Quarterly Journal of Conchology. 

 American Naturalist, Jany., 1877. 



Yates, Lorenzo G. — Notes on the aboriginal money of 

 California. — pp. 30 — 32. 



The Dentalium is used by the Indians of the North. Large 

 quantities of which have been imported from Europe for trade 

 with the Indians. 



The shell of Saxidomus aratus is broken and fashioned into 

 circular disks of suitable size, a hole drilled through the centre, 

 and then strung on strings. Eighty of these disks are valued at 

 one Dollar by the Indians of Lake County. 



The shell of "Abelone" (Haliotis) is formed into a somewhat 

 pentagonal form, and also into circular disks, plain or ornamented, 

 these appear to be also used for personal adornment, (Sec. 



Olivella biplicata, Sowby., is also (or was) used for money, the 

 top of the spire being rubbed off to allow of a string being passed 

 through, or sometimes pieces of the larger whorls were broken off,^ 

 and perforated for the passage of string. 



February, 1877. 



Stearns, Robt. E. C.^ — On the vitality of certain Land 

 Mollusks. — pp. 100 — 102. 



March, 1877. 



Pourtales, L. F. — Hints on the origin of the Flora and 

 Fauna of the Florida Keys. — pp. 137 — 144. 



These islets have received their flora chiefly from the West 

 Indies, and the fauna mainly from the North American Continent 



The Land Shells, according to Mr. Binney, are quite the same 

 as South Florida, and seem to be about equally derived from the 

 great "Southern Province" of the Eastern region of North America 

 and from the West Indies, 



