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DONATIONS TO THE MUSEUM. 



I\Iay ocl. The eggs of Epliialtes asio, Cajmmulgiis Carolinensis, and Cardinalis Vir- 

 ffiniatius ; by Dr. Henry Bryant. Two large specimens of jNIarine Vases, from the 

 East Indies ; by Gustavus Tuckerman, Esq. The skull of a Sandwich Islander, 

 obtained by exchange with the Boston Society for Medical Improvement. The 

 skull of a Porpoise {Delphinus delphis) obtained in latitude 2 N. Nut from the 

 West Indies; and a Clay-stone from Waterbury, Vt.; by Dr. Samuel Knee- 

 land, Jr. 



May 17th. The skull of a Peruvian IMummy, in good state of preservation, repre- 

 sented to have belonged to a person of royal blood, and to have been found in one 

 of the royal tombs ; also some Ears of Corn, found with the mummy ; by Mr. N. 

 H. Bishop. Several small articulates from Matanzas; some frogs in different 

 stages of growth; some Gulf-weed, &c., by Dr. Samuel Kneeland, Jr. Specimens 

 of Paludina decisa from the Erie Canal, at Mohawk, N. Y, ; also specimens of the 

 revei-sed Shell, and a Jar of the embryonic Young, natural and reversed, by Dr. 

 James Lewis. 



June 7th. A hybrid from a Golden-eye duck ( Clangula Americana^) and a 

 Hooded IMerganser {Mergus cucullatiis) ; by Henry D. Morse, Esq. Mistletoe 

 from the Locust tree ; Encrinites and other fossils from the neighborhood 

 of Louisville; specimens from the Mammoth Cave of Kentucky, consisting 

 of Bats, Craw-fishes, Insects, &c. ; also Carbonate of Lime in incrustations ; 

 also. Sand from the Artesian well at St. Louis, brought up from the depth of 

 2200 feet; by Dr..J. B. S. Jackson. 



June 21st. A portion of a Maple tree from Goffstown, N. H., exhibiting two 

 small branches fused into one ; by Mr. Philip Lovejoy, 



BOOKS RECEIVED DURING THE QUARTER ENDING JUNE 20, 1S54. 



Beitrage zur Gesammten Natur-und Heilwissenschaft ; herausgegeben von 

 Dr. W. E. Weitenweber. 4 vols. 8vo. Prag. 1838. 



Dr. J. C. E. Hoser's Eiickblicke auf sein Leben und Wirken. By the same. 

 8vo. Prag. 1848. 



Der Arabischer Kaffee. 8vo. Pamph. Prag. 1837. By the same. 



Aus dem Leben und Wirken des Herrn Dr. J. T. Holds. 8vo. Prag. 1847. 

 By the same. From the Author. 



Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. 

 Vols. 1-6. 8vo.. From the Association. 



. Notices of the Meetings of the Royal Institution of Great Britain. Parts 1 

 2, 3. 1851 - 53. 8vo. Pamph. London. From the Royal Institution. 



Journal of the Eoyal Geographical Society. Vol. 23. 8vo. 1853. 



General Index to the Second Ten Volumes of the Journal of the Eoyal 

 Geographical Society. 8vo. Pamph. London, 1853. From the Royal Geogra^ 

 phical Society. 



