﻿No. 
  30.] 
  115 
  

  

  monuments, 
  obelisks, 
  and 
  national 
  statues. 
  The 
  abundance 
  of 
  

   their 
  remains 
  in 
  the 
  catacombs, 
  proves 
  indeed 
  the 
  familiarity, 
  

   which 
  the 
  species 
  had 
  with 
  the 
  indulgent 
  inhabitants 
  of 
  its 
  favor- 
  

   ite 
  country. 
  Diodorus 
  Siculus 
  says, 
  these 
  birds 
  advanced 
  with- 
  

   out 
  fear, 
  into 
  the 
  midst 
  of 
  the 
  cities. 
  Strabo 
  relates, 
  they 
  filled 
  

   the 
  streets 
  and 
  lanes 
  of 
  Alexandria 
  to 
  such 
  a 
  degree, 
  as 
  to 
  become 
  

   troublesome 
  and 
  importunate. 
  The 
  Ibis 
  is 
  now 
  no 
  longer 
  ven- 
  

   erated 
  in 
  Egypt, 
  and 
  is 
  commonly 
  shot 
  and 
  ensnared 
  for 
  food. 
  

   The 
  markets 
  of 
  the 
  sea 
  coast 
  are 
  now 
  abundantly 
  supplied 
  with 
  

   them 
  and 
  a 
  white 
  species, 
  as 
  game, 
  both 
  of 
  which 
  are 
  ignomini- 
  

   ously 
  exposed 
  for 
  sale, 
  deprived 
  of 
  their 
  heads, 
  a 
  spectacle 
  from 
  

   which 
  the 
  ancient 
  Egyptians 
  would 
  have 
  recoiled 
  with 
  horror. 
  

  

  The 
  person 
  who 
  shot 
  the 
  Ibis, 
  at 
  this 
  place, 
  remarked, 
  " 
  how 
  

   tame 
  it 
  was." 
  This 
  confidence 
  and 
  easy 
  familiarity 
  with 
  man, 
  

   would 
  render 
  it 
  entirely 
  unfit 
  for 
  a 
  residence 
  in 
  New-England, 
  

   where 
  there 
  is 
  such 
  a 
  murderous 
  propensity 
  to 
  shoot 
  the 
  feather- 
  

   ed 
  race. 
  

  

  Middletown, 
  Cf., 
  May 
  16, 
  1850. 
  

  

  A 
  bird 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  species, 
  shot 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Hurst, 
  on 
  Grand 
  Is- 
  

   land, 
  in 
  the 
  Niagara, 
  in 
  August 
  1844, 
  is 
  now 
  in 
  the 
  " 
  State 
  Cabi- 
  

   net." 
  See 
  third 
  annual 
  report, 
  page 
  22. 
  

  

  MINERALOGY. 
  

  

  Sillimanh 
  Journal, 
  J^ew 
  Series. 
  

   Vol. 
  9, 
  p. 
  287. 
  On 
  the 
  discovery 
  of 
  sulphuret 
  of 
  nickel 
  in 
  north- 
  

   ern 
  New- 
  York 
  . 
  By 
  Franklin 
  B 
  . 
  Hough 
  , 
  M 
  . 
  D 
  . 
  (Found 
  

   at 
  the 
  Sterling 
  iron 
  mine, 
  in 
  Antwerp, 
  Jefierson 
  county, 
  

   New- 
  York.) 
  

   Vol. 
  9, 
  p. 
  288. 
  New 
  mineral 
  localities 
  in 
  New- 
  York. 
  By 
  Dr. 
  

   Franklin 
  B. 
  Hough. 
  

  

  Pearl 
  spar, 
  in 
  Rossie, 
  St. 
  Lawrence 
  county. 
  

   Idocrase, 
  near 
  Governeur, 
  St. 
  Lawrence 
  county. 
  

   Sulphuret 
  of 
  copper, 
  near 
  Vrooman's 
  lake, 
  Antwerp, 
  

  

  St. 
  Lawrence 
  county. 
  

   Sulphate 
  of 
  barytes, 
  in 
  Governeur 
  and 
  Antwerp. 
  

   Stalactitic 
  quartz. 
  Parish 
  iron 
  mine 
  in 
  Rossie, 
  and 
  

   Sterling 
  iron 
  mine 
  in 
  Antwerp. 
  

  

  