VAGINALIS, VESPA* 275 



V. 



2 5. VAGINALIS. Spec. i. 



alba, (white sheath-bill,) bill black at the base ; 

 sheath a yellow or black horny plate nearly 

 covering the nostrils ; feathers white. 15 inch- 

 es long. 

 See MS. P. 



43. VANDELLIUS. Spec. 1. 



eorpensis, (sword-body,) slender, compressed la- 

 terally. 

 Sec MS P. 



9 3. VENUS. Spec. 154. 



mercenaria, (common clam, round clam,) shell 

 thick, strong, with slight transverse striae and 

 covered with a brown cuticle, (which sometimes 

 becomes pavonine,) pale violet or white within ; 

 depression on the outside behind the beaks ovate 

 or subcordate ; margin crenulate. Shell four 

 inches by three, and about two inches thick. 

 A very cheap and good article of food among 

 the indigent class in New- York and other sea- 

 ports in the northern states. Twenty-five cents 

 for clams, and five cents for potatoes, will fur- 

 nish a comfortable meal for fifteen persons, with 

 no seasoning excepting a little common salt. 



See MS, P. 



. 89. VESPA. Spec. 213. 



crabro, (hornet,) thorax black the fore part rufous 

 without spots ; incisures of tbe abdomen with a 

 double contiguous black dot. Nests are attach- 

 sd to house and barn timbers, &c. 



