INDEX. 



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superintend the printing of a new 

 edition ol' the by-laws, 179 ; on Prof. 

 Baird's revision of the North Ame- 

 rican tailed-batrachia, 209; of the 

 committee on proceedings in reference 

 to the sale of Say's American con- 

 chology, 209; of the committee ap- 

 pointed to enquire into the expediency 

 of altering the room adjoining the 

 library, so as to adapt it to the pur- 

 poses of the latter, 246; on Dr. Gibbes' 

 descriptions of new species of Mylio- 

 bates from the Eocene of S. Carolina, 

 247 ; on Dr. Leidy's descriptions of 

 two species of Distoma, 248; on Dr. 

 Le Conte's memoir on the Longicorn 

 Coleoptera of the United States, 249. 



Report on the Ornithological collection 

 of the Academy by Mr. Cassin, 256. 



Retzius, Prof., don. to lib., 189, 20.5, 269. 



Resignation of Corresponding and Re- 

 cording Secretaries, 73. 



Resolutions : to present the thanks of 

 the Academy to M. Bovy for a me- 

 dallion of Cuvier, 2 ; to inform M. 

 Vattemare that the Academy was 

 prepared to exchange with the Eu- 

 ropean Museums, 2 ; to request of Dr. 

 Shelly further information respecting 

 the locality for certain fossils in 

 Berks Co., Pa., G; to present a copy 

 of the proceedings to Dr. Savage, 36 ; 

 to present part 1, new series of Jour- 

 nal to M. Fischer de Waldheim, 36 ; 

 presenting the thanks of the Society 

 to Prof. W. R. Johnson for his ser- 

 vices as Corresponding Secretary, 73; 

 presenting the thanks of the Society 

 to Mr. J. Lambert for his services as 

 Recording Secretary, 74; presenting 

 the thanks of the Society to the Court 

 of Directors of the East India Co.'s 

 Museum for a collection of casts of 

 Sivalik fossils, 76; presenting the 

 thank? of the Society to Dr. Thomas 

 Horsfield for a cast of the cranium of 

 Sivatheriumgio;anteum, 76 ; instruct- 

 ing Secretary to invite the members 

 of the American Association for the 

 advancement of Science to visit the 

 Academy while in Philadelphia, 83 ; 

 to present to Dr. Wm. Blanding parts 

 1 and 2, new series of the Journal, 

 120 ; appointing a committee to su- 

 perintend the printing of a new edition 

 of the by-laws, 171 ; to loan from the 

 cabinet to Agassiz the cranium of a 

 Manatus, 174; to present to the Prince 

 de Wied part 2, vol. 8, first series, 

 and parts 1,2 and 3, new series of the 



Journal, 194; to appoint a committee 

 respecting proposed alterations in the 

 room adjoining the library, to adapt 

 it to the purpf>ses of the same, 245; 

 to present to the Western Academy 

 of Natural Sciences portions of the 

 Proceedings, 245. 



Rogers, Prof. H. D., remarks on the for- 

 mation of mountain ridges, 145. 



Royal Academy of Sciences of Belsium, 

 don. to lib., 208. 



Royal Bavarian Academy of Sciences, 

 don. to lib., 106, 243. 



Ruschenberger, Dr. W. S.,don. to mas., 

 176. 



Sanborn, D. M., don. to mv7s., 109. 



Savage, Rev. T. S., don. to mus., 29 ; 

 letter to Dr. Hallowell in relation to 

 the habits of some African animals, 

 36; on the Driver ants of Western 

 .\frica, 195 ; on the species of Ter 

 mitidce of West Africa, 211. 



Say, Mrs. Lucy W., don. to lib., 164, 

 165, 166, 177, 178, 189. 



Sergeant, John, Jr., don. to lib., 190. 



Sergeant, J. D., don. to mus., 188. 



Silliman, B. Jr. don. to lib., 265. 



Silliman's Journal, don. of by editors, 

 31, 54, 71, 81, 110, 138, 164, 177 

 189, 191j 243, 265. 



Skelton, Dr., don. to mus., 69. 



Skerret, Dr., don. to lib., 52. 



Smith, Mrs. J. B., don. to mus., 69. 



Smithsonian Institution, don. to lib., 

 205. 



Spooner, Mrs. J. E. don. to mus., 137. 



Squicr, E. G., don. to lib., 165. 



State of South Carolina, don. to lib., 166. 



Stoever, M. L., don. to lib., 143. 



Stott, Mrs. Eliz. extracts from will of, 

 74 ; don. to lib. by Executors of, 81. 



Sturm, Jacob, don. to lib., 72. 



Sturm, F. & J. W., don. to lib., 265.' 



Sullivant, Wm. S., don. to lib., 71. 



Taylor, R. C, don. to mus., 261 ; don. 



to lib.. 111. 

 Taylor, J. H., don. to mus., 69. 

 Taylor^ James, don. to mus., 51. 

 Thompson, Wm., don. to mus., 187, 



don. to lib., 190, 191. 

 Townsend, J. K., don. to mus., 51. 

 Troost, Dr. Gerard, don. to lib., 176. 



TJ. S. Treasury Department, don. to 

 lib., 81. 



Van Amringe, Wm. F., don. to lib., 72. 

 Vargas, Dr., don. to mus., 69. 



