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species whose northern limit has been generally supposed 

 to be the latitude of Washington, while Bachman's finch 

 is not known to come so far north even as that. 



Dr. C. T. Jackson presented specimens of casts of Para- 

 doxides, from Braintree, Mass., and from St. Mary's Bay, 

 Newfoundland ; both of which seem to be the P. Harlani. 



The rock which contained the latter specimen is water-worn 

 and boulder-like, weighing between 2 and 3 cwt. ; it is a dark 

 blue calciferous slate, consisting of about ^ carbonate of lime. 

 The specimen lies across the line of stratification, instead of in it, 

 and consequently the head appears crushed, somewhat injuring its 

 symmetry. The dimensions are, — 



TARADOXIDES HARLANI ? 



St. Mary's Bay. Braintkee. 



Length 10 inches 8^ inches 



Width 5 " 4 « 



Articulations 20 20 



Width of body 1^- " 1^ « 



Width of ribs 1 inch 1^ « 



Number " 24 24 



Lateral appendages 1 inch 1 inch 

 Head compressed by shrinkage of strata. 



Dr. Jackson observed, that he long ago expressed the belief 

 that the borings, which have been extensively made in Maine, in 

 the vicinity of Pembroke, in search of coal, would prove fruitless. 

 A Portland company are, however, actively engaged in the search, 

 and he had recently received specimens of the rock containing 

 apparently stems of fucoides, fern-like impressions, and others 

 resembling the markings of lepidodendra, which had somewhat 

 shaken his former opinion. 



Mr. Theodore Lyman gave an account of the habits 

 of some animals recently observed by him at West Yar- 

 mouth, Mass. 



Syngnathus PecManus. — Pipe-fish. Taken in shallow water 

 among dead eel-grass and sea-weed. Has a most extraordinary 

 power of moving its eyes, the balls of which may be turned until, 



