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microscopic objects and material, whether mounted or unmounted, not 
necessarily connected with the slide contributed; any member adding at 
the bottom of his note a statement of offers or wants, and other members 
addressing him directly by mail, in regard to the same. 
SCIENTIFIC NEWS. 
— The fifth Bulletin, second series, of the United States Geological 
and Geographical Survey of the Territories contains the following pa- 
pers: A Review of the Fossil Flora of North America, by Leo Lesque- 
reux; Notes on the Geology of some Localities near Cañon City, by S. 
G. Williams; Some Account, Critical, Descriptive, and Historical, of 
Zapus Hudsonius, by Dr. Elliott Coues; On the Breeding-Habits, Nest, 
and Eggs of the White-Tailed Ptarmigan (Lagopus leucurus), by Dr. 
Elliott Coues ; List of Hemiptera of the Region west of the Mississippi 
River, including those collected during the Hayden Explorations of 1873, 
by P. R. Uhler; On some New Species of Fossil Plants of the Lignitic 
Formations, by Leo Lesquereux ; New Species of Fossil Plants from the 
Cretaceous Formation of the Dakota Group, by Leo Lesquereux ; Notes 
on the Lignitiec Group of Eastern Colorado and Wyoming, by F. V. 
Hayden ; On the Supposed Ancient Outlet of Great Salt Lake, by A. 
S. Packard, Jr. The paper by Mr. Uhler occupies about a hundred 
pages, and contains numerous descriptions of new forms and is illustrated 
by three excellent plates. 
— On the 13th of October, 1875, The Cincinnati Geological Society 
was organized with the following officers: President, Harold B. Wilson; 
Treasurer, Chas. Schuchert; and Recording Secretary, Chas. B. Morrell. 
— A Summer School of Biology will be opened in the Museum of 
the Peabody Academy of Science, Salem, Mass., beginning July 7th 
and continuing six weeks. Especial attention will be given to marine 
botany and zodlogy, as the advantages for dredging and shore collecting 
are most excellent. The museum of the academy is situated within 
less than five minutes’ walk of the wharves, while the cars and omnibuses 
run often to the beaches and good collecting-grounds. The number of 
students will be limited to fifteen, and while the school is designed pri- 
marily for the teachers of Essex County, Mass., a few others can be ad- 
mitted. Board can be obtained for $5 a week and upwards. 
Instruction in botany will be given by Mr, John Robinson, with the 
assistance of Mr. C. H. Higbee ; and in zodlogy by A. S. Packard, Jr 
with the assistance of Messrs. J. S. Kingsley and S. E. Cassino. Mr. ©: 
Cooke will have charge of the dredging parties. Special instruction will 
be given in microscopy by Rev. E. C. Bolles. Prof. E. S. Morse and 
several other naturalists of distinction will probably give an occasional 
lecture. An admission fee of $10.00 will be charged. For further par- 
ticulars apply to A. S. Packard, Jr, Peabody Academy of Science, 
Salem, Mass. 
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