392 Miscellanies. 



Havre mackerel or Albicore, proves to be the tunny, Thynnus vulga- 

 ris, of the Mediterranean.* The other is the Xiphias g-ladius, 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. 



Dr. S. also stated that the Siren recently presented by Mr- 01m- 

 stead was the Menobranchus lineatus. 



Mr. T. M. Brewer had met with the Lestris pomerana, or Yager, 

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

 south as Hudson's Bay. 



Mr. Edward Tuckerman, 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 chair. 



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. Brewer 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 ti'is- 

 tis — -Sylvia aestiva — Sturnus Ludovicianus — Turdns polyglottus 

 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 primulifolia — Lechea tliymifolia — Hypericum ellipti- 

 cum — Sida ahutilon — Malva sylvestris — Malva crispa — Sycyas an- 

 gulata — Alnus undvlata — Salix herbacea — Ceanothus. ovalis — Ela- 

 tine diandra — Sedum telephinnm — Convallaria trifolia — Digitaria 

 filiformis — Paspalum ciliatifoliuvi — Setaria 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 and SoncJius spinu- 

 losus. 



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

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

 that 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 Hehces from Martinique, 

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



* An individual of this species was taken in New Haven harbor in June, 1839. 

 — E. C. H. 



