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this very ingeniously by placing a shrimp in filtered water without any 
sand, but with crystals of uric acid. Three hours after the animal had 
moulted, he found that the sacs SHADE ma S 









ose around them remain perfectly still.— Sir J 
Lubbock in Scientific Opin 
LE IN WiNTER.— On February 4th, a large Box Turtle 
(Cistudo Viéyiston) was unearthed while digging in the barn-yard, and 
ught in, and is at present an inmate of the family, — on mild days 
travelling over the carpets at a pretty good rate of speed, and at other 
times bh E in dark corners and genomes furniture. Sometimes 
he is missi ing à grand turtle hunt ensu We have consulted 
White's « bore: " and have hopes of nix n an ‘‘old family tortoise” 
out of this one. He is a convenient pet now, not requiring to be fed, and 
js gry from an inadvertent footstep by his armor.— MRs. V. W., 
ye 
.. A Doz wirn Honxs.— A oung man recently shot a deer of splendid 
proportions, and carrying a beautiful pair of antlers, each with four 
ein ches. It proved to be a doe, and hundreds have since seen it who 
! st 
a ts sex, none whom ever before saw a doe with such a neck 
and horns. It lies daily in front of the door next to my office, ette 
TE p bid from Barnum. Can you inform me whether this is a new fac 
 Matural history or not?—L. P. HATCH, Saiar Min 
[We have never heard of a female deer assuming ue characters of à 
x. before, but it is well established that female birds, living to old age, 
= ge for the bright plumage lod full trail of the isis b bird. N. Vic 
~“<idermist, of Lynn, has the specimen mounted. — Eps.] 

FA d times during the month of January 
e of logs, and advanced towards a man who 
ae in the stents and played about him, quite regardless 
$. the presence ia spectators and not disturbed by their conversation 
"à reddish brown color, with a pure white proni 







ED Heckel has described some fossil jelly- 
ging t e groups Discophora and Rhizostomida, from the 
9 ete, iani. slates at Eichstadt.— Cosmos. 
m sina Ross. — Two albinos of the robin were presented to the Buf- 
shed of Natural bru last autumn. Both were shot near that 


