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CONTENTS. 



Page. 



Art. I. Dissection of two adult Dromedaries^ a Male and a Female. 



By J. B. S. Jacksox, M. D., 1 



II. Descriptions of the Fishes of the Ohio River and its Tributa- 

 ries. By Jared p. KiRTLAND, M. D., (^continued from 

 iii. 4S2), 16 



III. Observations on the Genus Scalops, (Shreio Moles,) with 

 Descriptions of the Species found in North America. By 

 J. Bachmax, D- D., - 26 



IV. 071 the Occiirreyice of the Phosphate of Uranium in the Tour- 

 maline Locality at Chesterfield. By J. E. Teschemacher, 35 



v. Descriptions of tiveyity -four Species of the Shells of Neio 

 England. By J. W. Mighels, M. D., and Prof. C B. 

 Ada.ms, 37 



VI. Descriptions and Figures of the Araneides of the United 



States. By X. M. Hentz, 54 



VII. Descriptions of two neiv Species of Fishes. 5?/ D. Humphreys 



Storer, 31. D., 58 



VIII. On a new Species of Raffleria, fro7n Manilla, By J. E. 



Teschemacher, .----•--63 

 IX. Remarks upon Coral Formations in the Pacific ; with Sug- 

 gestions as to the Causes of their Absence in the same 

 Parallels of Latitude, on the Coast of South America. 

 By Joseph P. Couthguy, ...... QQ 



X. Niagara Falls. Their physical Changes, and the Geology 

 and Topography of the surrounding Country. By James 

 Hall, 106 



XI. Note to the Editors respecting the fossil Bones from Oregon. 



By Henry C. Perkins, M. D., 134 



XII. Reynarks upon Coral Formations in the Pacific, &fC. By J. P. 



CoTjTHOUY, (continued from p. 105), . . - - 137 



XIII. Descriptions of some of the Species of naked, air-breathing 

 Mollusca, inhabiting the United States. By Amos Bin.ney, 163 



XIV. Additional Descriptions of. and Observatioyis on, the Fishes 

 of Massachusetts. By D. Humphreys Storer, M. D., - 175 



XV. An Inquiry into the distinctive Characteristics of the aborigi- 

 nal Race of America. By Samuel G. Morton, 3L D-, • 190 

 XVI. Descriptions and Figures of the Araneides of the United 



States. By N. M. Hentz, (continued from p. 57), - 223 

 ^O XVII. Descriptions of the Fishes of Lake Erie, the Ohio River, 

 CT'.i and their Tributaries. By J. P. Kirtland, 31- D., (con- 



' tinued from p. 26), - - - - - - -231 



•"<::t^ XVIII. Description of a Species of Helix, newly observed in the 

 C<i Un ted States. By Amos Binney, 3L D., - - - 241 



^_- XIX. Observations on the Habits of the Python Nataleyisis. By 



^^ Thomas Savage, M. D , 242 



^^ XX. Observations on the Characters ayid Habits of the ocellated 



^** "Turkey, (3leleagris ocellata, Cuv) By Samuel Cabot, 



M. D., 246 



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