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natural sciences, with a zeal quite unparalleled at his advanced age. His 

 museum of specimens in comparative anatomy, osteology and paleontolo- 

 gy, including probably the most perfect specimen in existence of the Mas- 

 todon giganteus, is undoubtedly one of the richest private collections in 

 the world. A few years since, when already passed that age named by 

 the psalmist as the period of human vigor, he prepared and published his 

 great work upon the Mastodon of this country. This he issued at his 

 own personal expense, and gratuitously distributed copies of the work, in 

 the elegance and costliness of which he spared no expense, to the scien- 

 tific men and institutions, both of this country and Europe. 



"Within a few weeks of his death, which occurred on the 4th of May, 

 1856, he issued a second and enlarged edition, which has been offered 

 for sale at a price that will hardly meet the cost of its publication. — Boston 

 Atlas, May 5th, 1856. 



Daniel Sharpe, Esq. — Mr. Sharpe, one of the most active members 

 of the Geological Society of London, died at the close of May last. His 

 death was owing to a fall from his horse, in which he fractured his skull. 

 — Letter from Sir R. I. Murchison, dated June 6, 1856. 



Proc. Aoad. 1ST at. Sci. Philadelphia, Vol. VIII, No. II, 1856.— p. 63 and 81, Descrip- 

 tions of new species of Mollusca from the Cretaceous formations of Nebraska Terri- 

 tory ; F. B. Meek and F. V. Hayden. — p. 7 2, Notices of remains of extinct Reptiles 

 and Fishes from Nebraska Cretaceous formation ; J. Leidy, [cited in this Journal.] — 

 p. 73, Notice of a new genus of Encrinite — Eleutheocrinus, with a plate ; B. F. 

 Shumard and L. P. Yandell, [cited in this Journal, p. 120.] — p. 77, Reptilian re- 

 mains in the New Red Sandstone of Pennsylvania; I. Lea. — p. 79, On a new sub- 

 genus of Naiades, and on a new species of Triquetra ; L Lea. — p. 80, Description 

 of new fresh-water shells from California ; I. Lea. — p. 88, Remains of extinct Mam- 

 malia from Nebraska; J. Leidy, [species enumerated, this Journal, p. 120.] — p. 92, 

 Description of twenty -five new species of Exotic Uniones ; I. Lea. — p. 95, Descrip- 

 tion of a new Snake from Illinois, R. Kennicott. — p. 96, Description of several 

 new genera and species of fossil fishes from the Carboniferous strata of Ohio ; J. S. 

 Newberry. 



Proceedings of the Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., Vol. V. — p. 307, On the blood of a 

 person who died from taking chloroform; C. T. Jackson. — p. 309, Genito-urinary 

 organs of the Boa Constrictor; J. N. Borland. — p. 314, On the chemical composi- 

 tion of the Serpentine marbles known under the name of Verd Antique ; C. T. Jack- 

 son. — p. 319, On the variations of ozone in the atmosphere ; W. B. Rogers. — p. 321, 

 Note on the short-eared owl, here named Brachyotus Cassinii ; T. M. Brewer. — p. 

 321, Notice of a paper on the Mycology of Massachusetts ; G. L. Andrews. — p. 325, 

 Contributions to New England Mycology (containing a list of known species) ; C. J. 

 Sprague. — p. 333. On a new water-filter; C. T. Jackson. — On salt-petre earth of 

 caves; A. A. Hayes, W. B. Rogers. — p. 335, On the formation of Stalactites; C. T. 

 Jackson, W. B. Rogers. 



Proc. of the Elliott Society of Natural History, 1856. — p. 6, Description 

 with figures of six species of Porcellana inhabiting the eastern coast of North 

 America ; by L. R. Gibbes. — Dr. Gibbes in this paper has cleared up the synony- 

 my of Porcellana galathina of Bosc, and figured a specimen. He describes and fig- 

 ures also P. macrocheles and magnifica, armata, and ocellata, previously described 

 by him in the Proceedings of the Amer. Assoc., iii, 190, 191, 1850, and P. sociata of 

 Say. The species referred to P. Boscii by J. D. Dana he regards as new and names 

 P. Lance. — p. 21, Descriptions of new Balani from the Eocene Marl of Ashley 

 river, South Carolina ; F. S. Holmes. 



Proceedings of the Essex Institute. — p. 201, Catalogue of the Birds of Essex 

 Co., Massachusetts, by Mr. F. W. Putnam. According to the Catalogue, there are 

 285 species (96 genera) of birds of the county thus far ascertained, 10 species acci- 

 dental visitors, and 48 species of birds known to have been found in the State, but 

 not in the county; making in all 293 species and 109 genera. 



