O. MISCELLANEOUS. 585 



ested in botany, general and special; the names being first 

 printed in alphabetical sequence, and then re-arranged ac- 

 cording to the states to which they belong. Such a work as 

 this can not fail to be extremely useful to students, and the 

 one in question will doubtless be eagerly sought after by 

 botanists. 



THE BULLETIN OF THE SCIENCE DEPARTMENT OF CORNELL 



UNIVERSITY. 



We welcome the addition to the scientific serials in the 

 United States of the Bulletin of the Science Department of 

 Cornell University, of which Nos. 1 and 2 of Vol. I. have 

 just been published. These are well-printed, stout pam- 

 phlets, and suitably illustrated. No. 1 consists of a prelim- 

 inary report of the Morgan expeditions, in the form of a 

 reconnoissance of the Lower Tapajos, by Professor Hartt, 

 and a paper on the Carboniferous Brachiopoda of Itaituba, 

 Rio Tapajos, province of Para, Brazil, by Professor O. A. 

 Derby. By the "Morgan expeditions" is to be understood 

 the series of visits for several successive years made by 

 Professor Hartt, for the purpose of explorations in natural 

 history and ethnology, the expense of which was borne in 

 greater part by Colonel Edwin B. Morgan, of Aurora, New 

 York. 



Reports of other researches by these expeditions have also 

 been published in the Bulletin, of the Buffalo Society of Nat- 

 ural Science, as drawn up by Professor Hartt and Mr. Rich- 

 ard Ralhbun. 



ISSUE OF "PROCEEDINGS" BY THE NEW YORK LYCEUM OF 



NATURAL HISTORY. 



The Lyceum of Natural History, of the city of New York, 

 one of the oldest and most eminent of American scientific 

 institutions, is mainly known by its Annals, which, from the 

 number of important memoirs on general practical science, 

 are standard authority the world over. For some years this 

 society was in a quiescent condition, its resident members 

 being few, or engaged in pursuits which prevented their giv- 

 ing much time to scientific labor. 



Since then, however, the tide has turned, and the greatest 

 activity has been manifested. "Proceedings' have been 



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