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ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.

C. G. A. Augusta, Maine. -The shrub from Schoodic River is Lonicera cærulea, or Mountain Fly-honeysuckle. The plant from Fox Island, Phippsburg, Maine, is Polygo natum latifolium, or Broad leaved Solomon's Seal.-J. L. R.

J. H. P., Portsmouth, N. H.-Your specimen is Coccoloba platyclados, a singular plant of the order of the Polygonums, or Knot weeds, and fately much cultivated.

-J. L. R.

BOOKS RECEIVED.

Geological Report of the Exploration of the Yellowstone and Missouri Rivers. By F. V. Hayden. Svo, pp. 174. Maps. (Government Report) 1869.

Annual Report of the Secretary of the Interior for the year 1869. 8vo, pp. 26. Washington. Scientific Opinion. London. December 1, 8, 15, 22, 29.

Volcanoes and Earthquakes: a lecture by T. Sterry Hunt. New York, 1869. Svo, pp. 10. Description of a New Species of Grapta, and Notes on G. interrogationis. By J. A. Lintner. 8vo, pp. 8. 1869.

Abhandlungen der Naturwissenschaftliche Verein zu Bremen. Bd. 2. Heft. 1.
Entomological Verein zu Stettin. 30 Jahr. Nos. 1-3. Jan.- Mch., 1869. Svo.

From the Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademien, Stockholm. - Handlingar. 1864-7. 4to. -Ofcersigt, 1865-68. Vols. 22-25. — Meteorologiska lakttagelser, 1864-6. 4to.- List of Members, 1866-9.-Sketch of Geology of Spitzbergen, by A. E. Norden. Svo, plates and maps. On some Fossils found in the Eophyton Sandstone at Lugnas in Sweden, by J. G. O. Linnarsson, 8vo. — On the Existence of Rocks containing Organic Remains in fundamental Gneiss of Sweden. 8vo. -Om Gotlands nutida Mollusker of G. Lindstrom. 1868, - Conspectus Arium Picinarum, by Sundeval.-Thieracten des Aristoteles, by Sundeval.- Hemiptera Africana, by C. Stal. Vols. 1-4. Lejnad Steck ninger, etc. Bd. 1, Heft, 1.

Report of the Commissioner of Agriculture for the year 1868. 8vo, pp. 671. Washington, 1869. Notice of New Mosasauroid Reptiles from the Greensand of New Jersey; Description of a New and Gigantic Fossil Serpent from the Tertiary of New Jersey; Description of a New Species of Protichiites from the Potsdam Sandstone of New York. By O. C. Marsh. 2 pamphlets, 8vo. [Extracted from American Journal of Science, 1869.]

Le Naturaliste Canadien. Vol. ii. No. 1. Dec., 1869. Quebec.

The American Horticultural Annual for 1870. 12mo, pp. 150; and The Amertean Agricultural Annual for 1870. 12mo, pp. 150. New York. Orange Judd & Co. 50 cts. cach.

On the Nature of the Movements involved in the Changes of Level of Shore Lines. By N. S. Shaler. Svo, pamph. pp. 11. [From Proceed. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist.] 1868.

On the Proximate Composition of Several Varieties of American Maize. By W. O. Atwater. pp. 9. [Extracted from Amer. Journ. Sci. and Arts.] 1869.

Beast, Bird and Fish. By B. G. Wilder. [From Harper's Magazine, 1869.]

Notice of the Crustacea collected by Professor C. F. Hartt on the Coast of Brazil in 1867, together with a List of the described species of Brazilian Podophthalmia. By SIDNEY I. SMÍTH, [From the Trans. Connecticut Acad. of Arts and Sciences. Vol. ii.] 8vo, pp. 42. Plate. 1869. Hindrances and Helps to the Advancement of Agriculture. By George Buckland. Svo, pp. 52. Albany, New York State Agricultural Society. 1869.

Synopsis of Corals and Polyps of the North Pacific Exploring Expedition. Part iv. Actinaria, with Supplement and Geographical List. By A. E. Verrill. pp. 70. Plates. [From Proceed. Essex lust. Vols v-vi. 1868-69.]

Notes on the Geology of Western Texas and of Chihuahua, Mexico. By James P. Kimball. [From Amer. Journ. Sci., 1869.] pp. 11.

