, and in supposed

connection, with Volcanic Emanations. By

the Rev. W. B. Clarke, A.M. F.G.S.

- 289

Some Remarks on Genera and Subgenera, and
on the Principles on which they should be
established. By the Rev. Leonard Jenyns,
A.M. F.L.S.
385
Observations on the Nomenclature of Divisions
in Systematical Arrangements of the Subjects
of Natural History, more particularly in re-
ference to "Some Remarks on Genera and
Subgenera, and on the Principles on which
they should be established; by the Rev. Leo-
nard Jenyns, A.M. F.LS.; published in
p. 385-390. By Edward Newman, Esq. F.L.S.
Considerations pertaining to Classification, in
relation to the Essay (p. 385-390.) of the Rev.
L. Jenyns on this Subject. By Edward Blyth,
485

Esq.

Remarks on the Spring of 1833. By the Rev.
488

Notes on Butterflies, and other Natural Ob-

jects; made in Cumberland, through the

Month of May, 1832. By G. W.

198

On the Habits and Food of the British Species

of the Genus Mustèla. By W. L. of Selkirk-

shire

202

The Habits of the Carrion Crow. By Charles

Waterton, Esq.

- 208

On the "Biography of Birds" of J. J. Audubon.

By Charles Waterton, Esq.

- 215

On the Migration of a Species of Thrush. By

W. L. of Selkirkshire

- 218

On the pendulous Nests of the Indian Baya

Bird (Lóxia philippina L.). By a Subscriber

219

222

Familiarities effected with Butterflies, Bom-

byces, and Sphinx stellatàrum. By F. C.

Lukis, Esq.

Sketches of the Natural History of my Neigh-

bourhood. By C. Conway, Esq., of Pontne-

wydd Works, Monmouthshire

224

On the connecting Links between the Geo-

corise and Hydrocorise of Latreille, or the

Land and Water Bug Tribes. By J. O. West-

wood, F.L.S. &c.

- 228

Notice of the Occurrence of Squilla Desma-

rést on the British Shores. By William

Yarrell, Esq. F.L.S.

230

An Introduction to the Natural History of

Molluscous Animals. In a Series of Letters.

By G. J.

- 235

The Habits of the Pheasant. By Chas. Water-
ton, Esq.

Descriptions and Figures of some Marine Ani-

By Mr. Andrew Mathews.

Remarks by a Contributor

An Enumeration of the Land and Freshwater

Shell Snails met with in some Rambles in

Norfolk and Derbyshire; with a passing

mention of some other Natural Objects ob-

served. By the Rev. Andrew Bloxam - 324

A Notice of a remarkable Lengthening in the

Cutting Teeth of the Rat, and of the Physio-

logical Principle of Dentition in the Animalia

rodéntia generally; with an incidental No-

tice of the Dentition of the Elephant. By

390

A Notice of the Habits of the Jackdaw. By

394

Charles Waterton, Esq.

A Notice concerning the Red Viper (Coluber

chersèa Lin.). By Hugh E. Strickland, Esq. 399

Observations on the Muscous Animals of the

Genus Gastrocha'na, preceded by some Stric-

tures on the reputed Means by which the

Burrowing Mollusca effect ingress into Rocks

and Stones under Water. By Frederick C.

Lukis, Esq.

On the extraordinary Growth of the Incisor
Teeth, occasionally met with in the Wild
Rabbit. By Fred. C. Lukis, Esq.
Something about Sea Birds. By Rusticus -
Instances of singular Nidification in Birds. By
the Rev. W. T. Bree, M. A.

The Starling. By Charles Waterton, Esq.

Illustrations in British Zoology. By George

Johnston, M.D., Fellow of the Royal College

of Surgeons in Edinburgh 40. 123. 232. 320.

405. 497

A short Notice of the Habits of Testacéllus

Scutulum. By Mr. Thomas Blair, of Stam-

ford Hill, near London

Observations on the Iceland and Ger Falcons

(Falco islándicus), tending to show that these

Birds are of two distinct Species. By J. D.

Hoy, Esq.

- 107

More about Birds. By Rusticus of Godalming

111

On the probable Number of Species of Insects

in the Creation; together with Descriptions

of several minute Hymenoptera. By J. O.

Westwood, F. L.S. &c.

- 116

Notices on Natural Objects observed in a

Ramble on St. Valentine's Day. By Rusticus

of Godalming

401

A Notice of the Ravages of the Cane Fly, a

small winged Insect, on the Sugar Canes of

Grenada, including some Facts on its Habits;

by a Subscriber in Grenada: with additional

Observations, by J. O. Westwood, Esq. F.L.S.

- 407

Further Notices of the British parasitic Hy-

menopterous Insects; together with the

"Transactions of a Fly with a long Tail,"

observed by Mr. E. W. Lewis; and addi-

tional Observations. By J. O. Westwood,

- 414

Esq. F. L.S. &c.

491

BOTANY.

Some Account of an aged Yew Tree in Buck-

land Churchyard, near Dover. By the Rev.

W. T. Bree, M. A.

Brief Notices of the Plants observed during a

Tour through a Part of North Wales, and

some of the adjoining Counties. By William

Christy, Jun. Esq. F.L.S.

Plants observed in the Neighbourhood of Bar-

mouth, North Wales. By Thomas Purton,

Esq., Author of "A Midland Flora " - 57

On the Distinctions between the Linnæan Ge-

nera Potentilla and Tormentilla. By Charles

C. Babington, B. A. F. L.S. &c.

- 248

Some Remarks relating to the Fall of an aged

Ash Tree. By the Rev. W. T. Bree, M. A. 327

Facts in relation to the Physiological Economy
of the Mistletoe (Viscum álbum L.) By the
Rev. J. S. Henslow, A.M., King's Professor of
Botany in the University of Cambridge, &c. 499