NATURAL HISTORY MISCELLANY. 945 
There were upwards of twenty eggs laid by the hen, and incubation had 
were hatched, and grew to maturity, evincing a DAE combination "n 
the form and habits of their i incongruous paren 
The birds were forwarded to the Academy ei N us Sciences of Phil- 
— where their skins were mounted, and I believe are still to be 
seen. . I forwarded an account to the Academy at the time, and they were 
wade the subject of a report by the late Dr. Morton. I bas not the Pro- 
ceedings of the Academy by me, but I believe the account, will be found 
in the volume for 1846. 
The Guineas are ver y strong in their attachments, and the old gobbler 
had to do the agreeable to un wife and chidren all summer whether he 
would or no. — WILLIAM KIT 
We a, at the Central Park a pair of afir fowls, which I consider 
tween themselves or with either of the species from which they were 
i ILLIAM ONK 
In answer to a query in the NaruraLst of Mar ch, I would say that 
there was a fowl in St. Augustine of this state, that was a cross between 
the dung-hill fowl and Guinea hen. I have heard of two other instances, 
but have no positive proof, except in this one instance. —C. H. NAUMAN 
HYBRID RABBIT. — On the 13th of October a rabbit was shot in the 
woods in this vicinity, which the most superficial observers readily de- 
bit and 
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— blended as to leave no doubt as to its parentage. It is well 
mounted in my cabinet. — J. P. KIRKLAND. 
TURKEY BUZZARD. — Can a Turkey Buzzard be deceived by his sense of 
smell? I have noticed several instances in which skunks have been eaten 
odorless being allowed to lie as long as other animals. Did the buzzards 
mistake the skunk's scent for putrefaction? — J. L. B., Colora, Md. 
DovBrE HrADrD Snakes. — Within the last ten years I have had in my 
possession two specimens of doubled headed Snakes. One was accident- 
ally lost, the other is before me, preserved in alcohol. The latter lived 
it seized with one of its mouths; the other seemed always to be passive 
