INDEX. 



Abadie, E. H., U. S. A., don. to mus., 



V. ; letter from, 179. 

 Abert, Col. J. J., on the mocking bird, 



104. 

 American Acad, of Arts and Sciences, 



don. to lib., vi.* v.* 

 Ashmcad, C. C, don. to mus., ii. iii. 

 Ashmead, S., remarks on presenting 



algaj, 74 ; don. to museum, ii. iv. vi. 

 Association, Amer., for advancement of 



Science, don. to lib., ix. 



Beale, E. F., letter from, 209. 

 Bolton, W. G., don. to mus., iv. 

 Boston, city of, don. to lib., xii. 

 Blanding, Dr. \V., death of, 203. 

 Binney, W. G., description of American 



land shells, 17 ; notes on American 



land shells, 183; don. to lib., iii; 



don. to mus., vi. 

 Riddle, Thos., death of, 151. 

 Bailey, Prof. J. W., death of, 73. 

 Bonaparte, Prince Chas. L., death of, 



175. 

 Baird, S. F., M. D., don. to lib., i. is. 

 Brenner, Dr. J., don. to lib., iii. 

 Briinnow, Dr. F., don. to lib., vi. 

 Bronn, H. G., don. to lib., vii. x. 

 Barclay, Rev. Dr., don. to mus., ii. 

 Bennet, D. R., don. to mus. ii. iv. 

 Blackwood, Dr., don. to mus., iii. 

 Biddle, John, letter from, 151 ; don. to 



mus., iv. 

 Blandy, J. F., don. to mus., iv. 

 Barclay, J. Judson, letter from, 177; 



don. to mus. v. 

 Blake, Charles W., don. to mus., viii. 

 Bates, Wm. J., don. to mus., iv. 

 Burtt, Dr. J. L., don. to mus., vii. 

 Burtt, R. J., don. to mus. vii. 

 Bertholet, Dr. Peter P., don. to mus., vii. 

 Belhomme, M., on a carmine from Mo- 



narda didyma, 203. 



Oassin, John ; catalogue of birds col- 

 lected on the river Muni, W. Africa, 

 by Mr. I . B. DuChaillu, with descrip- 

 tions of new species, 1 ; resolutions 

 by, 73 ; remarks on death of John A. 

 Guex, 75 ; announcement of death of 

 Lieut. J. C. Strain, Cor., 150 ; a reso- 

 lution by, 151 ; notes on the Ameri- 

 can species of Archibuteo and La- 

 nius, and description of a new spe- 

 cies of Toucan, of the genus Sele- 

 nidera, 194 ; don. to mus., v. 



1857.] 



Cassin, W. L., don. to mus., v. vii. 



Caldwell, Dr. H. Clay, U. S. N., don. to 

 mus., iv. 



Cleburne, Wm., don. to mus., i. ii. 



Coleman, Dr. J. P., don. to mus. ii. 



Cuming, Mr., exchange with, iii. 



Chandler, W. P., don. to mus., iv. vii. 



Canfield, F., don. to mus., v. 



Curtis, Rev. M. A., don. to mus., vii. 



Curioni, G., don. to lib., v.* 



Conrad, T. A., description of two new 

 genera of Shells, and rectification of 

 some of the generic names of Ameri- 

 can Tertiary Fossils, 149 ; descrip- 

 tion of a new species of Myacites, 

 description of a new genus of the 

 family Driessenidae, 150 ; observa- 

 tions on a new group of Fossil Shells 

 found in Tippah Co., Miss.j with de- 

 scriptions of fifty-five new species, 

 205 ; don. to lib. v ;* don. to mus., 

 iii. V. 



Cook, Geo. H. don. to lib., vii. 



Cressou, Dr. C. M., don to lib., ix. 



Committees on scientific papers : on 

 catalogue of the species of Bembi- 

 dium in U. States and contiguous 

 northern regions, by Dr. John L. Le 

 Conte, 1 ; on index to the Bupres- 

 tidse of the U. States, described by 

 Laporte and Gory, with notes, ib., 1 ; 

 on description of several new mam- 

 mals from Western Africa, by Maj. 

 John Le Conte, 1 ; on Aluminium, 

 &c., by W. J. Taylor, 1 ; on catalogue 

 of Birds collected by P. B. DuChail- 

 lu, on the river Muni in Western Af- 

 rica, with descriptions of new spe- 

 cies, by John Cassin, 1 ; on descrip- 

 tions of American land shells, by W. 

 G. Binney, 17 ; on Prodromus descrip- 

 tionis Animalium evertebratorum, 

 quae in expeditione ad Oceanum Pa- 

 cificum Septentrionalem a Republica 

 federata missa Joli. Rogers duce, ob- 

 serv. et descrip. W. Stimpson, 17; 

 on the crania of the Ancient Britons, 

 with remarks on the people them- 

 selves, by Joseph Barnard Davis, 17 ; 

 on notice of a collection of reptiles 

 made by Dr. Hen. A. Ford in the 

 Gaboon country, W. Africa, by Ed- 

 ward Hallowell, M. D., 18 ; on des- 

 cription of thirteen new species of 

 Uniones from Georgia, by Isaac Lea, 

 18 ; on contributions (No. 1) to the 



