240 ZOOLOGY. 
the chief points made in this second longer article. The object of 
the present memoir is to show “how in the bees a comparison of 
those peculiarities of organization which have marked them as 
useful in aiding the bee in seeking flowers, give us a certain clew 
in seeking for the ancestry of bees, and the branching out of their 
genealogical tree.” 
The memoir is divided into six sections, with the following 
heads :— 
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entiation of their posterity, and so extensive opportunity for the 
firm establishment of manifold adaptations for the most advan- 
5. Numerical relations of males and females. Qualifications of 
the males which aid them in seeking the females. Peculiarities o 
the male antennz. Why the antennz are to be regarded as organs 
of touch and hearing. Peculiar kinds of motions of males. 
n former times the efforts to effect sexual union brought 
about secondary sexual peculiarities.” 
Tue THICK-BILLED GUILLEMOT. — A specimen of Uria arra 
Pallas was shot on the Lamoille river, at Fairfax, Vt., about the - 
middle of last December. The bird was nearly full-grown and in 
good condition. So far as I know this is the first instance of the 
capture of this bird in New England, except along the shores of 
he nc th portion. — G. H. PERKINS. 
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