CONTENTS. 



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3, 4, 5. New Edition of Eaton's Manual of Botany — Experi- 

 mental Researches in Electricity — A New Comet, - - 378 



6, 7. Reports on the Fishes, Reptiles, and Birds of Massachu- 

 setts — Telescopes, 379 



8, 9. Interesting Minerals — Observations Meteorologiqnes et 

 Magnetiques faites dans I'etendue de TEmpire de Russie 



redigees et publiees aux frais du Gouvernement, - - 380 



10. On the geognostic position of the Zeuglodon, or Basilosau- 



rus of Harlan, - -- -- - - - 381 



11. Professor Johnson's Analyses of Anthracite and Iron Ore, 383 



12. 13. Parasite of the eggs of the Elm-tree Moth — Great Earth- 



quakes in Burmah, 385 



14. Progress of the U. S. Exploring Expedition, - - - 387 



15. The Twilight Bow, 389 



16. Lectures on Phrenology, 390 



17. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History, - 391 



18. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, - 396 



19. Ehrenberg on Infusoria, - - - - ... 404 



