The Magazine of Natural History
1836; Gale Group; Linguagem: English
Autores
C. T. Wood, Charles Waterton, Mr. W. H. White, Rev. T. Salway, J. D. Hoy, George Johnston, J. G. Tatem, W. R. Birt, W. R. Birt, Mr. Titus Smith, William Bean, W. T. Bree,
ResumoFrontmatter: The Magazine of Natural History. Essay: A Notice of the Fact of the Capture of an Individual of the Grey-Headed Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla Neglécta Gould), at Stoke Nayland, Suffolk. By J. D. Hoy, Esq, Queries and Answers, Original Communications Remarks on the Question of the Propriety of Altering Established Scientific Names in Natural History, …, Notes on the Habits of the Dovecot Pigeon, Description and Figures of U'nio Distórtus Bean, and Cy'pris Concèntrica Bean, from the Upper Sandstone and Shale of Scarborough; and Cy'pris Arcuàta Bean, from the Coal Formation of Newcastle. By William Bean, Esq, Reviews Notices of Works in Natural History, A Supporting of the Propositions That Have Been Offered for Instituting an Association of Meteorologists in Britain; and a Notice of Certain Means Necessary, and Objects Proper, to Such an Association. By W. R. Birt, Esq., Author of Tables of the Wind, Noticed in P. 224.280, Short Communications, Facts on the Measure of the Length of Life of a Species of Parrot; with Suggestions for Ascertaining the Average Period of Existence of the Whole Animal Creation; and an Anecdote on a Parrot. By Mr. W. H. White, Illustrations in British Zoology. By George Johnston, M. D., Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, A Lecture on the Mineralogy[And the Geology] of Nova Scotia. By Mr. Titus Smith, Delivered on March 5.1834, before the Halifax Mechanics' Institute, and Printed by Order of the Institute. [Communicated to This Magazine by R. G.] Specimens, Literary Notices, Considerations Opposed to Mr. White's Theory of the Principles upon Which Clouds Are Suspended. (P. 246— 251.) by W. W. C., Views on the Modes of Formation, and a Notice of the Characteristics, of the Kinds of Cloud, Cumulus and Cirrus, and Certain Varieties of These. By W. R. Birt, Esq., Author of Tabulœ Anemologicœ, or Tables of the Wind, Noticed in P. 224.280, Retrospective Criticism, An Advocation of the Prosecution of Meteorology; and Considerations on Lunar Halo, Viewed as a Prognostic of Weather. By J. G. Tatem, Esq., A Notice of the Discovery of the Skeletons of Swifts and Starlings in the Tower of the Church at Oswestry, Shropshire. By the Rev. T. Salway.
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