NOTICES OF SERIALS. 
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Observations on the extent of the Gold Region of California and Oregon, etc. 
—p. 72-85. (Mallet) Analysis of Idocrase from Ducktown, Tennessee—p. 85. 
Correspondence—p. 102-112. Intelligence—p. 113-152.— Part 2. Sept., 1855. 
(Manross) On the Pitch Lake of Trinidad—p. 153-160. (Dana) Geographical 
Distribution of Crustacea (continued from Yol. 19, p. 15)—p.168-178. (Blake) 
On the Grooving and polishing of hard Rocks and Minerals by dry sand—p. 
178-181. (Braun) The Vegetable Individual, etc. Part 2 (continued from vol. 
19, p. 318)—p. 181-201. (Bentham) Additional Note on Arachis Hypogaea — 
p. 202-203. (Lawrence Smith) Re-examination of American Minerals—p. 
242-253. Correspondence—258-266. Intelligence—p. 204-304. American 
Association for the Advancement of Science; Meeting for 1855—p. 289-292. 
(Gibbs) Note on the Coal Beds of Bellingham Bay, California—p. 298-299. 
Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York. 8vo. New 
York. Yol. YI. No. 1-4. 1853, 1854. 
(Anthony) New Fluviatile shells of the g. Melania from Western North Amer¬ 
ica—p. 80-130. (Bland) On the geographical distribution of the terrestrial 
Mollusks that inhabit the Island of St. Thomas, W. I.—p. 74, 75. (Same) 
On the absorption of internal parts of their shells by the animals of Stoastoma, 
Lucidella, Trochatella, Helieina, and Proserpina—p. 75-77. (Same) On Pro¬ 
serpina opalina Adams, and Helix proserpinula Pfr.—p. 77, 78. (Breevoort) 
Note to the description of Selene argentea (antea vol. 5, p. 68)—p. 30-35. (Dana) 
On the Homceomrphism of mineral species of the trimetric system—p. 37-64. 
(Fairbank) On the animal of Rotella—p. 35, 36. (Laurence) New species of 
Ortyx , Sterna , and Icteria —p. 1-4. (Same) Additions to N. American Ornitho¬ 
logy, No. 3.—p. 4-7. (Same) Ornithological notes, No. 2.—p. 7-14. (Same) 
Description of a new species of Larus—p. 79, 80. (Newcomb) New species of 
Achatinella from Sandwich Islands—p. 18-30. (Prime) Description of three 
new species of Pisidium—64-66. (Same) On the identity of Cyclas elegans 
Adams with C. rhomboidea Say— p. 66, 67. (Redfield) New species of Helicidse 
—p. 14-18. (Same) New species of shells—p. 130-132. (Shuttleworth) Cata¬ 
logue of the terrestrial and fluviatile shells of St. Thomas, W I.—p. 68-73. 
Proceedings of the Academy of the Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 
Yol. VII. No. 1-8. Philadelphia, 1854, 1855. 
(Baird) Description of new Genera and Species of N. American Frogs—p. 
59-62. New species 17 ; new genera, Chorophilus, Helocaetes. (Same) New 
species of Birds (8) collected between Albuquerque, New Mexico, and San 
Francisco, California, by Dr. Kennerly and H. B. Moellhausen—p. 118-120. 
(Same) Characters of some new species of N. American Mammalia—p. 331- 
340. (Baird and Girard) New species of Fishes (19) collected in Texas, New 
Mexico, and Sonora—p. 24-29. (Same) Cochlognathus, a new genus of Cypri- 
nidse—p. 158. (Bernsee) Note on some animals of the Falkland Islands—p. 
287-290. (Blake) On tertiary strata of Infusoria and Polythalamia, near Mon¬ 
terey, California—p. 328-331. (Brinton) New mode of preparation of anatomi¬ 
cal specimens—p. 71, 72. (Cassin) Loxia leucoptera abundant near Philadelphia 
—p. 203. (Same) List of Pigeons of the g. Carpophaga , in the Academy of N. 
Sc., Philadelphia, and from the U. S. Exploring Expedition—p. 227-232. 
(Same) On N. American Falconidse, with descriptions of (3) new species—p. 
277-284. (Conrad) Rectification of the generic names of Tertiary fossil shells 
—p. 29-32. (Same) Notes on shells, description of three recent and one fossil 
species—p. 31, 32. (Same) Three new species of TJnio—p. 256. (Same) On 
the Eocene deposit of Jackson, Mississippi, with descriptions of 34 new species 
of shells and corals—p. 257-263. New genera, Papillina, Osteodes. (Same) 
Descriptions of eighteen new cretaceous and tertiary fossils ; of one tertiary and 
eight new cretaceous fossils from T exas ; of a new M elania—p. 265-268, 269. 
(Da Costa) New process for minute injections—p. 90, 91. Sandarach, or 
Damarra copal, dissolved in ether, filtered and coloured. (Couch) Descriptions 
of new birds of Northern Mexico—p. 66, 67- (Dana) Catalogue and Descrip¬ 
tions of Crustacea collected in California by Dr. J. L. Leconte—p. 175-177. 
New genera of Isopoda, Alloniscus , Aegaoylla. (Dawson) On fossil conife- 
