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from Carlisle ; Heterodon platyrhinos, from Virginia; H. simus, from Abbeville, 

 S. C; Scottophis guttatus, from Mississippi ; Ophibolus Sayi, from Prairie mer 

 Rouge ; Bascanion constrictor, from Carlisle, Pa.; Leptophis aestivus, from Mis- 

 sissippi ; L. majalis, from Eagle Pass; Chlorosoma vernalis, from Westport, N. 

 Y.; Diadophis punctatus, from Carlisle, Pa. ; Haldea striatula, from Richmond, 

 Va.; Farancia abacurus, from Prairie Mer Rouge ; Abastor erythrogrammus, 

 from Savannah, Ga.; Virginia Valerias, from Anderson, S. C; Celuta amoena, 

 from Carlisle ; Storeria DeKayi. Pittsburg, Pa.; S. occipito-maculata, from An- 

 derson, S. C. 



Specimens of Crawfishes. Cambarus Bartonii, from Coxackie, N. Y.; C. mon- 

 tanus, from James river, Va.; C. robustus, from Humber River, Toronto ; C. 

 diogenes, from District of Columbia ; CPealei, from Potomac; C.propinquus, from 

 Garrison Creek, Sackett's Harbor; C. Blandingii, from Charleston, S. C; C. 

 acutissimus, from Kemper Co., Miss. 



December 13f/i. 



Specimen of Pholas dactylus. Lam., in bored Gneiss ; from the Coast of France. 

 From Mr. Isaac Lea. 



Egg of the common fovi'l, of singular irregular form. From Mr. Phillips. 

 Mounted specimen of Accipiter Cooperi. From Mr. John Krider. 

 Specimen of Atelas hybridus, Geoff. From the same. 



December 20th. 



Cast of the Egg of Epiornis, of the Island of Madagascar. Presented by Dr. 

 J. C. Warren, of Boston. 



Tooth of Carcharias megalodon, from the marl of Nevv^ Jersey. From Dr. G. 

 Watson. 



Mounted specimen of Vulpes fulvus, from the Eastern shore of Maryland. 

 From Messrs. J. Le Conte, B. H. Rand, S. Ashmead and Zantzinger. 



Singular mass of Oak Wood, found in a stream of water ; the ligneous fibres of 

 which have been washed out, leaving the medullary rays almost entire. From 

 Rev. W. G. Agnew. 



Two fragments of fossil mammals represented as coming from China, (Him- 

 alayas ?) From Dr. Isaac Hays. 



Buteo vulgaris. In exchange from the Wisconsin Natural History Society. 



DONATIONS TO LIBRARY 



In November and December, 1853. 

 November \st. 



Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburg, Session 1851-2. Vol. 3, No. 

 42. From the Society. 



Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London. No. 35. From the 

 Society. 



Journal of the Indian Archipelago and Eastern Asia. Vol. 7, No. 1. From 

 the Editor. 



Lord Wrotlesley's speech in the House of Lords, 26th April, J 853, on Lieut. 

 Maury's plan for improving Navigation. From the author. 



Ueber die Luchsarten des Nordens und ihre geographische Verbreitung. Von 

 Leopold Schrenk. From Prof. Ed. Grube, of Dorpat. 



Zur Jubelfeier der K. Universitiit Dorpat am l2ten und 13ten, Dec, 1852. 

 From the same. 



Beschreibung der auf A. Th. v. MiddendorflPs Sibirischer Reise gesammelten 

 Parasiten. Von Dr. E. Grube. From the author. 



Synopseos Crustaceorum Prussicorum Prodromus. Auctore E. G. Zaddach 

 From Dr. E. G. Grube. 



Uebersicht des obern Silurischen Schichten-Systems Liv. und Ehstlands, vor- 

 namlich ihrer Inselgruppe. ler Theil. Von Alex. Gustav. Schrenk. From 

 the same. 



