liii. 



An Epitome of the Nat. History of the Insects of China. By E.Donovan. Ho. 



An Epilooie of the Nat. History of the Insects of India. By E. Donovan. 4to. 



Fauna del Regno di Napoli. Di Oronzio Gabriele Costa. 16 parts, 4to. 



Flora Egyptiaco-Arabica; Descriptiones Animalium; Icones Rerum Natura- 

 lium. AP. Forskal. 4to. 



Versuch liber das vierfussige Siugthier Reem der heiligen Schrift. Von D. 

 Fried. Ant. Meyer. 8vo. 



Svenska Foglarna. Af J. Ad. af Strom. 12mo. 



December 21. 

 Transactions de la Societe d'Agriculture du Bas Canada. Vol. 5, Nos. 10 and 

 U. From M. Latour. 



Wisconsin : its Geography and Topography. By R. T. Latham. 8vo. From 

 the author. 



Journal of the Franklin Institute, Dec. 1852. From Dr. Wilson. 

 London Athenaeum for November, 1852. From the same. 



DONATIONS TO MUSEUM 



In January and FEBRUARy, 1853. 



January \th* 



A collection of plants, and a fine specimen of Varanus . From Dr. 



E. K. Kane, U. S. N. 



Sciurus migratorius, from Pennsylvania. From Dr. A. L. Heermann. 



January Wth* 

 Skins of the following Birds, viz : Ceriornis occidentalis, Parus montanus, 

 Athene fuscata, from California ; Thalasjidroma melanoo;aster, from Cape Horn. 

 Also, five crania of birds ; nest of Psaltria minima; skins of Dipodomys Phil- 



lipsii, Bassaris astuta, Lepus ? , Spermophilus Douglasii, Canis cinereo- 



argentatus, Mus musculus (albino), from California. Presented by Dr. Heer- 

 mann. 



Cercopithecus cephus. From Dr. Ruschenberger. 



Procyon lotor ; horn of Antilope oryx, from South Africa. From Dr. G. 

 Watson. 



Lepidodendron ? From Pierce Butler, Esq, 



February \st. 



Three fine specimens of Phosphate of Lead, from the Wheatley mine, near 

 Phcenixville, Penn. From Mr. Charles M. Wheatley. 



Thirty-one crania of Birds, and two of Mammals. From Mr. G. W. Fahne- 

 stock. 



Meandrina ? From Bermuda. From J. Taylor. 



February \5th. 



Two large slabs of millstone grit (carboniferous) with fossil impressions, 

 from a quarry near Pictou, N. S. From Constant Gillou, Esq. 



Galena, from the Wheatley Mine, Chester co., Penn. From Mr. C. M. 

 Wheatley. 



Arvicola riparius, Ord. From Major LeConte. 



Anota ^cCallii, Hallowell, and Phrynosoma coronatum, Blain. from California. 

 From Col. MoCall. 



Ateles Geoffroyi, Kuhl. From Mr. Edwards. 



Nycticorax americana, (mounted). From Mr. W. S. Wood. 



DONATIONS TO LIBRARY 

 In January and February, 1853. 



January ^th, 

 Ameiican Journal of Science and Arts, Jan., 1853. From the Editors. 

 Journal d'Agriculture, ou Transactions de la Societe d'Agriculture du Bas 

 Canada. Vol. 5, No. 12. From M. Hugues Latour. 



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