INDEX TO VOL. V. 



N. B. New genei-a and species are in italics. 



Acadian Iron Mines, Xova Scotia, 245. 



Acari, Dr. Burnett's collection of, 78, 

 purchase :of, 79. 



Achatinella, new species of, 218, 



nigra, Newcomb, 219. 



physa, " 218, 



succincta, " 220. 



tetrao, " 219. 



UTidulata, '* 218. 



Acoetes lupina, Stimpson, 116. 



Actinia />/'0(/«da, " 110. 



Alasmodon marginata and A. truncata 

 identical, 121. 



Alger, Francis, resignation of Curator- 

 ship of Mineralogy, 361. 



Allanite, 189. 



Allophane, analysis of, 120. 



Aloe, Mexican, economic use of, 384. 



Anthracite from Japan, 207. 



Aquihx chrysaetos shot in Massachu- 

 setts, 272. 



Aramus scolopaceus, singular trachea 

 of, 20. 



Arenicola aetata, Stimpson, 114. 



natalis, Girard, 88. 



Argonaut shell, animal of, J. C. War- 

 ren's monograph on, 369 ; largest 

 known specimen of, 35. 



Argonauta Conradi, Parkinson, 386; 



fragilis, " 387. 



Asteroma pomigena, 339. 



Aztec children, authentic history of, 278. 



Batrachians, branch of pulmonary ar- 

 tery in, sent to the skin, 51 ; Tubercle 

 on foot of, 84. 

 Alosa vernalis, development of dorsal Bear, New England, habit of, 212. 

 cord of, 394; habits of in breeding, Bequest of J. C. Warren, 384. 



395. 



Aluminium, 265, 357. 



Amblyopsis spelseus. Prof. Wvman on, 

 18. 



Amnicola longinqua, Gould, 130. 



protea, Goiald, 129 ; sculp- 

 tured like Melanias, 130. 



Anableps Gronovii, development of, 80. 



Analogy between animal battery of 



to the Library from James 



Brown, 254; Mr. Dillaway's remarks 



on, 255. 

 Bird, gigantic fossil, found near Paris, 



205. 

 Birds, manner of retaining position in 



roosting, 125. 

 Birds, rare, found in Auburn, N. Y, 13. 

 of Wisconsin, 1. 



Torpedo occidentalis and a metallic Blackfish Skeletons, 238. 



battery. Prof. H. D. Piogers on, 22 

 Analysis of Ankerite, 246. 



Arenaceous Guano, 351. 



Guano rock, 350. 



Native Iron from Liberia, 



250. 



Nictau Iron ore, 249. 



Ancistropus sanguineus, Stimpson, 112. 

 Ankerite, analysis of, 246. 

 Annehd Tracks in Ireland, 208. 

 Annual Meeting of 1854, 44 ; 1855, 195 ; 



1856, 359. 

 Anodon horda, Gould, 229. 



Blood from a patient Avho died from the 



effects of chloroform, 307. 

 Boa Constrictor, feeding of, 210; Genito- 



urinaiy Organs of, 309. 

 Boleosoma fusiforme, Girard, 41. 

 " Books," Mr. Marsh's, 30. 

 Brachyotus Cassinii, Brewer, 321. 

 Brown, James, resolutions concerning, 



263. 

 Building Committee, 39. 



new, report on, 143. 



Building fund, donation to. by T. H. 



Perkins, 27. 



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