The Natural History Review

PHYSIOLOGY.

JONES.-Researches, Chemical and Physiological, concerning certain North American Vertebrata. By Joseph Jones, M.D. 1856. 4to, Pp. 150, and 27 wood-cuts. 7s. 6d.

MITCHELL. Researches upon the Venom of the Rattlesnake, with an investigation of the anatomy and physiology of the organs concerned. By S.Weir Mitchell, M.D. 1856. 4to, pp. 150, and 27 woodcuts 7s. 6d. WYMAN.-Anatomy of the Nervous System of Rana pipiens, L. By Jeffries Wyman, M.D. 1853. 4to, pp. 52, and 2 plates. 2s. 6d. TERRESTRIAL MAGNETISM.

BACHE. Discussion of the Magnetic and Meteorological Observations made at the Girard College Observatory, Philadelphia, in 1840, 1841, 1842, 1843, 1844, and 1845. Part I. By A. D. Bache, LL.D. 1859. 4to, pp. 22. Is. 3d.

BACHE. Discussion of the Magnetic and Meteorological Observations, &c., continued. First Section, Part II. 1862. 4to, pp. 28. Is. 3d. BACHE.-Discussion, &c. First Section, Part III. 1862. 4to,

pp. 16. 9d.

These Three Papers form the First Section of the Discussion relative to the Declination. BACHE.-Discussion of the Magnetic and Meteorological Observations, &c., continued. Second Section, comprising Horizontal Force. (In press.)

KANE.-Magnetical Observations in the Arctic Seas. By Elisha Kent Kane, M.D., U.S.N. Made during the second Grinnell Expedition, in search of Sir John Franklin, in 1853, 1854, and 1855, at Van Rensselaer Harbour, and other points on the West Coast of Greenland. 1859. 4to, pp. 72, and I plate. 35. 9d.

LOCKE. Observations on Terrestrial Magnetism. By John Locke, M.D., M.A.P.S. 1852. 4to, pp. 30. Is. 3d.

SONNTAG. Observations on Terrestrial Magnetism in Mexico; conducted under the direction of Baron Von Müller; with Notes and Illustrations. By August Sonntag. 1860. 4to, pp. 92, and 1 plate. 35. 9d.

ZOOLOGY.

ALLEN.-Monograph of North American Bats. By Harrison Allen, M.D. (In preparation.)

BAIRD. Catalogue of North American Mammals. By S. F. Baird. 1857. 4to. 2s. 6d.

BAIRD. Catalogue of North American Birds, chiefly in the Museum of the Smithsonian Institution. By S. F. Baird. 1858. 4to. 2s. 6d. BAIRD. Catalogue of North American Birds. By Spencer F. Baird. 1859. First octavo edition. 8vo, pp. 24. Is. 3d.

BAIRD AND GIRARD.-Catalogue of North American Reptiles. Part I.-Serpents. By S. F. Baird and C. Girard. 1853. 8vo, Pp. 172. 35. 9d.

BINNEY.-Synopsis of North American Air-breathing Shells. By W. G. Binney. 8vo. (In preparation.)

BINNEY.-Synopsis of North American Vivipara, &c. By W. G. Binney. 8vo. (In preparation.)

BREWER.-North American Oology, or Descriptions and Figures of the Eggs of North American Birds, with notices of their geographical

distribution during the breeding season. By Thomas M. Brewer, M.D. Part I.-Rapacious and Fissirostral Birds. 1857. Pp. 140, and 5 plates. 255. coloured, 12s. 6d. plain.

CARPENTER. List of Shells collected by the U.S. Exploring Expedition. By P. P. Carpenter. (In preparation.)

CARPENTER.-Synopsis of the Marine Shells of the West Coast of North America. By P. P. Carpenter. (In preparation.)

Check List of the Shells of North America. By Isaac Lea, P. P. Carpenter, W. Stimpson, W. G. Binney, and Temple Prime. 1860. 8vo, pp. 44. Is. 3d.

GIRARD. Contributions to the Natural History of the Fresh Water Fishes of North America. By Charles Girard. I.-A Monograph of the Cottoids. 1851. 4to, pp. 80, and 3 plates. 35. 9d.

HAGEN. Synopsis of the described Neuroptera of North America, with a list of the South American species. By Hermann Hagen. 1861. 8vo, pp. 368. 6s. 3d.

LE CONTE.-Synonymical List of the Coleoptera of North America, with Descriptions of New Species. By John L. Le Conte, M.D. 8vo. (In press.)

LE CONTE.-The Coleoptera of Kansas and Eastern New Mexico. By John L. Le Conte, M.D. 1859. Pp. 66, and 3 plates. 35. 9d. LE CONTE.-Classification of the Coleoptera of North America. By John L. Le Conte, M.D. 8vo, pp. 302, and 47 wood-cuts. Pp. 208, 1861; 278, 1862. 5s.

MELSHEIMER. Catalogue of the described Coleoptera of the United States. By Fred. Ernst Melsheimer, M.D. 1853. 8vo, pp. 174. 55. MORRIS. Catalogue of the described Lepidoptera of North America. By John G. Morris. May, 1860. 8vo, pp. 76. 2s. 6d.

MORRIS.-Synopsis of the described Lepidoptera of North America. Part I. Diurnal and Crepuscular Lepidoptera. By John G. Morris. 1862. 8vo, pp. 376, and 30 wood-cuts. 6s. 3d.

PRIME. Synopsis of the Cyclades of North America. By Temple Prime. 8vo. (In preparation.)

STIMPSON.-Synopsis of the Marine Invertebrata of Grand Manan, or the region about the mouth of the Bay of Fundy, New Brunswick. By W. Stimpson. 1853. 4to, pp. 68, and 3 plates. 35. 9d.

STIMPSON.-Synopsis of the Crustacea of North America. By William Stimpson, M.D. (In preparation.)

OSTEN SACKEN. Catalogue of the described Diptera of North America. By R. Osten Sacken. 1858. 8vo, pp. 112. 3s. 9d.

LOEW.-Monograph of the Diptera of North America. By H. Loew. Part I. Edited, with additions, by R. Osten Sacken. April, 1862. 8vo, pp. 246, with 15 wood-cuts, and 2 plates. 5s. UHLER. Catalogue of Homoptera and Hemiptera of North America. By P. R. Uhler. 8vo. (In preparation.)

THE FOLLOWING ARE NOT ISSUED BY THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION. BACHE, A. D.-Report of the Superintendent of the U.S. Coast Survey for 1860. 4to, pp. 410, and 40 plates and maps. Cloth. 30s.

BISHOP, WM. D.-Report of Meteorological Observations in the United States from 1854, to 1859. 4to, pp. 1,219. Cloth. 42s.

HUMPHREYS AND ÁBBOT.-Report of the Physics and Hydraulics of the Mississippi River, the Protection of the Alluvial Region against overflow, and upon the sweeping of the mouths. 4to, pp. 600, and 20 plates. 30s.

Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition up the Rio Colorado. Numerous coloured plates and maps. 4to. 30s.

REES.-Manual of Public Libraries, Institutions, and Societies in the United States. 8vo, Pp. 688. Cloth. 8s.

CONTENTS OF No. XIV.-APRIL, 1864.

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24. The Coagulation of the Blood

25. Schleiden's Essays on Materialism and the Antiquity of