BOSTON 



JOURNAL OF NATURAL HISTORY, 



rONTAIKINf) 



PAPERS AND COMMUNICATIONS, 



HEAO BEFOKE THE 



iJojston .Socittfi of IN^'atural pnstora?, 



AND PUBLISHED BY THEIR DIRECTION. 



VOL. VIL— NO. III. 



PUBLISHING C O M JI I T T E E . 



AUGUSTUS A. GOULD, 

 CHARLES K. DILLAWAY, 



SAMUEL L. ABBOT, 

 JEFFRIES WYMAN, 



SAMUEL H. SCUDDER. 



BOSTON 



1862. 



