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nection with the Smithsonian Institution, and some notices of his life 

 and personal character. A memoir of Magendie, by M. Flourens, 

 secretary of the French Academy of Sciences. A translation from 

 the German, on the senses of taste, hearing, and sight. A lecture 

 on the results of spectrum analysis applied to the heavenly bodies, 

 by W. Huggins, of England. A translation from the German of an 

 article on the external appearance of the sun's disk, and one from 

 the French on accidental or subjective colors, by Abb6 Moigno. A 

 continuation of the series of articles, by Plateau, on the figures of 

 equilibrium of a liquid mass withdrawn from the action of gravity. 

 The annual report of transactions of the Society of Physics and Natu- 

 ral History, of Geneva. Original communications relative to the Tin- 

 Deh or Chepewyan Indians, of British and Russian America, by Messrs. 

 B. R. Ross, W. L. Hardisty, and S. Jones, of the Hudson's Bay 

 Company, by Geo. Gibbs, esq. An article on the aboriginal Ameri- 

 can migration, by F. Von Hellwald, An original paper on Indian 

 pottery, by Chas. Rau, esq. An original article on artificial shell 

 deposits of the United States, by Dr. D. G. Brinton. A sketch of 

 ancient earthworks, by I. Dille, of Ohio. The pile-work antiquities 

 of Olmutz, translated from a Vienna periodical. An account of anti- 

 quities on the banks of the Mississippi river and Lake Pepin, by Dr. 

 L. 0. Estes. Communications on a physical atlas of North America, 

 by Geo. Gibbs, esq., and on ethnological research, by Dr. E. H. 

 Davis, with tables of measurements, by Scherzer and Schwarz. 

 Translation of the prize questions of the International Archeeologi- 

 cal Congress. An article on vitality, by Rev. H. H. Higgins. In- 

 structions for collecting laud and fresh-water shells, by James Lewis, 

 esq. Instructions for collecting myriapods, phalangida3, etc., by Dr. 

 E. C. Wood. Notes on a plan of a research upon the atmosphere, 

 by Professor C. M. Wetherill. An account of the cryolite of Green- 

 land, by Messrs. Lewis and sons. Extracts from the meteorological 

 correspondence of the Institution, with remarks by the secretary. 

 Professor Henry. On horary variations of the barometer, by Mar- 

 shal Vaillant, with note by the secretary. On the formation of ice 

 at the bottom of rivers, by Mr. Engelhardt. An account of the 

 earthquake in eastern Mexico on 2d January, 18GG, b}' Dr. C. Sar- 

 torius. Statistics relative to Norwegian mountains, lakes, and the 

 snow-line, by 0. E. Dreutzer. 



These articles embrace a wide range of subjects, and, with a single 

 exception, were either prepared expressly for the Institution or 

 translated from foreign journals not readily accessible to the Ameri- 

 can reader. The illustrations, seventy in number, were prepared at 



