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BoranicaL News.—The Transactions of the Academy of Science 
of St. Louis, Vol. iii, No. 4, 1878, contain the following botanical 
papers of interest, by Dr. George Engelmann: On the Oaks of 
the United States ; The Flowering of Agave shawii (with a plate); 
The American Junipers of the section Saina (with cuts); A Syn- 
opsis of American Firs (Aies? Link); Oak and Grape Fungi. 
Dr. Aug. Jæger continues his Genera et Species Muscorum, 
Dr. O 
Mittheilungen for January, on the geographical distribution of 
alms. The Journal of Botany for January contains a paper by 
A. Dickson on the structure of the pitcher of Cephalotus follicu- 
laris; the February number, Side-lights on the structure of Com- 
posites, and a note on the Dimorphism of Restiacez, by M. T. 
asters. 4 
The Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club for January, contains 
a valuable paper by G. E. Davenport, on Vernation in Botrychia, 
with a plate. In the Botanical Gazette for February, A. W. Chap- 
man continues his enumeration of new Floridian plants. se 
ZOOLOGY.! 
OTES ON THE NESTING HABITS OF THE ENGLISH SpARROW.— 
its own use. A prominent example of this kind came to view 
* The departments of Ornithology and Mammalogy are conducted by Dr. ELLIOTT 
Cougs, U. S. A. 
VOL. XIL.—NO. IV. Ho 
