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DONATIONS TO THE MUSEUM. 



August 2d. Thi-ee crania of American Indians ; by Dr. Josiah C. Nott, of Mo- 

 bile, Ala. A specimen of Chameleo tigris and several birds eggs ;' by Mr. N. H. 

 Bishop. 



August 16th. Two petrified eggs from the guano of the Chincha Islands ; by 

 Capt. J. B. Hildreth. A model, in wood, of the Giant's Causeway; by Mr. Henry 

 B. Stanwood. Eggs of Natica heros, from Great Point Light House, Nantucket; 

 by Mr. Frederick Vinton. A bundle of roots of peculiar form, developed inside 

 of a pump-log ; by Mr. Furst. 



September 6th. Nest of Tanagra rvbrci^ and a specimen of Copper ore from 

 Coquimbo ; by Mr. N. H. Bishop. 



September 20th. Specimens of erratic rocks bearing fossils, from Mt. Katahdin, 

 Maine ; by Mr. White. Baltimore Oriole, Yphantes Baltimore, egg of the do- 

 mestic goose, and eggs of the Chameleon ; by ^Ir. N. H. Bishop. 



BOOKS RECEIVED DURING THE QUARTER ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 1854. 



Report of th€ Commissioner of Patents for 1853. Part I. Arts and Manu- 

 Axctures. 8vo. Washington, 1854. From Hon. S. H. Walley. 



Transactions of the Wisconsin State Agricultural Society. 1852. Vol. 2d. 

 Madison, 1853. From J. A. Laplmm. 



Recherches sur les Roches globuleuses. Par M. Delesse. 4to. Pamph. From 

 the Autho7\ 



Legislative Reports on the Geology of the State of New York. 1838 - 40. 8vo. 

 Pamph. Albany. From E. C Bech. 



Catalogue of the Lyceum of Natural History of Williams College. 8vo. 

 Pamph.- Williamstown, Mass. From the Lyceum. 



Notice of the Types of IMankind. By John Bachman, D. D. 8vo. Pamph- 

 Charleston, 1854. From the Author. 



Report of the Trustees of the Free Public Library of the City of New Bed- 

 ford. 8vo. 1853 - 4. New Bedford. From T. A. Greene. 



Descriptions of new Reptiles from California. By Edward Hallowell, ^I. D. 

 8vo. Pamph. Philadelphia, 1854. 



Descriptions of new species of Reptiles inhabiting North America. By the 

 Same. 8vo. Pamph. Philadelphia, 1854. 



On a new genus and two new species of African Serpents. By the Same. 

 8vo. Pamph. 1854. From the Author. 



A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers. By Henry D. Thoreau. [12mo. 

 Boston, 1849. 



Walden; or Life in the Woods. By the Same. 12mo. Boston, 1854. Fro7n 

 the Authoi\ 



Report on the New Water-works of Montreal. 8vo. Pamph. Montreal, 1854. 



