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[Jefiries. 



BIRDS OF THE ALPIXE REGION. 



Catliarus occiclentalis. 

 Hylociclila Audubonii. 

 Planesticus migratorius. 

 Turdus pinicola. 

 Cinclus mexicanus. 

 Sialia mexicana. 

 Lophophanes WoUweberi. 

 Parus meridionalis. 

 Psaltriparus melanotis. 

 Sitta carolinensis. 



" pygmsea. 

 Certliia mexicana. 

 Campylorliynchus pallescens. 

 Troglodytes brunneicollis. 

 Parula siiperciliosa. 

 Dendroeca olivacea. 

 Geotlilypis speeiosa. 

 Setophaga picta. 

 Cardellina rubra. 

 Progne subis. 

 Vireo Huttonii. 

 Ptilogonys cinereus. 

 Myiadestes obscurus. 

 Diglossa baritula. 

 Hesperiphona vespertina. 

 Chrysomitris pinus. 



Curvirostra americana. 

 Junco cinereus. 

 Atlapetes pileatus. ^ 

 Guiraca melanocephala. 

 Chamfeospiza torquata. 

 Pipilo maculatus. 

 Cyanura coronata. 

 Cyanocitta nana. 



" californica? 



" ultramarina? 



" sordida. 



Xiphocolaptes emigrans. 



Grallaria ? 



Contopus mesoleucus. 



" sordidulus. 



" pertinax. 



" virens. 



Platypsaris ? 



Bathmidurus major? 

 Trogon mexicanus. 

 " ambiguus. 

 Pieus Harrisii. 

 Colaptes mexicanus. 

 Rhynchopsitta pachjThyncha. 

 Chloroenas fasciata. 

 Dendrortyx barbatus. 



The Secretary read by title a paper by Mr. William T. 

 Brigliam, on the Eruption of the Hawaiian Volcanoes in 

 1868. This will be published in full in the Memoirs. 



Dr. B. Joy Jeffries made some remarks on the vision of 

 Fishes and Amphibians. 



He said that some two years ago M. Felix Plateau published his 

 researches in the thirty-second volume of the Memoirs of the Royal 

 Academy of Belgium. A typical fish's eye has a thin cornea, small 

 anterior chamber, large and spherical crystalline lens occupying a 

 considerable portion of the globe. Under water the cornea loses its 

 refractive power, as it is bathed on either side by fluids of the same 



PROCKEDIXGS B. 8. N. H.— VOL SII. 15 FEBRUART, 1869. 



