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transmitting his observations on the habits of 

 Glandina, together with the living animal, and a 

 beautiful drawing of it ; and also for the species 

 common in the lower parts of Georgia. To Prof 

 Jeffries Wyman, for information on the anatomy 

 and habits of the animals ; and to Prof J. P. 

 Kirtland, of Cleveland, Ohio ; Dr. J. W. Mighels, 

 of Portland, Me. ; Dr. Edmund Ravenel and Prof 

 Lewis K Gibbes, of Charleston, S. C. ; Prof W. B. 

 Rogers, of the University of Virginia ; Isaac Lea, 

 Esq., of Philadelphia ; John C. Jay, Esq. and B. 

 W. Budd, M. D., of the city of New York ; Dr. 

 T. B. Ingalls, of Greenwich, N. Y. ; Dr. W. New- 

 comb, of Troy, N. Y. ; Prof G. W. Benedict, of 

 Burlington, Vt. ; and T. J. Whittemore, Esq., of 

 Cambridge, Mass., for their active kindness in 

 affording the opportunity of examining species 

 which, without their aid, would not have been 

 procurable. 



To Dr. A. A. Gould, of Boston, he presents 

 his thanks, for frequent and various aid and ad- 

 vice, often asked for, and always bestowed with 

 alacrity and liberality ; and to John S. Phillips, 

 Esq., of Philadelphia, for his unremitting atten- 

 tions in superintending the preparation of the 



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