OF CONCHOLOGT. 107 



Report on the 3IoIhisca collected hy the WiJhes' United States 

 Exploring Expeditioyi. One folio volume of text, Boston, 

 ^1852, and an elephant folio volume containing 51 colored 

 plates, 1860. 



Catalogue and descriptions of the shells of Lake Superior, in 

 '^ Lake Superior," hy Prof. Agassiz. 8vo., Boston, 1850. 



Descriptions of the shells collected by the Noi'th Pacific Ex- 

 ploring Expedition. (Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. History.) 



Besides over ^f/?/ memoirs on various branches of Conchological 

 Science, including criticisms on various papers by other authors, 

 remarks on distribution, habits of the mollusca, etc. These were 

 principally published in the Proceedings and Journal of the 

 Boston Society of Natural History, a society of which Dr. Gould 

 "was one of the most prominent members. 



When the death of Dr. Binney left unfinished his splendid 

 ■work on the " Terrestrial Mollusca of the United States," Dr. 

 Gould was chosen by his executors to continue and c raplete the 

 work ; which he performed in most excellent style, adding many 

 additional descriptions and a memoir of its distinguished pro- 

 jector. 



For the last two years Dr. G. was engaged on a new edition 

 of his " Invertebrata of Massachusetts," the first edition being 

 long out of print. To enable him to publish this valuable work 

 the Legislature of Massachusetts made an appropriation of 

 ^1,000 in 1865. We trust that his labors were so nearly com- 

 pleted at the time of his death, that this book may be published. 



The collections of Dr. Gould, which were very valuable, con- 

 taining types of the species, nearly one thousand in number 

 described by him, have become the property of the Boston So- 

 ciety of Natural History. They form a nobler monument to hi* 

 memory than was ever reared of sculptured marble, and tell the 

 story of his life in more eloquent terms than the pen can ex- 

 press. G. W. T., Jr. 



Major Robert Kennicutt. 



This gentleman died on the thirteenth of last May, at Fort 

 Nulato, in Russian America. As an ardent and successful ex- 

 plorer, and collector of objects of Natural History, he was well 

 known to most of the Scientists of the United States. He was 

 particularly interested in the study of the Mollusca of the boreal 

 regions which were the scenes of his principal explorations, and 

 spoke to the writer in enthusiastic anticipation of the pleasure 



