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Art. PAGES


XIV. Notes on the Habits of Podiceps cristatus. By W. T. L. Travers, F.L.S. 113–116
XV. Notes upon a New Zealand Flesh-fly. By W. T. L. Travers 116–120
XVI. On the Absence of the Eel from the Upper Waters of the Waiau-ua and its Tributaries. By W. T. L. Travers 120–122
XVII. Notes on the Skull of Balæna marginata, described in "Transactions of the New Zealand Institute," Vol. ii., p. 26, as the Type of a New Genus, Neobalæna. By Dr. J. E. Gray, F.R.S., etc. 123–124
XVIII. Observations on the Ziphidæ, a Family of the Cetacea. By F. J. Knox, L.R.S.E. With Notes by Dr. Hector 125–129
XIX. Short Notice of a Remarkable Tooth of a Cetacean. By F. J. Knox 130
XX. Observations on Coridodax pullus. By F. J. Knox 130–132
XXI. On the Salmonidæ of New Zealand. By James Hector, M.D., F.R.S. 133–136
XXII. On a New Species of Fish, Coryphænoides Novæ Zelandiæ; Native name, Okarari. By James Hector 136
XXIII. On the Lepidoptera of Otago. By A. Bathgate 137–141
Botany.
XXIV. Notes on the Botany of Certain Places in the Waikato District, April and May, 1870. By T. Kirk 142–147
XXV. On the Occurrence of Littoral Plants in the Waikato District. By T. Kirk 147–148
XXVI. On the Flora of the Isthmus of Auckland and the Takapuna District. By T. Kirk 148–161
XXVII. An Account of an Undescribed Pittosporum and Loranthus, in the Herbarium of the Colonial Museum, Wellington. By T. Kirk 161–163
XXVIII. Notes on Certain New Zealand Plants not included in the "Handbook of the New Zealand Flora." By T. Kirk 163–166
XXIX. On the Botany of the Northern Part of the Province of Auckland. By T. Kirk 166–177
XXX. Descriptions of New Plants. By T. Kirk 177–180
XXXI. On the Cultivation of some Species of Native Trees and Shrubs. By T. H. Potts and W. Gray 188–202
XXXII. On the Natural History Collections in the Otago Museum. By J. S. Webb 203–208
XXXIII. On some New Species and Varieties of New Zealand Plants. By John Buchanan, of the Geological Survey Department 208–212
XXXIV. On Recent Changes in the Nomenclature of the New Zealand Ferns. By John D. Enys 213
XXXV. On some Algae from the Chatham Islands. By Professor J. Agardh, of Lund. Communicated by F. von Mueller, C.M.G., M.D., Ph.D., F.R.S. 213–215
Chemistry.
XXXVI. On the Absorption of Silver by Gold, and its Effects in Retarding Amalgamation. By W. Skey, Analyst to the Geological Survey of New Zealand 216–220
XXXVII. On the Production of a Mono-hydrate of Chloride of Barium. By W. Skey. With Notes on its Crystallization, by E. H. Davis, F.C.S., F.G.S. 220–221
XXXVIII. Researches on the Absorptive Properties of Platinum. By W. Skey 221–222
XXXIX. On the Capability of Certain Sulphides to form the Negative Pole of a Galvanic Circuit or Battery. By W. Skey 222–225