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might also be tried.
The prairie hen is very rare
to the eastward. A few ocur in
the Pocono Mountains of North eas-
tern Pennsylvania, and some in
the Barrens of Long Island; and
perhaps the Caye Island off the
Coast of Mass. I received spe-
cimens last spring from Calcasieu
La. on the Gulf, west of New
Orleans.
I am as yet undecided
as to the genus of the New
snake; it may prove new. Its spe-
cific name will be Kennicottii. When-
ever figured ^engraved you shall have a copy: I
have one beautiful drawing.
In most cases I can
determine the species of a birds
egg, even without the bird: so
that the eggs alone will be desirable
one or two nests of each kind should
be collected whenever convenient.
I don't know of any Insect
pins in the country, but I will
import some; you shall have a batch
soon as they come.
Australia is peculiar in every
respect; Fauna, Flora and every thing.
All the mammals with few exceptions
are marsupial, like our possums; dogs,
rats, squirrels &c! or what resemble these
in other respects - The Swans are
black and the crows white. The
trees are ferns or such like, and
the leaves stand on edge instead
of in horizontal plaines. Every