462 MisceUaneo2is, 



Portland. It is of the size of the Neaera cuspidata of Great Bri- 

 tain and much resembles it in form, but is less gibbous and thin- 

 ner and has the teeth less developed. Still these diflferences are 

 hardly more than sufBcient to constitute a well marked variety- 

 The JV. pellucida obtained by Stimpson in 40 fathoms off Long 

 Island, is probably the young of the species to which Mr. F's 

 shell belongs ; and as Stimpson's specimen is the only one here- 

 tofore recorded as found on the American coast, the present 



specimen is of much interest.^ 



J. W. D. 



Note on Relics of the Red Indians of Newfoundland^ Collected hy 

 Mr. Smith McKay^ and Exhibited to the Natural History 

 Society. 



These objects were found in a sepulchral cave in the southern 

 part of Newfoundland, with the remains of a body wrapped in 

 birch bark and stated by the modern Indians to have been pro- 

 bably a " Medicine Man." They consist of a portion of a walrus 

 tusk, cut across by a sharp instrument, three flat pendants of elon- 

 gated triangular form of the same material, and ornamented with 

 lines and dots forming various patterns, shell wampum finished 

 and in various stages of manufacture, with portions of the un- 

 formed shells, small univalve shells perforated so as to be 

 strung as beads or attached to wearing apparel, portions of an iron 

 knife or dagger and of a hatchet completely oxidised, and the 

 wooden stem of an arrow, with a stone head very rudely formed 

 These relics must belong to the earlier portion of the intercourse 

 of the Red Indians with Europeans. They resemble the objects 

 found in graves of other tribes, the principal peculiarities being 

 the use of the ivory of the walrus tusk, and the circumstance that 

 the wampum is made of the shell of a large Mactra probably M» 



solidissima. 



J. W. D. 



KINGSTON BOTANICAL SOCIETY. 



It is with much pleasure that we notice the formation of ^ 

 vigorous Botanical Society in Kingston, in connection with 



* Since the above was written, Mr. Stimpson has seen the specimen 

 and regards it as the adult of N. pellucida, and distinct from N. cuspidata. 



