BOSTON 



JOURNAL OF NATURAL HISTORY, 



CONTAINING 



PAPERS AND COMMUNICATIONS, 



READ BEFORE THE 



JJostou Socicto of Natural Pnstotfi, 



AND PUBLISHED BY THEIR DIRECTION. 



VOL. VII. — NO. I. 



PUBLISHING COMMITTEE. 



D. HUMPHREYS STORER, 

 CHARLES K. DILLAWAY, 



SAMUEL L. ABBO T, 

 JEFFRIES WYMAN, 



SAMUEL KNEEL AND, Jr. 



BOSTON 



1859. 



