452 Miscellaneous Intelligence. 
Prof. Hitchcock has expressed his desire to the writer, in view of the 
above opinion, that the name of the species be changed to Palephemera 
a D. D 
ieva. ANA. 
of the jal Philosophical Society.—It being probable, from pu 
stances 6 tee control, that the publication of Lient. Warren’s final re 
would -* wes elayed, permission was obtained to abstract such parts of 
oublicaties in a connected form. These constitute a report of progress 
rather than a complete Habe on that portion of the West. The contents 
of the memoir are as follo 
Historical Introduct 
Part I.—Descriptive gucis ogy of th 
were ete I sdk ramen of Platte Rivet Valley from Bellevue to the mouth 
Elkh 
Chapter “seeing Bellevue to the Big Sioux river. 
3.—From Omaha City to Fort Laramie 
“«  4.—Geology i = - vicinity of Fort Laramie. 
“ — 5.—Fort Laramie to the Blac Hills 
i: }—F'rom Bear Peak to Fort Randall on the Missouri river- 
Part Il.—General geology of the count 
Chapter 7.—Granite, tified Azoic, and Eruptive rocks. 
*  8.—Potsdam Sandstone, (Lower Silurian). 
it Si = sera tome — Permian periods. 
« 10.—J ic 
«  11.—\Tertiary | se so the Upper Missouri. 
“  12,—Quaternary de 
“ —13.—Resumé of th ety of the Missouri river and its tributaries. 
« 14.—Catalogue = inerals and Geological specimens. 
Part I1l.—Zoology an 
Chapter 15.—Catalogue of Minerals with notes on their habits and distribu- 
on, 
Chapter 1 6 Cattlogue of Birds with notes on their geographical distribu- 
tion, 256 species 
Chapter 17.—Catalogue of Reptiles, Fishes and recent — Reptiles, 
33 species; Fishes, 25 species; Recent Mollusca, 65 s 
_ Chapter 18.—Catalogue of recent plants. Phzenogamous planta, 726 spe- 
cies; Carices, 56 species, 
Dr. Hayden is a devoted worker in several departments of investiga- 
ids usually united in one person. He is now engaged upon some 
ced and ses researches related to the aboriginal tribes 
he Some of the oe of these studies we 
to resent oa our robbers In an early num 
19. Seath Annual Report of the rag ohare of the Maine Board of 
; embracing also the Reports on nthe Scientific mitt 1861. 
Agata Stev vens & Sayward, Printers to the State. 8vo, pp. 464.— 
The of this volume is devoted to the “ Preliminary Report 
gro atural History and Geology of the State of Maine,” poetic 4 
of I ‘Hotes, of Winthrop, Steamers and 
3 of Amherst, Mast, Geologist, ass isted by Guo. SS ee 
