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NOTES. 
Among the recent additions to the Mer- 
cantile Library, we notice Latrielle's Genera 
Crustaceorum et Insectorum. 4Yols. Paris. 
1806-9. 
A chemist has analysed the venom of a 
honey bee, showing- it to be one part formic 
acid, two parts water, one part acrid, un- 
stable serum, and three parts miscella- 
neous fluids. 
A blue ash tree seven feet in circumfer- 
ence and eighteen feet in height, its top hav- 
ing been previously cut off, was recently dis- 
lodged by a swollen stream in Ohio, floated 
340 yards, and again took root, six feet above 
the present level of the creek, and is doing 
well. 
In fishing at the mouth of the Dee, Scot- 
land, carrier-pigeons are employed. The 
dove-cot is on the shore, and each boat takes 
out a pigeon. After the nets are drawn, early 
in the morning. The pigeon is dispatched, 
and makes his return trip at a mile a minute. 
The messages prove useful in giving early 
details of the catch, and also in notifying of 
any pressing wants of the fishermen. 
From the so-called " jumping beans" of 
Mexico (whose motions are caused by an in- 
sect within). Mr. Henry Edwards has suc- 
ceeded in obtaining a beautiful moth of the 
Tortricidae family and probably a new spe- 
cies. The case is curious, as an instance of 
one of the lepidoptera piercing a seed capsule 
with its ovipositor, and laying an egg to pro- 
duce a larva which will destroy the seed. 
This sort of performance is mostly confined 
to coleopterous insects. The account of this 
new moth was given before the San Francisco 
Microscopical Society. 
The John Hopkins Scientific Association 
has recently been organized in Baltimore. 
Prof. Sylvester is President; Prof. Remson, 
Vice-President; Dr. Story, Secretary. A 
feature in the programme is that the essays 
presented are to be short and concise, and to 
contain the particulars of original research 
exclusively. There is also to be a discussion 
of new scientific publications, both foreign 
and domestic, at the meetings, of which the 
first has been held, with a score of members 
present. 
New Botanical Specimens. — The Rev. 
D. Landsborough has made some experi- 
ments in growing several Australian plants 
and trees in Arran, in the Firth of Clyde, in- 
cluding among others the great Australian 
tree-fern, acacias and gum trees. The blue 
gum tree grew 11 1-2 inches the first year, 
four feet the second, and six feet the third. 
Eucalyptus pendulosa also grows well in 
sheltered situations along the west coast, and 
Mr. Landsborough expects to see it generally 
introduced into England in a few years as a 
valuable addition to evergreen shrubs. * 
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The Flight of the Pelican. — The peli- 
can starts with difficulty; but once on the 
wing it seems to move despite its size, with 
great ease. They generally fly in single file, 
after a leader, and if the head bird mounts or 
descents, the others imitate perfectly all his 
movements. During their flight they make 
seventy strokes of their wings per minute. 
They have been observed with their wings 
extended, and apparently immovable, float- 
ing in the upper regions of the air; or with 
their heads bent back and their long beaks on 
their breasts, they appear to be asleep. They 
are, nevertheless, not a strong bird, but can 
be easily captured. They sometimes skim 
across the surface of the water at the rate of 
thirty miles an hour without causing a ripple. 
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Mexico, and offer for sale Lepidoptera, Coleop- 
tera and fossil insects at reasonable prices. 
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