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group age, one containing a portion of a crinoidal column, the 

 other specimens of Orth'is tcstudlnarla and Leptmna scricea. 

 The folknvers of Mr. Lyman failed to reach the summit of the 

 hill opposite the lake, and on their return many could sympa- 

 thise with the plaint of Beattie's Minstrel, 



''Ah wliu can tell hoic hird it is to climbr 



The zoologists formed a sm-iU but compact body, and looked 

 as if they meant business. A large number of chipmunks were 

 seen during the day, and several of their curious underground 

 burrows were met with. The birds noticed were the black-billed 

 cuckoo, Coccygupi eri/throj)hfh((lmns ; the gold-winged woodpecker, 

 Colaptes aumtus ; the ruby-throated liumming-bird, Trochilus 

 coluhrls ; the tyrant flycatcher, Tyndiims Carollnensis ; the 

 golden-crowned thrush, Seiurus (lurocapiUas ; the yellow-rumped 

 and the black-throated green warblers, Dendroica coronata and 

 virens ; the red-eyed and the warbling vireo, Vino oUvnceus and 

 gil<nis ; the c:\t-hivd, Mimus CaroU7iens is ; the swamp sparrow, 

 Mdoi^jyiza jjniusfris; and the blue jay, Cymiura cristata. We 

 are indebted to Mr. Passmore for this list of birds observed. No 

 reptiles of special interest were observed ; in the lake, specimens 

 of the American perch, the sun-fish, cat-fish, roach-dace, and 

 striped minnow, were taken. Among the butterflies captured 

 were Pitpilio Turnus and asterias, Colhts Chrijsostheme, a Ly- 

 cceiid, Vanessa Antiopa, a skipper, probably ITesperia hobomuck^ 

 a Hipjjarchia, and the now formidable cabbage butterfly, Fieris 

 rapce^ a species closely allied to those '-large white butterflies" 

 spoken of by Mrs. Browning in Aurora Leigh, 



'' Which look as if the May flower had caught life, 

 And palpitated forth upon the wind." 



The following: is a list of the beetles found durinu- the day : — 



Cicindela i/atriieliy, Dejean. Dicerca ditviricata, Say. 



Pteroslichus muluHj Say. Mclanotus laticollis. 



Chlsenius sericeus, Forster. Dendroidcs concolor. 



Lachnoxterna fusca , Frolich. 



Seven species of land shells were collected, the rarest of which 

 was Helix multidentat<i, Binney. It will be observed that no 

 specimens of much rarity in any branch of Natural History were 

 collected, the most common plant noticed during the day was the 

 yellow lady's slipper. 



About two p.m. the scattered parties re-assembled in the grove 



