CONTENTS 



VOLUME SECOND. 



By D. H. Barnes. Page 



Note on the Murex Corona of Gmelin, - - 291 



By Charles L. Bonaparte. 



The Genera of North American Birds, and a Synopsis of the Spe- 

 cies found within the Territory of the United States; systemati- 

 cally arranged in Orders and Families. Part first. - - 7 



Additions to the Ornithology of the United States ; and Observa- 

 tions on the Nomenclature of certain species, ... 154 



The Genera of North American Birds, and a Synopsis of the Spe- 

 cies found in the United States. Part second. ... 293 



By William Cooper. 



Note on the Habitat of the Schiza?a pusilla, .... 266 



Further discovery of Fossil Bones in Georgia ; with Remarks on 



their identity with those of the Megatherium, ... 267 



By James Freeman Dana. 



An Account of some Experiments on the Root of the Sanguinaria 



canadensis, ......... 245 



Analysis of the Copper Ore of Franconia, New-Hampshire ; with 



iemarks on Pyritous Copper, -.-_._ 253 



By James E. Dekav. 



Report on several multilocular Shells from the State of Delaware ; 



with observations on a second specimen of the genusEurypterus, 273 



Notes on a Fossil Skull in the Cabinet of the Lyceum of the genus 

 Bos, from the banks of the Mississippi ; with Observations on 

 the American species of that genus, . 280 



