384 AMERICAN JOURNAL 



SCIENTIFIC INTELLIGENCE. 



We leaen from the Annual Report of the Trustees of the 

 Museum of Comparative Zoology, at Cambridge, for 1865, 

 that Mr. John G. Anthonj'-'s collection of land and fresh- water 

 shells, recently acquired by the Museum, numbers about five 

 thousand species, and an unusually large stock of duplicates 

 for exchanges. From other sources, 2,616 species have been 

 obtained, including a portion of the Brazilian collections of 

 Prof. Agassiz and party. A few of the latter are new to 

 science, and will, probably, be described in this Journal at a 

 future period. 



The Report shows great activity and improvement in the 

 several departments of the Museum. 



Since our last Number was issued, the premises of the 

 New York Lyceum of Natural History, the Chicago Academy 

 of Science, and the Portland Society of Natural History, with 

 most of their contents of books and specimens, have, unfortu- 

 nately, been destroyed by fire. These are very severe losses 

 to the members of these useful institutions, as well as to sci- 

 ence at large. At Chicago most of the Conchological collec- 

 tion was saved. 



The Fine Collection of Shells, part of the estate of 

 the late Judge Cooper has been purchased by George C. Wal- 

 ker, Esq., of Chicago, for presentation to the Chicago Academy 

 of Sciences. The collection numbered nearly 3000 species. 



We are pleased to announce the intended publication by 

 this very enterprising Society, of "Proceedings" and "Me- 

 moirs," the former in 8vo., the latter in -Ito.; both to be fully 

 illustrated. 



Building Fund of the Academy of Natural Sciences 

 OF Philadelphia. — The subscriptions to this Fund now 

 amount to over $54,000, leaving $46,000 yet to be obtained 

 during the present year, in order to enable the Academy to 

 render properly available to the public its immense collections 

 in Natural History. Contributions, large or small, are solic- 

 ited, and may be enclosed to the Editor of this Journal. For 

 this purpose, a subscription paper is inserted with this number. 



