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DONATIONS TO MUSEUM 



In Ai.:gi-st 1849. 

 August 1th. 



Very fine specimen of Ardea alba, from Chester Co., Pa. From Mr. William 

 Ayr, through Dr. Tovvnsend. 



Numerous specimens of Anatifa vitrea, in spirits, from Long Branch, N. J. 

 From Mr. John Cooke. 



Scutella (Echinarachnius) trifaria, from the same locality. From Mr. Samuel 

 Powel. 



August 2lst. 



Coluber venustus Hal., (C. occipito-maculatus Storer,) with five young, and 

 Coluber vernalis, from Luzerne Co., Pa. From Mr. Peter Walker through Dr. 

 Watson. 



Mass of fossil Flustra, from Long Branch, N. J. From Mr. Samuel Powel. 



Two living specimens of Columba cyanocephala, and several insects, from 

 Cuba. From Mr. John G. Howard, of Cuba, through Mr. Cassin. 



Mounted specimen of Anas Rafflesii King, from Opelousas, La. From Dr. 

 E. Pilate, of Opelousas, through Mr. Cassin. 



DONATIONS T'O LIBRARY 



In August 1849. 



August 1th. 



Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. New Series. 

 Vol. 1. Part 3. 4to. From the Publication Committee. 



Neue Wirbelthiere zu der Fauna von Abyssinien gehorig; von Dr. E. Riippell. 

 Folio. From Maximilian, Prince de Wied. 



Circular, prepared by direction of the Secretary of the Navy, in relation to the 

 Astronomical Expedition to Chili. By Lieut. M. F. Maury, U. S. N. From 

 Lieut. Gilliss, U. S. N. 



Two lectures on the connection between the biblical and physical history of 

 Man. By Josiah C. Nott, M. D. From the Author. 



Reports of the Smithsonian Institution, exhibiting the plans, operations, &c., 

 to Jan. 1, 1849. From the Institution. 



Proceedings of the American Association for the advancement of Science, at 

 its meeting in Sept., 1848. From Dr. Gfiffith. 



Catalogue of the Library of South Carolina College. From Dr. R. W. Gibbes. 



Address delivered at the Anniversary Meeting of the Entomological Society of 

 London, 22d of Jan., 1849. By William Spence. From Major MeCall. 



Dr. Wilson deposited the following: — 



The Genera of Birds, by G. R. Gray. Part 48. 



The Genera of Diurnal Lepidoptera. By E. Doubleday. Part 28. 



Illustrations of British Mycology. By Mrs. T. J. Hussey. Part 26. 



The Annals of Natural History. Vol. 3. 2d Series. No. 17. 



Phycologia Brittanica. By \V. H. Harvey, M. D. Part 41. 



Conchologia iconica. By Lovell Reeve. Part 73. 



Zeitschrift fur Malakozoologie. Von R. T. Menke, M. D., und Dr. L. Pfeiffer. 

 Nos. 8,9, 10, for 1848. 



The Geologist, for the years 1842 and 1843. Edited by George Moxon, Esq, 

 Svo. 



Lehrbuch der Piiysiologie. Von R. Wagner. Svo. 3 Nos. 



