IV. 



INDEX. 



Breck, Samuel, don. to mus., xvi. 



Bridges, Dr. R., don. lo lib., iii. 



Brainard, Dr. B. H., don. to lib., xvii. 



Brinton, Dr., remarks on a new mode 

 recently devised by him, for the pre- 

 paration of anatomical specimens, 

 71. 



Briicke, Ernest., don. to lib., xxi. 



Burtt, Dr. J. L., Q. S. N., don. to mus., 

 xxvi., xxx. 



Byrne, Bernard M., don. to lib., xxiv. 



By-Laws, amendment of, 88. 



California Acad, of Nat. Sci., don. to 

 lib., xv. , xxii., xxvii., xxxi., xxxv. 



California State Superintendent of Pub- 

 lic Instruction, don. to lib., xii. 



Cabanis, J., don. to lib., xiii. 



Carpenter, G. W., don. to mus., i., don. 

 to lib., vi. 



Carus, J. Victor, don. to lib., ix. 



Carret, Thos. W., don. to mus., xxi. 



Camac, Dr. Wm., don. to mus., xxvi. 



Carson, Dr., don. to mus., xxxvii. 



Cassin, John, don. to lib., xxxvi. ; re- 

 marks on the appearance of Loxia 

 leticoptera in great numbers in this 

 vicinity, 203 ; list of pigeons of the 

 genus Carpophaga, in the collections 

 of the Acad. Nat. Sci. and of the Ex- 

 plo. Exped. (Vincennesand Peacock) 

 with descriptions and notices of new 

 and little known species, 227 ; re- 

 marks on Grex prate?isis, a specimen 

 of which had been obtained near Sa- 

 lem, N. J., 265 ; notes on N. Amer. 

 Falconidae, with descriptions of new- 

 species, 277 ; reference to Ganis an- 

 tarcticics, and several species of 

 geese and other birds from the Falk- 

 land Islands, obtained by Capt. Bern- 

 see, 289 ; descriptions of new species 

 of Birds from Western Africa, in the 

 collection of the Acad. Nat. Sci. of 

 Philada., 324 ; remarks on the in- 

 tended expedition of M. Duchaillu 

 into the interior of West Africa, and 

 on the results of his former expedi- 

 tions in that country, 410; notices of 

 some new and little known Birds in 

 the collection of the U. S. Explo. 

 Exped., in the Vincennes and Pea- 

 cock, and in the collection of the A. 

 N. S. of Philada., 438. 



Charleston Med. Journ. and Review, 

 don. of, by Editors, v., xii., xv., xxi. . 

 xxii., xxiv., xxvii., xxxiv., xl. 



Coates, B. H., don. to lib., xxii. 



Coleman, Dr., don. to mus., xiii., 

 xxxvii. 



Commissioner of Indian Affairs, don. to 

 lib., viii., ix. 



Committee to recommend to the Go- 

 vernment the propriety of having Na- 

 turalists attached to the expedition 

 for the exploration of Africa, 2. 



Committee to solicit contributions from 

 the members of the Academy, to aid 

 the expedition of M. Duchaillu into 

 Western Africa, 40. 



Committees, standing,for 1854,14 ; for 

 1855, 264. 



Committees on scientific papers : By 

 Chas. Girard ; on a new Entomos- 

 tracan of the family Limnadidae, in- 

 habiting the western waters, 1 ; on a 

 new species of Salmonidae, 71 ; a list 

 of North American Bufonides, with 

 diagnosis of new species, 72 ; descrip- 

 tion of new fishes collected on the 

 Southern Pacific railroad route, 126 ; 

 enumeration of marine fishes col- 

 lected at San Francisco, Cal., 127 ; 

 observations on fishes from the Pa- 

 cific, 128; characteristics of some 

 cartilaginous Fishes from the Pacific 

 coast of N. America, 195 ; on Fishes 

 collected on the coast of Chili, 195; 

 abstract of a report to Lieut. Gilliss. 

 upon R ptiles collected during the 

 U. S. Naval Astronomical Expedi- 

 tion to Chili, 202 ; observations on 

 viviparous fishes inhabiting the Pa- 

 cific coast of N. America, with an 

 enumeration of the species observed, 

 289 : By Dr. A. T. King, on the an- 

 cient Alluvium of the Ohio River and 

 its tributaries, 1 ; description of fos- 

 sil Trees found in the coal rocks near 

 Greensbuijjh, Pa., 35 ; description of 

 a fossil Fruit found in the carbonife- 

 rous rocks of Beaver county, Pa., 35 : 

 By Mr. Conrad, synopsis of the ge- 

 nera Parapholas and Penicilla, 2; 

 rectification of the generic names of 

 tertiary fossil Shells, 23; notes on 

 Shells with descriptions of new spe- 

 cies, 23 ; descriptions of new species 

 of Qnio, 256; observations on the 

 Eocene deposit of Mississippi, with 

 descriptions of new species of Shells 

 and Corals, 256; descriptions of new 

 cretaceous and tertiary fossils, 264 ; 

 descriptions of new species of cre- 

 taceous Shells from Texas, 264 ; de- 

 scription of a new species of Mela- 

 nia, 264 ; notes on the Miocene and 

 Post-Pliocene deposits of California, 



