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the Lyceum of Natural History.—Family 15th Fringilliinæ. The Corythus Enucleator, or Pine Grosbeak." It is signed "O. C." (= "Oh, see!"?).—The "Lyceum" of Natural History of Williams College was founded in 1835. Mr. Whitney was one of its Presidents.]
[1c] [The Snowy Owl.] Ibidem, pp. 129-133, in No. 3, for September, 1844. [The heading of the article reads as follows: "From the Lyceum of Natural History.—Family 3rd Stringinæ, Surnia Nyctea. Snowy Owl." Signed "O. C."—This production of a seventeen-year-old boy is remarkable both in form and in substance. It is the fruit of keen and loving observation, set forth in vivacious and charming English.]
1845.
[1d.] The drowned child. From Goethe's "Elective Affinities." Ibidem, pp. 445-446, in No. 10, for April, 1845. [Signed "Lehrling."]
1849.
1. On the grammatical structure of the Sanskrit. (Translated and abridged from von Bohlen.) Bibliotheca Sacra, vol. 6, pp. 471-486, No. for August. [Signed "By W. D. Whitney, Northampton, Mass."]
1850.
2. A comparison of the Greek and Latin verbs. Ibidem, vol. 7, pp. 654-668, No. for October. [Signed "By W. D. Whitney, Yale College, Philolog. Department."]
1851.
[3.] Report on the geology of the Lake Superior land district: by J. W. Foster and J. D. Whitney, United States Geologists. Part II. Washington, 1851. Chapter xxi., pp. 359-381. Report on the Botany. By W. D. Whitney.
["Remarks on the flora of this region.—Predominance of Northern types.—Effect of the Lakes in equalizing the temperature.—The character of the vegetation little influenced by the geological formations.—List of plants, with remarks on some of the more important trees and shrubs."]
["Remarks on the flora of this region.—Predominance of Northern types.—Effect of the Lakes in equalizing the temperature.—The character of the vegetation little influenced by the geological formations.—List of plants, with remarks on some of the more important trees and shrubs."]
