CONTENTS OF No. XIII-JANUARY, 1864. 1. Davy's Physiological Researches 2. The Mammals of the Australian Region 3. Peters's Memoir on Solenodon 4. Haast on recent Discoveries in New Zealand 5. Swinhoe on the Natural History of Formosa 6. Huxley's Lectures on the Origin of Species 7. Recently published British Floras 8. Vegetable Hybridity 9. The Lignite Formation of Bovey Tracey 10. Decaisne on the Variability of Species 11. Agardh's Species Algarum 12. Hartig's Contributions to Vegetable Physiology 15. Schacht on the Primordial Utricle 16. Salter's Essay on Monstrous Passion-Flowers 17. Cesati and De Notaris's ascigerous Sphæriacei 18. On Cranial Deformities [by Dr. W. Turner] 111 123 127 . 138 151 19. On Anomalies in Zoological and Botanical Geography [by Mr. Wallace] 20. On the Replacement of Species [by Dr. Hooker] 21. Prof. Rathke on the Development of the Cranium 22. Proceedings of the Scientific Societies of London 23. Miscellanea NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS. 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