Tidsskrift for Populære Fremstillinger af Naturvidenskaben. Oct., 1869. 8vo. Kjobenhavn. Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York. Vol. ix, No. 8. December, 1869. Mammalia of Massachusetts. By J. A. Allen. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, No. 8. pp. 143-253. 1869.

American Journal of Numismatics. Vol iv, No. 8. Dec., 1869. New York.

The Chemical News, with American Supplement, Dec., 1869. Vol. v, No. 6.
The Annals of Iowa. October, 1869. Davenport. 8vo.

Report upon Deep-Sea Dredgings in the Gulf Stream, during the Third Cruise of the U. S. Steamer Bibb, addressed to Prof. B. Peirce, Supt. Coast Survey, by L. Agassiz. Bulletin of the Museum of Comp. Zoology. No. 13. 8vo, pp. 383-386. Cambridge, 1869.

American Bee Journal. December.

Bulletin of the National Association of Wool Manufacturers. Vol. 1, No. 4. Oct., 1869. Boston. 8vo, pp. 397-419.

The Canadian Naturalist and Quarterly Journal of Science with the Proceedings of the Natural History Society of Montreal. Vol. iv, No. 3. Sept., 1869. Dawson & Bros. Montreal.

Land and Water. Nov. 6. 13, 20, 27, London,

Rev. J. W. CHICKERING, jr. of Exeter, N. H.,

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Prof. CLELAND (copied from Popular Science Review, London),

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J. G. COOPER, M.D. of San Francisco, Cal., 31, 73, 124, 182, 470, 294, 405

E. DEXTER of West Barnstable, Mass.,

Prof. A. M. EDWARDS of New York, N. Y.,
WM. E. ENDICOTT of Canton, Mass.,
AUGUSTUS FOWLER of Danvers, Mass.,
E. L. GREENE of Decatur, Ill.,
Mrs. LUCIE L. HARTT of Ithaca, N. Y.,
Prof. F. V. HAYDEN of Philadelphia, Pa.,
W. J. HAYS of New York, N. Y.,
Prof. G. HINRICHS of Iowa City, Iowa,
J. G. HUNT, M.D. of Philadelphia, Pa.,
JOSEPH JONES, M.D. of New Orleans, La.,
JOHN L. LECONTE, M.D. of Philadelphia, Pa.,
Rev. SAMUEL LOCKWOOD of Keyport, N. J.,
E. S. MORSE of Salem, Mass.,
Prof. JAMES ORTON of Poughkeepsie, N. Y.,
A. S. PACKARD, jr., M.D. of Salem,
GEORGE A. PERKINS, M.D. of Salem,
Rev. GEORGE E. POST of Palestine,
F. W. PUTNAM of Salem, Mass., .
ROBERT RIDGEWAY of Washington, D. C.,
HENRY SHIMER, M.D. of Mt. Carroll, Ill.,
R. E. C. STEARNS of San Francisco. Cal.,
T. MARTIN TRIPPE of Orange, N. Y.,
Prof. A. E. VERRILL of New Haven, Conn.,
CHARLES A. WALKER of Chelsea, Mass.,

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202

313, 427, 561

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8. 116, 422, 535

257

113

180

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307

261

21, 269, 530, 648

539

364

360

121

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1. 250, 281, 349, 397, 455

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Prof. W. C. WILLIAMSON (copied from Popular Science Re

view, London),

WILLIAM WOOD, M.D. of East Windsor Hill, Conn.,
BRYCE M. WRIGHT, jr. of London, Eng.,

LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS TO THE REVIEWS, MISCELLANY, ETC.

Thomas Affleck, Ingleside, Miss.

J. A. Allen, Cambridge, Mass.
D. W. Alvord, Greenfield, Mass.
W. V. Andrews, New York.
Miss C. A. Baker, Cambridge, Mass.
Prof. S. F. Baird, Washington, D. C.
Edwin Bicknell, Salem, Mass.
G. A. Boardman, Milltown, Me.
William Brewster, Cambridge, Mass.
William T. Brigham, Boston, Mass.
Hon. G. W. Clinton, Buffalo, N. Y.
Baldwin Coolidge, Lawrence, Mass.
Prof. E. D. Cope, Philadelphia, Penn.
S. N. Cowles, Otisco, N. Y.
W. H. Dall, Washington, D. C.
Henry Davis, McGregor, Iowa.
Prof. A. M. Edwards, New York.
W. H. Edwards, Coalburgh, Va.
H. L. Gedney, Potsdam, N. Y.
George Gibbs, New York.
Henry Gillinan, Detroit, Mich..
Dr. H. Hagen, Cambridge, Mass.
Prof. S. S. Haldeman, Columbia, Penn.
L. P. Hatch, Minneapolis, Minn.
Dr. Rufus Haymond, Brookville, Ind.
W. J. Hays, New York.

