Edinburgh journal of natural history and of the physical sciences edinburghjournal01macg Year: 1835 58' THE EDINBURGH JOURNAL OF NATURAL HISTORY, young and aduU garbs of both sexes, and this has induced a still further tnultiplying of specific names. This bird is a native of the Northern States of America, and migrates southward on the approach of winter. It constructs its nest in the hollow of a tree. DESCRIPTION OF TWO NEW SHELLS. Ti'.E two Shells represented beneath were procui'ed from Orkney, and are now in the Cabinet of William Nicol, Esq., Edinburgh. It is difficult to determine wheth

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Edinburgh journal of natural history and of the physical sciences edinburghjournal01macg Year: 1835 58' THE EDINBURGH JOURNAL OF NATURAL HISTORY, young and aduU garbs of both sexes, and this has induced a still further tnultiplying of specific names. This bird is a native of the Northern States of America, and migrates southward on the approach of winter. It constructs its nest in the hollow of a tree. DESCRIPTION OF TWO NEW SHELLS. Ti'.E two Shells represented beneath were procui'ed from Orkney, and are now in the Cabinet of William Nicol, Esq., Edinburgh. It is difficult to determine whether they arc new species, or only greatly protluced varieties of the Buccinum Angllcanum and B. undatum.

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