Annals of Kature. — Fossil Fish. 365 



7. Western Minerva, or American Annals of Knowledge 

 and Literature ; a Quarterly Journal to he published in 

 Lexington, Kentucky. 



The motto is Mn peM de tout and corresponds with the 

 sketch drawn in the prospectus. This literary and scientific 

 Journal will be published quarterly, in Lexington, Kentucky, 

 in numbers of eighty pages, forming every year a volume of 

 three hundred and twenty pages or more. The first number 

 was promised for January, 1 821 , and the other numbers to ap - 

 pear successively in April, July and October following. 



8. Annals of JVature. 



Professor Rafinesque has pubhshed the first number of an 

 annual or occasional Journal, which he denominates Annals 

 of Nature, or Annual Synopsis of new Genera, and species 

 of animals, plants, &;c. discovered in North America. This 

 work is estabhshed principally for his own discoveries and 

 for those of his friends. His first number contains sixteen 

 pages, and is occupied upon animals under the classes suck- 

 lers, birds, reptiles, fishes, Crustacea, insects, worms, moUusca, 

 polyps, and porostomes ; and upon plants under the classes 

 eltrogynes, mesogynes, endogynes, symphogynes, aniogynes, 

 gymnogynes, phanerians, cryptians, fungians, and algians. 

 Under these respective classes both of animals and plants 

 many species are embraced. 



9. Fossil Fish. 



On page 222 of this volume mention is made of the fossil 

 fish, found at Sunderland, Mass. by Mr. Edward Hitchcock. 

 This gentleman at our request, has caused this place to be 

 more thoroughly explored, and we have now the pleasure 

 to state, on the authority of a letter from him, dated April 

 9, 1821, that fifty or sixty specimens of fossil fish have been 

 discovered at Whitmore's Ferry, Sunderland, by those 

 whom he has employed. We are informed, that there are 

 two distinct species of fish, and as we have not yet obtained 

 the box of specimens, put up for us by the kindness of Mr. 

 Hitchcock, we subjoin the catalogue received with the letter, 

 as this will impart some valuable information. — £d. 



