392 Miscellanies. 



Havre mackerel or Albiccre, proves to be the tunny, Thy nnus vulga- 

 ris^ of the Mediterranean** The other is the Xiphias gladius, sword 

 fish, which Dr. Richardson thinks does not exist on this coast. This, 

 however, as well as several others, was taken near Martha's Vine- 

 yard. Great discrepancy exists in the figures of this fish, especially 

 as to the dorsal fin. 



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killed on the south shore. It is is said by Nuttall to come only as far 

 south as Hudson's Bay, 



Mr. Edward Tuckerjian, Jr., exhibited specimens of Crypta mi- 

 nima found at Cambridge in company with another plant of similar 

 character. Beck places this plant in the genus Adatone. 



Oct. 22, 1838. — G. B. Emerson, Esq., President, in the chain 



Dr. Storer communicated a paper from Dr. Kirtland of Ohio, de- 

 scribing several new species of fishes from the waters of that State. 

 Dr. Kirtland is engaged in the zoological survey of the State. 



Dr. T. M. Brew^er presented some specimens of madrepore taken 

 from the stomachs of fishes on the coast of Labrador. He also pre- 

 sented the eggs of the following birds \—Fringilla socialis and tris- 

 tis — Sylvia acstiva — Sturnus Ludovicianus — Turdus polyglottns 

 and Ardea virescens. 



Mr. E, TucKERMAN, Jr., read a paper entitled "Notices of plants 

 new to the Boston Flora.'' The species detected by him, which 

 were new to our Flora were as follows: — Camelina sativa — Urtica 

 -urens—Viola pTimnlifolia—Lecliea tliyynifoUa— Hypericum elliptic 

 cum—Sida abutilon—Malva sylvestris—Malva crispa — Sycyas ^an- 

 gulata — Alnus undvlata—Salix herhacea—Ceanothus ovalis—Eld' 

 tine diandra — Sedum telephinum — Convallaria trifolia — Digitaria 

 filiformis — Paspahim ciliatifoliitm — Sctaria viridis. He also 

 added many new localities to numerous other rare plants. He added 

 the testimony of his observation to the constancy of the characters of 



Bigelow's Viola acuta-^Salicornia mucronata^nd Sonchus spiiiU' 

 losus. 



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Dr. A. A. Gould, stated that he had recently received a specimen 

 of Helix aspersa from Portland, from a gentleman who assured him 

 thaJ it was very common in that vicinity, and appeared in great num- 

 bers after the ground had been burned over. 



Dr. Amos Binney exhibited specimens of Helices from Martinique, 

 and the beautiful Carocolla spinosa, Lea, of our Southern States. 



* An individual of this species waa taken in New Haven harbor in June, 1839- 



E. C. H. 



