INDEX. 



IX. 



183, 215 ; deposit of crania in mus., 

 38, 69, 109, 135, 194, 196, 220, 276, 

 303, 309, 316; don. to lib., 9, 31, 

 37, 78, 184, 276, 277, 327; re- 

 marks on some cretaceous fossils 

 from the green sand near Burling- 

 ton, N. J., 32, 39 ; on some Peruvian 

 remains from the vicinity of Arica, 

 39; description of two new species 

 of fossil Echinodermata from the 

 Eocene of the TJ. S., 51 ; on the 

 position of the ear in the ancient 

 Egyptians, 70; on the occasional 

 union of the spheno-temporal and 

 coronal sutures in the human sub- 

 ject, 71; on two hybrids between 

 Gallus and Numida, 101 ; paper on 

 hybridity of animals, considered in 

 reference to the question of the 

 unity of the human species, 1 18, 

 121 ; address at the first meeting of 

 the society in the new library and 

 meeting room, 207 ; on an aboriginal 

 cranium obtained by Dr. Davis and 

 Mr. Squier from a mound near 

 Chilicothe, Ohio, 212 ; remarks on 

 an Indian cranium found near Rich- 

 mond, on the Delaware, and on a 

 Chenook mummy, 330. 



Moss, Theodore F., don. to mus, 148, 

 183, 187, 246 ; resignation of office 

 of Recording Secretary, 2G8. 



Murchison, Roderick Impey, don. to 

 lib., 49. 



National Institute, don. to lib., 131. 

 Nott, Dr. J. C, don. to lib., 31. 



Oakford, Richard, don. to mus., 244. 

 Officers for 1847, 138; for 1848, 



348. 

 Owen, Prof. Richard, observations on 



certain fossils from the collection 



of the Academy of Natural Sciences 



of Philadelphia, 93. 



Pancoast, Wm., don. to mus., 118. 

 Passerini, Carlo, don. to lib., 108. 

 Pease, Wm., don. to mus., 236, 240. 

 Peirce, Prof., don. to lib., 214. 

 Pennock, Dr. C. W., don. to mus., 



50, 217, 219, 316. 

 Percival, Thomas C, don. to mus., 



224,255. 

 Peterson, T. B., don. to lib., 256. 

 Phillips, John S., don. to mus., 10, 



316; description of a new fresh 



water shell, and observations on 

 Glandina obtusa, PfeifT, 66. 



Piddington, Henry, Jr., don. to lib., 

 16, 247. 



Pisani, Dr. Ascagne, don. to lib., 105. 



Pollock, J. R., don. to mus., 303, 

 309. 



Porcher, P. Peyre, don. to lib., 316. 



Providence Franklin Society, don. to 

 lib., 49, 209. 



Publication Committee of Academy 

 of Natural Sciences, don. to lib., 

 327 ; announcement by, of the pub- 

 lication of the 1st No. of the new 

 series of the Journal of the Acad., 

 328. 



Ravenel, Dr. E., don. to mus., 326. 



Raymond & Waring, don. to mus., 

 314: 



Read, James, don. to lib., 226. 



Recording Scretary, report of, for 

 1844 and 1847, 334. 



Redfield, John H., don. to lib., 38. 



Redfield, Wm. C, don. to lib., 147. 



Regents of University of State of New 

 York, don. to lib., 68, 327. 



Report of committee appointed to de- 

 vise additions to the hall for ac- 

 commodating Dr. Wilson's col- 

 lection of birds, 79, 92 ; on Dr. R. 

 W. Gibbes' paper on fossils from 

 the green sand of South Carolina, 

 198, 221; on Prof. Hare's paper 

 entitled, " Objections to the elec- 

 trical theories of Franklin, Dufay 

 and Ampere," 221; on papers by 

 Dr. Gibbes, Dr. Le Conte and Dr. 

 Leidy, 239; on the propriety of al- 

 tering the lecture room, and adapt- 

 ing it to the purposes of a museum, 

 259: on the subject of exchanges 

 with M. Vattemare, 314. 



Report of the library committee, sub- 

 mitting a plan for book cases in the 

 new library, 189. 



Report of publication committee on 

 Prof. Adams' proposal to publish 

 his paper on the Natural History 

 of Jamaica in the Journal of the 

 Academy, 222. 



Report on the ornithological depart- 

 ment by Mr. Cassin, 343. 



Resolutions: authorizing the geologi- 

 cal committee to put up a collection 

 of duplicate fossils for M. D'Or- 

 bigny, 17 ; desiring the publication 



