number of our readers, that we have in this Third Volume brought to a conclusion most of our Introductions to the different branches of Natural History, originally intended to be continued through several volumes. In every other respect we have adhered to our prospectus; and we hope to go on in the same course for many years to come, gathering strength as we proceed; and so rooting this periodical into the literature of the country, as that there must always in future be in these islands a Magazine of Natural History. With the present Volume is given a Glossarial Index to the technical terms made use of from the commencement of the work up to the present time, with references to the pages where will be found their explanations at length, and their application to the different departments of natural science. As the first step towards the knowledge of the nature of things, and to the communication of that knowledge to others, is to know their names; so we would earnestly recommend to our young readers, or generally to all those who feel that they are not yet beyond the age of acquiring new ideas, to study this Glossary word by word. We would recommend them to turn to every page referred to, so as not only completely to understand the word and its application, but to impress on the understanding and the memory the subject in the discussion of which the application is made. This will be to master a part of every branch of Natural History, and to make the Magazine, as far as it has hitherto proceeded, the reader's own. The ideas communicated to the world in this Magazine proceed from the minds of some hundreds of individuals, all directed to the same subject; they are, therefore, much more worthy of being fixed in the memory than those of any one individual; for example, in a single treatise. This is a proposition which will bear discussion at length; but we must leave it for the present, and conclude by hinting that those who peruse a scientific magazine, as they would glance over a merely literary periodical, are spending their time to very little purpose. Bayswater, Oct. 18. 1830. J. C. L. CONTENTS. PART I. ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS. On the extraordinary Instincts peculiar to some Dates of the first and last Appearances of the of the Insect Tribe. By T. H. Page 50 Hirundines in the Neighbourhood of Allesley Rectory, for the Year 1829, with Remarks. Some Account of the British Pearl Fishery now On the Habits of the Chameleon. By Henry Some Account of the Life, Genius, and Personal Habits of the late Thomas Bewick, the cele- brated Artist and Engraver on Wood. By his Friend John F. M. Dovaston, Esq. A.M., of Westfelton, near Shrewsbury Page 1. 97 A Visit to the Mantellian Museum at Lewes. On the Geography, Geology, and Vegetation of Sicily. By John Hogg, Esq. M.A. F.L.S. On the Falls of Niagara, and on the Physical Structure of the adjacent Country. By Mr. An Address delivered at the sixth and last An- niversary Meeting of the Zoological Club of - 117 201 Further Notice of the late Mr. George Caley. By William Withering, Esq. LL.D. F.L.S. 226 Remarks on some of the Advantages and Dis- Read before the Plinian Society. By W. Baird, Esq. Remarks on the Natural History of the Parish Original Letters, descriptive of a Natural His- tory Tour in North America. By T. W. 489 Notes on the Pyrenees. By William Ainsworth, Esq, Member of the Royal College of Sur. Certain Effects attending the Blowing up of Notice of a Discovery respecting the Food of the Bearded Titmouse (Parus biármicus Lin.). Notice of the Plumage of the Bearded Titmouse Notice of Stones found in the Stomachs of Pike. when a young Bird. By the Rev. J. Lakes 239 On Póntia Chariclèa and Mètra, the large and small Cabbage Butterflies. By the Rev. W T. Bree, M. A. On the Gooseberry Grub. By E. S. On the Periodical Appearance of certain Insects. By J. H. Davies, Esq., Lieut. R. M., late Cu- An Account of the Mode in which the common Frog takes its Food. By the Rev. W. T. Observations on the Habits and Nidification of the Bearded Titmouse (Parus biármicus L.). Some Account of the Stickleback Fish (Gaster- Notice of the Capture of Vanessa Húntera, for the first time in Britain, with a Catalogue of rare Insects captured. By J. C. Dale, Esq. 332 On the Hydra, or Fresh-water Polypus. By Supposed Parasite Habits of the Night-jar On a remarkable Formation of the Bill observed in several Species of Birds, By John Black- Remarkable Visitation of the Phala na typi The Cuvierian, or Natural, System of Zoology. By B. Essay 4. On Mammiferous Animals; their Division into Orders, and distinctive Characters of each. Comparison between the Description of the Great Bustard of India, with Notices of some other Indian Bustards. By Some Observations on the British Willow 30 Additions to the British Fauna; Class, Fishes. By William Yarrell, Esq. F.L.S. Z.S. &c. 521 34 27 An Introduction to the Natural History of Mol- luscous Animals. In a Series of Letters. By Observations relative to Dr. Carus's Discovery An Introductory View of the Linnean System Catalogue of Works on Natural History, lately | published, with some Notice of those con- sidered the most interesting to British Natu- Flora Devoniénsis: or a descriptive Catalogue of Plants growing wild in the County of De- von, arranged both according to the Linnean and Natural Systems, with an Account of their Geographical Distribution, &c. By the Rev. J. P. Jones and J. F. Kingston 288 Delícia Sylvarum; or Grand and Romantic Fo- rest Scenery in England and Scotland. Drawn from Nature and etched by Jacob George |