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March 7th. Specimens of Piilosomus Senegalensis, Senegal Magpie; Cypselus 

 opus, European Swift ; Picus major, Great Speckled Woodpecker ; Corvus vione- 

 dula, Jackdaw; Otiis ^e^r ire, Little Bustard, (2 specimens); Erytliacha ruhicula, 

 English Kobin; Fringilla cxlebs. Chaffinch; Tardus iliacus, Red-winged Thrush; 

 Xrt?'ws y?/sras, European Black-backed Gull; i?Mieo ?«(/o/«is, Rough-legged Falcon; 

 Philomachus pugnax, Ruff; 3is falcinellus, Bay Ibis ; Accipiter nisus, European 

 Sparrow-hawk ; Garrulus (jlandarius, European Jay'; Recurvirostra avocetta, 

 Avocet ; Phalaropus hyperboreus, Phalarope ; Clirysotis Amazonicus, Yellow- 

 cheeked Parrot; Conurus virescens, Variegated- Winged Parrot; by Dr. F. J. 

 Bumstead. 11 skins of Australian Birds, viz: Ptllnorhynchus holoserictis, Satin 

 Bird; Podiceps gularis, Grebe; CamjJephaga melanops, Caterpillar Catcher; An- 

 thocJicera mellivora, Wattle Bird ; Antlioclicera carunculata, Gill Bird ; Tropidorhyrir- 

 cus cornicidatus, Bald-headed Friar; MelUphaga sencea, White-tufted Honey-Eater; 

 Psophodes crepitans, Coachwhip; ^4caw//(y/s coufZacMta, Australian' Swift; Turdus 



, Thrush; MelUphaga macidata, Honey-Eater; by Mr. C. J. F. Binney. A 



collection of several hundred rare and valuable Insects, and other objects, from 

 Burmah; by Mrs. Benjamin. A specimen of Salamandra venenosa, Violet- 

 colored Salamander ; by Mr. C. J. Sprague. 



BOOKS RECEIVED DURING THE QUARTER ENDING MARCH 31, 1855. 



Genealogy of Warren, with some Historical Sketches. By John C. Warren. 

 4to. Boston, 1854. From the Author. 



Sixteenth Triennial Festival of the Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic 

 Association. 8vo. Pamph. Boston, 1854. Fro7n the Association. 



Wardian Cases for Plants, and their applications. By Stephen H. Ward, 

 M. D. 8vo. Pamph. London, 1854. From the Author. 



Actes de la Society Linn^enne. Livraisons 1-6. 8vo. Paris, 1853-5. From 

 the Society Linncenne. 



Nineteenth Annual Report of the New York Institution for the Blind. 8vo. 

 Pamph. New York, 1S55. From the Institidion. 



Rectification of Conrad's Synopsis of the Famil)"- of Naiades of North America. 

 By Isaac Lea. 8vo. Pamph. Philadelphia. From the Author. 



Report of Cochituate Water Board to the City Council of Boston. 8vo. Pamph. 

 Boston. From Dr. C. T. JacJcson. 



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

 America. 8vo. No. 8. By John Cassiu. Philadelphia. From the Author. 



On a Remarkable Change in the Composition, &c., of Water, supplied to the 

 City of Boston, from Lake Cochituate. By A. A. Hayes, M. D. 8vo. Pamph. 

 From the Author. 



Archives du Mus(!'um d'Histoire Naturelle. Tome VII. Livs. 1, 2. 4to. 

 Paris, 1853 - 4. From the Museum. 



Six Articles upon the Smithsonian Institution, from the Boston Post. Svo. 

 Pamph. Boston, 1855. From the Editoi\ 



Address at the Anniversary Meeting of the Royal Geographical Society. By 

 the Earl of EUesmere. 1854. Svo. Pamph. London. 



