XXV. 



Journal of the Indian Archipelago and Eastern Asia. Vol. 8, Nos. 5 and 6. 

 From the Editors. 



Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London. No. 40. From the 

 Society. 



Bulletin de la Societe Zoologique d'Acclimatation. No. 1. Mars 1854. From 

 the Society. 



Virginia Medical and Surgical Journal for April, 1805. From the Editors. 



New York Medical Times for April, 1855. From the Editors*. 



Life in its Physical Aspects. By Chas. Girard. From the Author. 



April 11th. 



Victoria Regia. The Great Water Lily of America. By J. Fisk Allen. 

 Elephant Folio. From the Author. 



Natural History of New York. Agriculture. By E. Emmons, M.D. Vol. 5. 

 4to. 



Report of the North American Coal Company, Jan. 12th, 1855. From Dr. 

 J. C. Fisher. 



Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History. Vol. 5, pp. 145 160. 

 From the Society. 



On Adipocire and its Formation. By Charles M. Wetherill, M. D. From 

 the Author. 



Dr. Wilson presented the following, on the usual condition: 



L'organisation du Regne Animal. Par Emile Blanchard. Livs. 11, 12, 13, 14. 



Conchologia iconica. By Lovell Reeve. Nos. 136 139. 



Cyclopaedia of Anatomy and Physiology. By Dr. Todd. Part 43. 



Handbuch der speciellen Ornithologie. Auctore L. Reichenbach. Lief. 4. 



Comptes Rendus. Tome 40, No. 9. 



Annals and Magazine of Natural History. Dec, 1854, and Jan., Feb. and 

 March, 1855. 



London, Edinburgh and Dublin Philosophical Magazine. Dec, 1854 and 

 supplement, and Jan., Feb. and March, 1855. 



Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science. No. 10. 



Malakozoologische Blatter. Von Menke und Pfeiffer. Dec, 1854, and 

 Jan-, 1855. 



Journal of the Franklin Institute for April, 1855. 



DONATIONS TO MUSEUM 



In May and June, 1855. 



May 8th. 



Skull of a Japanese. From Dr. Liner, U. S. N. 



Thirty-eight species of Fossil Shells and Corals, from the Tertiary beds of 

 Jackson, Miss., being the original specimens described by Mr. T. A. Conrad in 

 Wailes' Agric and Geol.of Mississippi, and in the Proc Ac. Nat. Sc. Pre- 

 sented by B. L. C. Wailes, Esq., through Mr. Conrad. 



Three specimens Triton ingens, from New Jersey. From Mr. Saml. Ashmead. 



Three specimens Phosphate of Lead, from North Carolina. Presented by Dr. 

 Horner. 



May 22d. 



Pelecanus trachyrhynchus, from the Coast of California. Presented by Lieut. 

 W. P.Trowbridge, U. S. A. 



Three specimens Phrynosoma cornutum ; two specimens Triton ingens; 



Ocypode arenaria; living specimen Triton tigrinus ; and Loligo ; from 



Beesley's Point, N. J. Presented by Chas. C. Ashmead. 



Petromyzon nigricans; numerous small species of Fishes; from Beesley's 

 Point, N. J. Crangon septemspinosus, from Delaware Bay. Presented by 

 Samuel Ashmead, Esq. 



