. ae ene paper is Dr. Horn’s 
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owl (Budo virginianus); 2 gray foxes ( Vulpes virginianus); 1 rac- 
coon (Procyon lotor); 1 garter snake (Zutenia sirtalis); 1 wood- 
chuck (Arctomys monax); 5 alligators (Alligator mississippiensis) ; 
_ 2wild boars (Sus scrofa), North Africa. 
— A new industry has recently sprung up in parts of Minne- 
sota, namely, frog culture; it is a simple matter, consisting 
chiefly in the protection of eggs and tadpoles from birds and other 
enemies, by means of wire screens. The product, thus far re- 
-ported, amounts to 3,000 dozen of frogs’ legs, of which about two- 
thirds have been shipped to St. Louis. The average quotation of 
prices is 20 cents per dozen. 
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PROCEEDINGS OF SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES. 
AMERICAN GEOGRAPHICAL SociETy.— May 14.—Mr. Jesse Young 
read a paper upon his recent journey of exploration as the as- 
tronomer of the Giles Expedition across the continent of Aus- 
tralia, with descriptions of the deserts, native races and the 
natural history of the country. 
ay 28.—Gen. C. Chaillé Long lectured on Egypt, Africa and 
Africans, embracing the following subjects: Egypt’s annexations ; 
the results of his expeditions in Central and Oriental Africa ; his 
discovery of Lake Ibrahim and two hundred miles of the un- 
nown White Nile; the source of the Nile; M’tse, King of Uganda; 
the Niam-Niams ; Akka, or Ticki-Ticki, and the Anthropophagi 
and pigmy tribes. 
_ Bosron Society or Natura History.—May 15.—Mr. Richard 
_ Rathbun read a Description of a Coral Reef in the Bay of Bahia, 
Brazil. Mr. J. A. Allen spoke on the Fossil Birds of North 
America, and Dr. T. Sterry Hunt remarked on the-Taconic Rocks 
of North America. 
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SCIENTIFIC SERIALS? 
TRANSACTIONS OF THE AMERICAN ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY.— 
The last numbers (1 and 2 of vol. vii.) of the Transactions 
a the North-American genera of Cicindelide, also of Dicelus, with 
