CONTENTS. 



Page 



Prospectus, . . . ^ j 



Introduction, ----l ^ 



Blunoceroides Alleghaniensis, jq 



On the ancient drmage of North America, and the origin of the 



Cataract of Niagara, - - 14 



The Diary of a Naturalist^ 2i 



On Nomenclature, ' " * - • - - . 28 



AdjudicaUqnoftheWollaston Medal, to William 5inith, - . 29 



The Earl of Bridgewater's Bequest, . . . . . . 33 



Influence of climate on fruitfulness of Plants, .... 35 

 Report to the Lyceum of Natural History of New York, on Fossil 



Bones from Big Bone Lick, Kentucky, 43 



Mr. Cooper's Deiual, «. 



Dr. Harlan's paper on a new species of Megalonyx and Fucoides . 45 



Biennial Election of the President of the Geological Society of London, 45 



Deathof Captain Foster, of the Chanticleer, .... 45 



Bone Caves in New Holland, .47 



New Publications, ..." 47- 



Entered according to the Act of Congress, in the year one thousand eie-ht 

 hundred and tiurty-one. by Henry H. Part^, in the Clerk's Office of the 

 District Court of tiie United States, in and for tiie Eastern District of Penn- 



sylrania. 



