﻿ACADEMY 
  OP 
  SCIENCES. 
  63 
  

  

  (^LagenorliyneJius 
  albirostratiis, 
  Peale,) 
  caught 
  by 
  Captain 
  Marston 
  

   on 
  a 
  voyage 
  from 
  Tahiti 
  (Lat. 
  13 
  deg. 
  N.) 
  to 
  San 
  Francisco, 
  pre- 
  

   sented 
  by 
  the 
  proprietors 
  of 
  the 
  " 
  Daily 
  Alta 
  California." 
  Specimens 
  

   of 
  Lizard, 
  Scorpions, 
  Hermit-crab 
  and 
  Cuttle-fish 
  (Decapod) 
  from 
  

   San 
  Jose 
  del 
  Cabo, 
  by 
  U. 
  S. 
  Consul 
  Gillespie. 
  Branch 
  of 
  Man- 
  

   grove 
  covered 
  with 
  oysters 
  ( 
  Ostrea 
  concliaphila) 
  from 
  Magdalena 
  

   Bay, 
  Lower 
  California, 
  by 
  Samuel 
  Hubbard. 
  Specimen 
  of 
  Deer's 
  

   head, 
  showing 
  arrested 
  development 
  of 
  the 
  antlers, 
  presented 
  by 
  

   Mr. 
  C. 
  D. 
  Cleveland, 
  through 
  Dr. 
  Henry 
  Gibbons. 
  Specimens 
  

   of 
  Sea-mosses 
  {Algce) 
  from 
  San 
  Pedro, 
  presented 
  by 
  Capt. 
  Jos. 
  A. 
  

   Wilson. 
  Marine 
  Shells 
  from 
  the 
  Shumagin 
  Islands, 
  presented 
  by 
  

   W. 
  H. 
  Dall. 
  Echinoderms, 
  Gorgonia, 
  etc., 
  from 
  Mazatlan, 
  pre- 
  

   sented 
  by 
  Henry 
  Edwards. 
  

  

  Prof. 
  Davidson 
  remarked, 
  in 
  connection 
  with 
  the 
  specimens 
  pre- 
  

   sented 
  by 
  him, 
  that 
  the 
  smaller 
  crustaceans 
  were 
  caught 
  at 
  night 
  in 
  

   Cape 
  St. 
  Lucas 
  Bay, 
  Lower 
  California, 
  the 
  sea 
  at 
  the 
  time 
  being 
  

   white 
  with 
  phosphorescence 
  ; 
  two 
  individuals 
  of 
  this 
  species 
  would 
  light 
  

   up 
  a 
  bucket-full 
  of 
  water 
  ; 
  the 
  phosphorescence 
  was 
  particularly 
  vivid 
  

   at 
  each 
  joint 
  of 
  their 
  bodies 
  ; 
  the 
  largest 
  specimen, 
  which 
  is 
  of 
  a 
  dif- 
  

   ferent 
  species, 
  was 
  taken 
  from 
  the 
  stomach 
  of 
  a 
  Boneta 
  caught 
  off 
  

   the 
  coast 
  of 
  Lower 
  California, 
  in 
  about 
  lat. 
  23^°. 
  The 
  snake 
  and 
  

   the 
  land 
  shells 
  were 
  from 
  San 
  Jose 
  del 
  Cabo, 
  and 
  the 
  specimen 
  of 
  

   Coronula 
  were 
  from 
  the 
  back 
  of 
  a 
  green 
  turtle 
  from 
  Mazatlan. 
  

  

  The 
  following, 
  relating 
  to 
  the 
  deer's 
  head 
  presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  

   Cleveland, 
  is 
  taken 
  from 
  a 
  note 
  from 
  that 
  gentleman, 
  which 
  accom- 
  

   panied 
  his 
  gift 
  : 
  

  

  " 
  The 
  specimen 
  I 
  procured 
  two 
  miles 
  from 
  Tejon 
  Pass, 
  San 
  Ber- 
  

   nardino 
  county. 
  The 
  deer 
  was 
  killed 
  within 
  a 
  few 
  miles 
  of 
  this 
  lo- 
  

   cality 
  about 
  one 
  year 
  ago, 
  and 
  on 
  inspection 
  was 
  found 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  

   castrated, 
  in 
  what 
  manner 
  this 
  was 
  done 
  it 
  is 
  impossible 
  to 
  say. 
  

   The 
  hunter 
  who 
  killed 
  the 
  animal 
  and 
  from 
  whom 
  I 
  received 
  the 
  

   specimen 
  asserts 
  that 
  it 
  was 
  an 
  accident 
  of 
  combat. 
  The 
  physio- 
  

   logical 
  connection 
  which 
  exists 
  between 
  the 
  testes 
  and 
  the 
  develop- 
  

   ment 
  of 
  the 
  antlers 
  is 
  here 
  * 
  * 
  set 
  forth. 
  * 
  * 
  The 
  deer 
  

   when 
  killed 
  was 
  thought 
  to 
  be 
  five 
  or 
  six 
  years 
  old. 
  It 
  suffered 
  a 
  

   rude 
  castration 
  doubtless 
  about 
  the 
  time 
  the 
  horns 
  commenced 
  to 
  

   grow 
  and" 
  as 
  a 
  result 
  of 
  the 
  injury, 
  " 
  we 
  find 
  the 
  antlers 
  in 
  their 
  

   present 
  abortive 
  stage 
  of 
  development." 
  

  

  