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Survey, off the Atlantic coast of the United States, by Professor J. W. 
Bailey. 1 Plate. 4to, pp; 16. Washington, 1851. Is. 6d. 
Bailey.—Microscopical Observations made in South Carolina, Georgia, and 
Elorida, by Pro. J. W. Bailey. 3 Plates. 4to, pp. 48. Washington, 1851. 3s. 6d. 
Bailey.—Notes on New Species and Localities of Microscopical Organisms, 
by Professor J. W. Bailey. 1 Plate. 4to, pp, 16. Washington, 1854., Is. 6d. 
Barton.—Eragments of the Natural History of Pennsylvania, by Benjamin 
Smith Barton. Part 1. Philadelphia, 1799. folio. 
Barton.—4 Discourse on some of the Principal Desiderata in Natural His¬ 
tory, and on the Means of Promoting the Study of this Science in the 
United States, by B. S. Barton. 8vo. Philadelphia, 1807. 
Boston Journal of Natural History; containing Papers and Communications 
read to the Boston Society of Natural History. Published by the Directors. 
Vol. I. to Vol. VI. Part 3. 1834, to April, 1852.", ,8vo Boston. Four 
Numbers form a Volume. Price of each Volume £2 2s. 
Vol. I. 1837. 
Address delivered before the Society, at the opening of their Hall, in Fremont 
Street, by the Rev. P. W. F. Greenwood . . . .7 
Article 
1. Remarks in Defence of the Author of the “ Birds of America,” by the Rev. John 
Bachman . . . . , . .15 
2. Description of a Gibbon, by Winslow Lewis, junior. . . . 32 
3. Cecindelae of Massachusetts, by Aug. A. Gould . . .41 
4. Chiastolite, or Macle, of Lancaster, by Charles T. Jackson . . 55 
5. Observations on a Shell in the Cabinet of the Boston Society of Natural History, 
supposed to be identical with the Murex Amanus of Linnaeus, and the Fusus 
Probocideferus of Lamarck, by A. Binney . . . .63 
6. On certain Causes of Geological Changes now in operation in Massachusetts, by 
Edward Hitchcock . . . . . . 69 
7. Enumeration of Plants growing spontaneously around Wilmington, North Caro¬ 
lina, with remarks on some New and Obscure Species, by Moses A. Cui’tis . 82 
8. Upon the Economy of some American Species of Hispa, by T. W. Harris . 141 
9. Descriptions of New North American Coleopterous Insects, and Observations on 
some already described, by Thomas Say . . . .151 
10. Description of a New Animal belonging to the Arachnides of Latreille, dis¬ 
covered in the Sea along the Shores of the New. South Shetland Islands, by 
James Eights . . . . . . , 203 
11. Chemical Analysis of Chrysocolla from the Holquin Copper Mines, near Gibara, 
Cuba, by C. T. Jackson ... . . . 206 
12. Description of New. Species of North American Hymenoptera, and Observations on 
some already described, by Thomas Say . . . . 209 
13. Sketch of the Geology of Portland and its Vicinity, by Edward Hitchcock . 306 
14. An Examination of the “ Catalogue of the Marine and Fresh-water Fishes of 
Massachusetts,” by J. V. C. Smith, M.D.,; contained in Professor Hitchcpek’s 
“ Report on the Geology, Mineralogy, &c., of Massachusetts ” , . 347 
15. Chemical Analysis of three Varieties of Bituminous Coal, and one of Anthracite, 
by C. T. Jackson ...... 357 
16. Descriptions of New Species of North American Hymenoptera, and Observations on 
some already described, concluded, by Thomas Say . . j 361 
17. Description of a New Species of the Genus Hydrargyra; with some additions to 
the Catalogue of the Fishes of Massachusetts in Professor Hitchcock’s “ Report,” 
by Humphreys D. Storer . . . . . . 416 
18. Remarks on the Positions assumed by George. Ord, Esq., in relation to the Cow 
Black-Bird (Icterus Agripennis), in Loudon’s Magazine for February, 1836, by 
Thomas M. Brewer . , . . . . 418 
19. Some Additions to the Catalogue of the Birds of Massachusetts in Professor Hitch¬ 
cock’s “ Report,” by Thomas M. Brewer . . . . 435 
20. Description of a New Species of the Genus Marginella (Lam.), with some Observa¬ 
tions upon the same, by Captain Joseph P. Couthony . . . 440 
21. An Anatomical Description of the Galapagos Tortoise, by J. B. S. Jackson, M,D. 443 
22. Description of a New Species of the Genus Gasterosteus, by D. Humphreys 
Storer, M.D. , . « . . . . 461 
23. Description of a New Species of Marginella, by D. Humphreys Storev, M.D. 465 
24. A Monograph of the Helices inhabiting the United States, by A. Binney, M.D. 466 
