72 [Aug, 



hjkulc-ton ol Tunu-iis ulbocristatus ; Eggs of Stiix aluco, Irotn Algiers, Aquila 

 uudax, Ceithia familial is, France, Certhia costa, Italy. Also skins of Vulpes 

 velox, Lepus californicus. Mephitis marpurito / Sciurus Douglasii, Mus leuco- 

 pus?; all from Calilornia. From Dr. Thomas B. Wilson. 



Augzc&t loth. 



Very beautiful specimen of Crystallized Sulphate of Barytes, from Eldridge 

 mine. Buckingham county, Virginia. From Mr. J. Parker Norris, through J. 

 Dickinson Sergeant, Esq. 



Specimen, in spirits, of Octopus . Presented by Mr. Cassin. 



August 20tk. 



Dr. Wilson {)resented seventeen cases containing 7-57 bottles of fishes and reptiles 

 in spirits, 177 fishes in skin, nine Serpents, eight toads, ten tortoises, and one hun- 

 dred Quadrupeds, in skin ; being the types of the figures and descriptions in the 

 Fauna Italica of Prince C. L. Bonaparte. 



A collection of minerals from St. Lawrence county. New York. From Frank- 

 lin B. Hough, M. D., of Somerville, N. Y. 



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A lexicon of '1 erms used in Natural History. By W. S. W. Ruschenberger, 

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New species of Myliobates from the Eocene of South Carolina, with other 

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