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cently published, contains several papers of unusual interest. The — 
continuation of the late Horace Mann’s “ Flora of the Hawaiian 
Island” comprises seven pages only. The editor finds it impos- 
sible to complete this important work, and accordingly the * Flora” 
is closed at the end of the Umbellifere. He announces that the 
government of the Hawaiian Island have made an appropriation 
for the publication of the completed work with illustrations. The 
other papers are “Notes on the Birds of Minnesota,” by J. M. 
Trippe, “ Note on the Earth worm,” by R. T. Knight, “ Synop- 
sis of the Primary Subdivisions of the Cetaceans,” by Theodore 
Gill, ‘‘On the Myology of the Ornithorhynchus,” by Elliott Coues. 
Tue EARTHQUAKES or New Encianp.* —This is a useful list 
of the earthquakes that have occurred in New England since 1638. 
The author is dependent for his material upon M. Alexis Perrey’s 
series of local catalogues, containing a tolerably complete list of 
the earthquakes which are said to have taken place in the central 
and eastern part of North America. Prof. Williams, also, in 
the Memoirs of the American Academy, has collected much val- 
uable material; and Prof. Mallet’s catalogue, and many fragmen- 
tary scientific and historical papers contain nearly all the rest that 
is known. The list comprises 231 earthquakes. 
Honpuras. tf — This is a timely guide book to the geography : and 
natural resources of a portion of Central America, which will derive 
new interest and importance from the great interoceanic 
which is to cross Honduras between the Gulf of Honduras and 
the Bay of Fonseca on the Pacific coast. It is reprinted as a : 
“ service to the British public” from a work entitled the “ States of 
Central America” by Mr. Squier, who has revised the reprint, “80 
as to give a clear and accurate view of the condition of Honduras 
at the present time.” 
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* Historical Notes on the Earthquakes of New England. 1638-1869. By W. T. Brig- 
ham. (From the Memoirs of the Boston Society agen gs TED áto. 1871. pp28 
t Honduras; descriptive, historical, and statistical. By E. G. Squier. London, Trib 
* ner & Co., 1870, 12mo, pp. 278. With a map. 
