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a fine fossil turtle and the jaw of a Saurian, and the Association of 
American geologists saw with admiration at Philadelphia in April, 
1841, the beautiful chalk fossils of Mr. Nicollet, many of them superbly” 
adorned with their pearly coats—their nacre being almost untarnished, 
after the lapse of ages. 
14. New Works in Science.—We find on our table a number of works 
of much interest, and all demanding more or less attention hands. 
At present we must confine ourselves with giving the s only of 
some of the most important : 
Memoir of the Geological Survey of the State of Delaware, iriclud- 
ing the Application of the Geological Observations to Agriculture. By 
James C. Booth, A. M. Dover, Delaware, 1841. 8vo. pp. 188. 
Report of the British” “Association for. the eon ts of Science 
for 1841, (or Vol. 10,) 8vo. pp. 480. London, 1841. J. & E. Taylor. 
Bailey's Review of Berkley’s Theory of Vision. tsi, 1842. 
8vo. pp. 139. ? 
Scientific Memoirs, Vol. Il, Part 10. April, 1842. 
- Zoological Contributions, by 8. 8. Haldeman. No. 1, Feb. 1842, on 
ment. ’ Bitumine, ts varieties and uses. Compiled from various sour- 
. W. Halleck, under direction of Col. J. G. Totten. Wash- 
ington, 1841. By PP . 206, with 3 plates. 
MISCELLANIES. 
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC.. 
‘ ic Fungus.—The fungus described by Prof. Bailey (in 
this Journal, Vol. x1, p. 195, Jan. 1842) as having been received from 
England from Dr . Mantell, and discovered also by Prof. Bailey in the 
neighborhood of West Point, has since been shown to be an Acanus, 
the red fluid arising from the puncture of the enclosed animal when in 
an embryotic state. In the spring of this year, the discoverer, Mr. 
Mo found to his great astonishment that each of the supposed fungi, 
of a red ‘color, having s six legs. Ata late meeting 
