402 [September, 



139. Caprimulgus vociferus, Bon. 

 Common upon our dry oak lands, rarely seen or heard elsewhere. 



110. Caprimulgus Virginianus, Briss. 

 Common. 



141. CoLUMBA Carolinensis, Linn. 

 Common. 



142. CoLUMBA migratoria, Linn. 



Two years ago last spring I noticed the pigeons in vast numbers, in the fields, 

 feeding upon the dead grasshoppers, the remains of the countless horde which 

 well nigh devoured " every green thing " during the preceding summer and fall. 



143. Meleagris GALLOPAVo,^Linn. 



Still common. ' ^ 



144. Ortyx ViRGiNiANA, Steph. 

 Abundant. 



145. Tetrao umbellus, Linn. 



Common in particular localities of limited extent. 



{To be contimied.') 



The Committee on Major Le Conte's description of a new Pacane 

 Nut, reported in favor of publication in the Proceedings. 



Description of a new species of the Pdccine Nut. 



By John Le Conte. 



This species of Hickorea, which I found cultivated in Georgia, is a native of 

 the State of Texas. The small altitude which it attains, the later period of its 

 foliation, and the very different form of the nut, readily distinguish it from every 

 other hitherto described. I have adopted Mr. Rafinesque's name, Hickorea, for 

 the genus, in preference to Mr. Nuttall's Carya, on the ground of priority. What- 

 ever may have been the errors or aberrations of Rafinesque, Nuttall was not 

 justified in changing a name proposed by the former, years before any publication 

 of his own. 



Hickorea texana. Tree about ten feet high. Leaves 13 inches long, fre- 

 quently rather over than under this measurement, composed of 6 or 7 pairs of 

 leaflets, scarcely petiolated, with a terminal odd one on a rather long petiole ; 

 leaflets lanceolate acuminate, the lower ones more convex on the upper than the 

 lower edge, dentate on the uppV edge from about one third the distance from 

 the base ; the lower edge is always most entire, except a few small teeth near 

 the point. The terminal leaflet is dentate on both edges, but not near the base ; 

 nut somewhat ovate, pointed at the upper extremity, less so at the lower, flat- 

 tened, somewhat rough, and slightly angled ; 1-4 inch long, 1 inch broad. 



Diflfers from H. olivaeformis or common 

 Pacane nut, in being a much smaller tree, 

 seldom being more than 10 or 12 feet high, 

 whilst the other frequently reaches to 80 or 

 90 feet ; in the smaller size of the leaves, 

 which rarely exceed 14 inches in length, the 

 leaflets being 4 or 5 inches long, whilst the 

 H. olivaRformis has the leaves from 19 to 20 

 inches long and the leaflets 7 inches ; but 

 most peculiarly in the shape of the nut ; this, 

 in our species, is ovate, flattened, although 

 protuberant on the sides and rough; in the 

 o^her very smooth, cylindrical, pointed at 

 each end. The leaves of the H. olivaeformis 



-T TT are fully formed before this species shows 



H. oi.Tv.Ei-ORMis. H. TEXANA. +i i .^; ^:^ ^f r^i;o+;^r. 



the least sign oi loliation. 



