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Linn.; Anthus rupestris, Nilson ; Dryotomus martius, Linn.; 

 Dendrocopus minor, Linn.; Dendrocopus leuconotus, Bech.; Ap- 

 teriius tridactylus, Linn.: Tetrao urogallus, Linn. ( 9 ) ; Tetrao 

 urogalloides ; Tringa Temminekii, Lcisler ; Podiceps cornutus, 

 Gm.: Podiceps rubricollis, Lath.; Anas histribnica, Linn.; Alca 

 torda, Linn. 



Also between S and 900 specimens of Shells, chiefly of the 

 genera Helix, Unio, Bulimus, Pupa, Clausilia, Planorbis, 

 Paludina, Trochus, Littorina, Anodonta, Tellina, Amphi- 

 desma, Cyclas, Limnseus, Patella, &c. 



And upwards of 300 specimens of European Coleoptera. 



Dr. Morton deposited eleven crania of native Africans, 

 from the vicinity of Liberia, presented to him by Dr. 

 Goheen ; also a single cranium, from the vicinity of Wilkes- 

 barre, Pennsylvania, supposed to be that of a Nanticoke 

 Indian, and presented to Dr. M. by Mr. W. S. Vaux. 



Dr. Morton also presented from General Irick, of New Jersey, 

 several perfect teeth of the head of the fossil Crocodihis 

 clavirostris, Morton,* recently found near Vincentown. 



Dr. Gould, of Boston, presented in person about 60 speci- 

 mens of the following shells : 



Siphonostoma porrecta, Gould, Cuba ; Siphonostoma lactaria, 

 Gould, do.; Modiola variosa, Gould, Burmah ; Caracolla anceps, 

 Gould, do.; Clausilia Coehin-chinensis,Pfeif, (insignis, Gould,) do.; 

 Cyclostoma scctilabrum, Gould, do.; Pupa capitata, Gould, Liberia ; 

 Fusus pygma;us, Gould, Massachusetts ; Cingula aculeus, Gould, 

 do.; Skenea serpuloidea, do.; Pupa servilis, Gould, Cuba; Helix 

 seteriga, Gould, Sandwich Isles ; Helix infrendens, Gould, Burmah ; 

 Amnicola gracilis, Gould, Hot Springs, Virginia. 



A letter from J. G. H. Kinberg, dated Lund, Sweden, ad- 

 dressed to Mr. Cassin, as Curator, in reference to the speci- 



* Described by Dr. Morton in the last number of the Proceedings. 



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