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the eastern coast of America. There is here another mie mie of the 
former intimate relations between western America and Asi 
Prof. Whitney submitted for publication a very valuable See origi- 
nal paper by Baron Richthofer, on the subject of geology, particularly 
with reference to the natural system of volcanic rocks. Its publication 
as the first volume of the Academy’s Memoirs was proposed. It con- 
sists of one hundred and fifty manuscript pages. 
BOOKS RECEIVED. 
Observations upon the Cranial Forms of the bape ye ee S 
By J. Aitken Meigs, M. D. Philadelphia, 1866. A 
American BB bt Apples. By Dr. a A. "Warde. 290 illustra- 
tions. e k, Orange Judd & Co. 12m 
Hardwicke’s # Seine Gossip. London, fey 1867. London, R. Hard- 
wicke. Ro 
The Feau Noles tik No. 5. May, 1867. London, small 4to. 
Notes on the Vespertilionidæ of Paloa PUTA By H. Allen, M.D. 
From the Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences. August, 
1866. 8vo. pp. 9 
Goor Cna of the Mollusca found west of the Rocky Moun- 
tains, between latitudes 33° and 49° N. By J.G. Cooper, M. D. San 
Francisco, 1867. » pp. 4 
Practical Entmologi Patricks Entomological Society. April, 
May, June, 18 
The pan Bee Journal ” e Vol. 2, Nos. 11, 12. May, 
June, 1867. Washington, D.C. 
The Taxidermists eS tusk Edition. By S. H. Sylvester. 
Middleboro’, Mass. 16mo., pp. 
Abstract from a Verbal Discourse upon the Mounds ad - Mound 
Builders o L g By Colonel Charles Whittlesey. 8vo, p 
Report e Progress of the Geological Survey of North O olind, 
1866. By. brakes C. Kerr. Raleigh, 1867. 
An Elementary Treatise on American Grape Culture and Wine Making. 
By Peter B. Mead. Illustrated with nearly 200 engravings drawn from 
nature. New York, Harper & Brothers. 1867,8vo. From A. Williams 
` Big des Picea qui se rencontrent dans les Limits duCanada. Par 
L’Abbé Ovide Brunet. Quebec, 1866. 8vo, pp. 16. With three plates. 
_ Catalogue des Végétaux a lu Canada. Par L’Abbé Ovide Bru- 
net. Quebec, 1867. 8vo, pp. 64 
