BOSTON 



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JOURNAL OF NATURAL HISTORY, 





CONTAINING 



PAPERS AND COMMUNICATIONS, 



READ BEFORE THE 



Boston ^ 



of Natural 



PUBLISH!']. \\\ THEIR DIIIECTION 



VOL. VII. NO. I. 



PUBLISHING COMMITTEE. 



L HUMPHREYS STOKER, 

 C iARLES K. DILLAWAY, 



SAMUEL L. ABBOT, 

 JEFFRIES WYMAN, 



SAMUEL KNEELAND, JK. 



BOSTON: 



1859. 



