VI CONTENTS. 



MISCELLANIES — DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN. 



Page. 



1. Notice of the British Association for the advancement of 



Science, _____ 411 



2. Prize Medals to be awarded for discoveries in Science, by 



the Royal Society of London, _ - - 412 



3. Pink dye from the flower of the sweet balm, - 413 



4. Contributions to Geology, - - - - ib. 



5. New work on Conchology, - - - - 423 



6. Ornithology.— 7. New Work by S. G. Morton.— 8. Zoology, 424 

 9. Recent Scientific Publications in the United States, 425 



10. New and valuable illustrations of the Zoology of Brazil, 428 



11. Important work on Fossil Organic Remains, - 430 



12. Necrology. — 13. Mineralogical School at New Haven, 431 

 To Correspondents, _ _ - . 432 