M. S. Hill, East Liverpool, Ohio.
Prof. G. Hinrichs, Iowa City, Iowa.
D. Darwin Hughes, Marshall, Ind.
Alpheus Hyatt, Salem, Mass.
Earnest Ingersoll, Oberlin, O.
J. Gwyn Jeffreys, London.

C. M. Jones, North Madison, Conn.
H. S. Kedney, Potsdam, N. Y.
J. Kirkpatrick, Cleveland, Ohio.

Dr. J. P. Kirtland, East Rockport, Ohio..
R. P. Knight, Philadelphia, Penn.
Dr. J. L. LeConte, Philadelphia, Penn.
W. H. Leggett, New York.
Charles S. Linden, Buffalo, N. Y.
Rev. S. Lockwood, Keyport, N. J.
Sir John Lubbock. (Scientific Opinion.)

Dr. C. F. Lütken, Copenhagen.
G. F. Matthews, St. John, N. B.
C. J. Maynard, Newtonville, Mass.
W. J. McLaughlin, Centralia, Kan.
Theodore L. Mead, New York.
T. Meehan, Germantown, Penn.
E. S. Miller, Wading River, N. Y.
Edward S. Morse, Salem, Mass.
C. H. Nauman, Lancaster, Pa.
George Newport (Letter by the late) of
England.

Dr. A. S. Packard, jr., Salem, Mass.
John D. Parker, Topeka, Kansas.

G. W. Peck, New York,

H. C. Perkins, Newburyport, Mass.
W. P. Garrison, New York.
II. A. Purdie, Newton, Mass.
F. W. Putnam, Salem, Mass.
S. S. Rathvon, Lancaster, Penn.
J. H. Redfield, Philadelphia, Penn.
Robert Ridgeway, Washington, D. C.
Prof. J. T. Rothrock, Centre Co., Penn.
Prof. J. L. Russell, Salem, Mass.
Samuel H. Scudder, Boston, Mass.
M. M. Shattuck, Poughkeepsie, N, Y.
Dr. Henry Shimer, Mt. Carroll, III.
S. I. Smith, New Haven, Conn.
C. J. Sprague, Boston, Mass.
R. E. C. Stearns, San Francisco, Cal.
Dr. George M. Sternberg, U. S. Army.
Cyrus M. Tracy, Lynn, Mass.
S. M. Trippe, Orange, N. Y.

G. W. Tryon, jr., Philadelphia, Penn.
Prof. A. E. Verrill, New Haven, Conn.
Dr. R. L. Walker, Mansfield, Penn.
Prof. C. A. White, Iowa City.

C. E. Williams, Utica, N. Y.

Mrs. G. H. Van Wagenen, Rye, N. Y.
Dr. William Wood, East Windsor Hill. Ct.
Charles Wright, Cambridge, Mass.
Prof. C. A. Young, Hanover, N. H.

COPIED FROM

Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Paris.
Annals and Magazine of Natural History,
London.
Cosmos, Paris.

Quarterly Journal of Science, London.
Scientific Opinion, London.
Nature, London.

GLOSSARY.*

Accipitres. The Hawks, Falcon, and Eagles. Lepidosirens. A genus of the Batrachians Achromatic. Free from color.

Amaboid. Like Amoeba, an animal of a soft, jelly-like structure and no specialized organs.

Ambulacra. The narrow spineless zones. perforated by the fleshy suckers of the Sea-urchins and Starfishes. Anadromous (Gr. ana, upwards; dromos, course). Relating to the classes of fish that pass at certain seasons, from the sea into the rivers.

Apical. Relating to the apex or top. Archeopteryx. A fossil reptile-like bird. Amnios. The membrane that surrounds the foetus in the womb.

closely allied to the fishes in some of their characteristics.

