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Chester, Mass., near Neponset Eiver; by Mr. Edward Wigglesworth. Specimens 

 of Millet, purporting to have been produced from ancient Egyptian seed ; by Mr. 

 James W. Paige. 



November 15th. A specimen of Native Copper from Huron Mine, Portage 

 Lake, Lake Superior; by Mr. James A. Dupee. A specimen of Bituminous 

 Shale, from the city of Lawrence, Kansas ; by Dr. T. M. Brewer. 



December 6th. Specimens of Esox reticulatus, from Charles Eiver ; carefully 

 prepared and presented by Mr. Charles J. Sprague. 



December 20th. Bones of a young Tiger; by Dr. J. C. Warren. Skins of 

 Accipiter Coqperi., Cooper's Hawk ; Hypoiriorchis columbarius, Pigeon Hawk ; 

 Otocoris alpestris^ Shore Lark; Mniotilta virens, Black-throated green Warbler, 

 and Reguliis calendula^ Jiuhj-CYoyvned Wren; by Mr. Thure Kuralien. Eggs of 

 Gallinula cMoropus, common American Gallinule ; Podilymbus Carolmensis, Pied- 

 billed Grebe ; Tetrao ciqndo, Pinnated Grouse ; Pterocycmea discors, Blue- winged 

 Teal ; EydroclieUdon fssipes, American Black Tern; and the nest of Icterus 

 xanthoceplialus^ Yellow-headed Blackbird ; by the same. Skins of Columba 

 palumbiis, Ring Pigeon ; Pica caudata, Magpie ; Accipiter nisus, Sparrow Hawk ; 

 Ennqjhasfos eryth-oi-Jiynchos, Red-billed Toucan; by Dr. F. J. Bumstead. Otus 

 Wilsonius^ Long-eared Owl; Lanius septentrioncdis, Northern Shrike; Accipiter 

 fuscvs, Slate-colored Hawk, 2 specimens; Bolickonyx orizivora, Bohol'ink; Rallus 

 Virginianus, Virginia Rail; Gullinago Wilsonii^ Common American Snipe; by 

 Mr. Emanuel Samuels. Specimens of Stigmaria jicoides, Sigillaria, and Ccdamites, 

 from Cumberland, N. S. ; by Mr. W. W. Greenough. 



BOOKS RECEIVED DURING THE QUARTER ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1B54. 



Descriptions of New Fishes collected by Dr. A. L. Heennan. By Charles 

 Girard. 8vo. Pamp^. Philadelphia, 1854. From the AiitJior. 



History of the Fishes of Massachusetts. By D. H. Storer. 4to. pp. 91-130. 

 Boston, 1854. From the Author. 



Report of the Superintendent of the Coast Survey, for 1852. 4to. Washing- 

 ton, 1853. From A. D. Bache. 



Report of Special Committee of the Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. 

 Bvo. Pamph. Washington, 1854. From Eon. S. R Walley. 



The Same. From the Smithsonian Institution. 



Archiv fur Naturgeschichte. Gegriiudet von A. F. A. Wiegmann. Fortgesetzt 

 von W. F. Erichson. Herausgegeben von Dr. F. H. Troschel. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. 

 1852-4. From Dr. F. K Troschel. 



Archives de Physiologic de Therapeutique et d'Hygiene. Sous la dkection de 

 M. Bouchardat. No. 1. Janvier. 1854. 8vo. Paris. Froiyi the Author. 



Auffindung von Quecksilber in der Luneburgischen Diluvial Formation. 

 Mitgetheilt von T. Fr. L. Hausmann. 8vo. Pamph. From the Author. 



On Signer Carlo Matteucci's Letter to H. B. Jones, Editor of Dr. Du Bois Rey- 

 mond's Researches in Animal Electricity. By Emile du Bois Reymond. 8vo. 

 Pamph. London. From the Author. 



Illustrations of the Birds of Cahfornia, Texas, Oregon, British and Russian 

 America. Bv John Cassin. No. 7. 8vo. Philadelphia, 1854. From the Autho)'. 



