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biggest of all these birds, it is the esate the most neat » 
mo tap Serine if we may so express it —Student, Nov. 1 
Upper Helderbe Hamilton cant eine Groups; [ Preparatory 
Studies for Ges Paiacontotony of New York]; part 2; by Jamzs 
Hatt. 80 pp. 8 State Col. Nat. Hist. 1869.—This paper by 
Prof. Hall acekeinn descriptions of several new genera and. species, 
and revised references of other old species. e new genera 
are PALMANEILO for Nuculites constricta oa alg etc. ; LimopreRa 
for Lima macroptera Conrad ; Myritarca for Megambonia ovata 
Hall, ete.; Paotapeiua for Vuculites nee Conrad ; Crm1Tar 
for Cypricardites corrugata Conrad, etc.; ParHonia "for Aes 
cardices sectifrons Conrad ; Migipeess for Cypr. oblonga Von 
and Modiola concentrica Hall, ete. 
Ill. ZOOLOGY. 
1. Molluscan Fauna of New Haven. A critical review of all 
the Marine, Fresh Water, and Land Mollusca of’ the cats with 
descriptions of many o the living animals and of two new species; 
by Gro ae Perkins, Ph.D. From ere ‘the Boston 
Of the 91 marine species 50 are api to occur north ape Col 
13 in Labrador; 8 in Greenland ; 8 in Europe; 51 esited to South 
Carolina and some of them farther ; _ 37 occur in the Post Plinoatt; 
given at the end. The t cies described and figured are 
— Sretensis ss N. vibes) and Astarte lutea (allied to A. sul- 
ata). Anew generic name, rrata Tottenia (by error T ne 
sae) is propose shad ‘for Yous Air Totten, and Crassiven 
inst en of Mercenaria for Venus mercenaria Linn., the name, pes 
poner , being ig oma because properly a nie 1 name an 
an adja cctive. Mytilus hamatus Say is referred to Br 
gor pees ma brunnec is proposed for P. plicata Adams 
could hardly be expected in : catalogue of this kind, yet it seems 
desirable to give, if any, such references as are necessary {? 
explain the nomenclature asbepled and the principal synon 
all cases. But besides want of completeness there are many a 
tive errors that are scarcely excusable even in a local list. 
— it of ego Fe the eT errors were ‘nutieed: 