Lingula. A genus of the Brachiopods, or Lamp Shells.

Marsupial (Gr. marsupion). Pertaining to an order of Mammalia, which carry the young in a pouch.

Mesentery. A fold of the membrane lining the abdominal cavity, which suspends and holds in place the small intestine. Mésas. Name given to the elevated plains west of the Rocky Mountains. Metatarsal. Relating to the metatarsus, or instep bones.

Azotized. Impregnated with azote, nitro-Miocene. The second division of the Ter gen.

Cardiac. Relating to the heart.

Cecidomyian. Relating to a family (Cecidomyidae) of Diptera.

Carapace. Shell of turtles and other reptiles.

Chlorophyl (Gr. chloros, green; phullon, a leaf). The green matter in plants. Chironectes (Gr. chir, hand; nectes, a swimmer). The Yapock. A genus of marsupial animals with webbed feet. Columellar. Relating to the columella, or central axis of a shell. Copepoda. An order of minute Crustaceans, or Crabs.

Coracoid. A large, flattened bone, passing from the shoulder-joint to the sternum. Dinosaurs (Gr. deinos, terrible; sauros, a Lizard). An order of fossil reptiles. Foraminifera (Latin, foramen, a hole; fero, to carry). Perforated shells secreted by an Amba-like animal, and belonging to the Protozoa, or lowest branch of the animal kingdom.

Gasteropoda. Mollusca, generally with a single coiled shell and the creeping dise or foot below, as in the snails. Globigerina. A genus of Foraminifera. Graptolites. Fossils of the Silurian period; probably Jelly-fish, or Hydroids.

Heterocercal. Fishes with the upper lobe of the tail larger than the lower. Hexapodous. Relating to an animal with six feet.

Holothuria. A genus of the Echinoderms (Sea-cucumbers).

Hydrozoa. The Jelly-fish, or Acalephs.

Lemurs. A genus of Quadrumana, or Monkeys.

tiary epoch.

Monotremata (Gr. monos, single; trema. a hole). An order of Mammalia with a sin gle orifice posteriorly into which the genitals and intestine open.

Negundo. A genus of timber-trees, having pinnated leaves and apetalous flowers. Neural. Pertaining to à nerve. Nullipore (nullos, none; porus, a pore). A genus of Corallines, or plants of a low order, which cover themselves with a limy secretion.

Notochord. Chorda dorsalis of the embryo, usually replaced by the spinal column of the adult.

Odontoid. Resembling a tooth. Operculum (Operio, to cover). The bones which protect the gills of fishes. In Mollusks the valve which closes the shell of a snail. Ovoviviparous. Animals which hatch their young from an egg within the body, their young being excluded alive.

Pseudova. False-eggs, as in the ovary of the asexual Plant-lice. Phryganidan. Relating to the Phryganidæ, a family of insects containing species of Caddice-flies.

Picrotoxia (Gr. pikirs, bitter; toxikon, poison). The poisonous principle of an East Indian plant. Plesiosaurians. Fossil reptiles of the Jurassic Period, with a long snake-like neck and short boat-like body. Protoplasmic. Soft, structureless animal matter, such as the sarcode of Amoeba. Proteus. A genus of Batrachians, or naked reptiles such as the frog and salamander, or water newt.

*No terms are explained here which can be found in the Glossary of Vols. I and II..

The derivations and meaning of botanical names are fully given in Grav's Manual of Botany.

class of minute animals, including the Tibia. Large bone of the human leg, the Foraminifera.

Sarcode. The jelly-like tissue of the Amoba, sponges, etc. Sertularian. Relating to Sertularia, a genus of Jelly-fish (Hydroids).

Tarsus. The heel and ankle bone. Teratology (Gr. teras, a monster; logos, a discourse). A branch of science which treats of the monstrosities and malformations of the animal and vegetable kingdoms.

shin bone.

Trachea. The air vessels of insects, serv ing as lungs.

Triton. A genus of Salamanders. Trochiform. Like the Trochus, a genus of marine Gasteropods; top-like. Tubularia. A genus of jelly-fish (Hy. droids).

Vascular. Containing blood-vessels, or relating to the circulatory system. Visceral. Relating to the intestines and other organs of digestion.

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