AND BY LONGMAN, HURST, REES, ORME, AND BROWN, PATERNOSTER-ROW.

MDCCCXXII.

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CONTENTS.

I.

PART I.

OBSERVATIONS on the Natural History and Anatomy of

the Pelecanus Aquilus of Linnæus. By Edward Bur-

ton, Esq. F.L.S.

p. 1

II. The Characters of Otiocerus and Anotia, two new Ge-

nera of Hemipterous Insects belonging to the Family of

Cicadiada: with a Description of several Species. By

the Rev. William Kirby, M.A. F.R.S. and L.S.

p.

III. Observations on the Germination of Mosses: in a Letter

to William Jackson Hooker, Esq. F.L.S. By Mr.

James Drummond, A.L.S.·

12

p.

24

IV. Observations on some Animals of America allied to the

Genus Antilope. By Charles Hamilton Smith, Esq.

A.L.S.

p.

28

V. Characters of a new Genus of Coleopterous Insects of the

Family Byrrhida. By William Elford Leach, M.D.

F.R.S. and L.S.

p.

41

VI. Description of some Shells found in Canada. By the

Rev. Thomas Rackett, F.R.S. A.S. and L.S.

p.

42

VII. On

VII. On the Indian Species of Menispermum. By Henry

Thomas Colebrooke, Esq. F.R.S. and L.S.

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p.

44

VIII. The Characters of three new Genera of Bats without

foliaceous Appendages to the Nose. By William Elford

Leach, M.D. F.R.S. and L.S.

p.

IX. The Characters of seven Genera of Bats with foliaceous

Appendages to the Nose. By William Elford Leach,

M.D. F.R.S. and L.S.

p.

X. On two new British Species of Mytilus, in a Letter to the

Rev. E. J. Burrow, F. R. S. and L.S. By the Rev.

Revett Sheppard, F.L.S.

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69

73

p.

83

XI. Observations on the natural Group of Plants called

POMACEE. By Mr. John Lindley, F.L.S.

p.

88

XII. Account of some new Species of Birds of the Genera

Psittacus and Columba, in the Museum of the Linnean

Society. By M. C. J. Temminck, F.M.L.S. &c. p. 107

XIII. Descriptions of three Species of the Genus Glareola.

By William Elford Leach, M.D. F.R.S. and L.S. p.

XIV. Systematic Arrangement and Description of Birds from

the Island of Java. By Thos. Horsfield, M.D. F.L.S. p.

131

133

XV. An Account of a new Genus of Plants, named RAFFLE-

SIA. By Robert Brown, Esq., F.R.S. Libr. L.S. p. 201

XVI. Descriptions of the Wild Dog of Sumatra, a new Spe-

cies of Viverra, and a new Species of Pheasant. By

Major-Gen. Thomas Hardwicke, F.R.S. and L.S. p. 235

XVII. De-

XVII. Descriptive Catalogue of a Zoological Collection,

made on account of the Honourable East India Com-

pany, in the Island of Sumatra and its Vicinity, under

the Direction of Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles, Lieu-

tenant-Governor of Fort Marlborough; with additional

Notices illustrative of the Natural History of those

Countries. By Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles, Knt.

F.R.S. Communicated by Sir Everard Home, Bart.,

F.R.S. and L.S.

p. 239

PART II.

XVIII. Second Part of the Descriptive Catalogue of a Zoo-

logical Collection made in the Island of Sumatra and

its Vicinity. By Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles, Knt.,

F.R.S.

p. 277

XIX. A Monograph of the Genus Saxifraga. By Mr. Da-

Communicated by A. B. Lambert, Esq.

vid Don.

V.P.L.S.

XX. On a Fossil Shell of a fibrous Structure, the Frag-

ments of which occur abundantly in the Chalk Strata and

in the Flints accompanying it. By Mr. James Sowerby,

F.L.S. &c.

p. 453

XXI. Remarks on Hypnum recognitum, and on several new

Species of Roscoea; in a Letter to William George Ma-

ton, M.D. F.R.S. V.P.L.S., from Sir James Edward

Smith, M.D. F.R.S. Pres. L.S.

p. 459

XXII. Remarks on the Genera Orbicula and Crania of

Lamarck