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phora truncata, Mergui ; Encope Stokesii, Panama ; Dendraster eccentricus, Cali- 

 fornia ; Arachnoides placentula, Burmah ; Brissus carinatus, La Paz ; Rotula 

 Humphii, Liberia; by Dr. A. A. Gould. 



May 2d. A specimen of Sciuriis vulpinus, Fox Squirrel ; by Mr. C. J. Sprague. 

 Mustela pusilla^ Small Weasel; by Mr. E. Samuels. A Sperm "Whale Tooth; by 

 Miss E. S. Quincy. 



May 16th. Specimens of Picus varius, Yellow-bellied Woodpecker ; Buteo 

 Uneatus, Eed-shouldered Hawk ; Gulraca Ludoiiciana, Red-breasted Grosbeak ; 

 Larus maHnus, Black-backed Gull; by Mr. E. Samuels. A specimen of Podi- 

 ceps cornutus, Horned Grebe ; by Mr. Caleb Loring, Jr. 



June 6th. A Boa Constrictor, a Crested Iguana, a young Crocodile, two Ser- 

 pents, a Tortoise, a Fish, twelve Birds' Eggs, a number of Beetles in alcohol, and 

 a collection of Butterflies, all from the Philippine Islands; by Dr. Samuel Knee- 

 land, Jr. A specimen of Ardea virescens^ Green Heron, and Crania of a domestic 

 Cat and Dog; by Mr. E. Samuels. A specimen of Siren lacertina, Lizard-like 

 Siren, from Wilmington, N. C. ; by Dx*. J. N. Borland. A box of Minerals ; by 

 Mr, 0. V. Hills, of Leominster. 



June 20th. Nest and two Eggs of Zonotricliia moniicola, Canada or Tree Spar- 

 row; Egg of Coccyzus erythrophthalmtis, Black-billed Cuckoo; by 3Ir. E. Samuels. 

 Nest and Eggs of Parus atricapillus, Black-capped Titmouse or Chicadee ; by 

 Dr. Samuel Cabot, Jr. Nest of Zonotricliia graminea, Bay-winged Finch; by Dr. 

 T. M. Brewer. 



BOOKS RECEIVED DURING THE QUARTER ENDING JUNE 30, 1855. 



Proceedings of the National Institute, Washington, D. C. Vol. 1. No. 1. 

 New Series. 8vo. Pamph. 1855. From the National Institute. 



Report of the Superintendent of the Coast Survey. 4to. 1854. Washington. 

 JFV'om A. D. Bache. 



Continuation of the Review of '* Nott and Gliddon's Types of Mankind." By 

 John Bachman, D. D. No, 2. 8vo. Pamph. Charleston, 1855. From the 

 Author. 



Geology of the Coal and Iron of Cheat River, Va. By Prof. W. B. Rogers. 

 8vo. Pamph. 1854. New York. From the Author. 



Ueber die fossilen Fische aus der Braunkohle des Siebengebirges. Von Dr. 

 F. H. Troschel. 8vo. Pamph. From the Author. 



Fossil Foot-marks of the Red Sandstone of Pottsville, Pennsylvania. By Isaac 

 Lea, LL.D. Folio. Philadelphia, 1855. From the Author. 



Rapport sur les Travaux de A. Perry relatifs aux Tremblements de Terre. 

 4to. Pamph. Paris, 1854. From M. Elie de Beaumont. 



Second Annual Report of the Secretary of the Massachusetts Board of Agri- 

 culture. Bvo. Boston, 1855. From C. L. Flint. 



Report on the Geology of the Coast Mountains. By Dr. John Trask. 8vo. 

 Pamph. Sacramento, 1855. From the Author. 



Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 8vo. Vol. 

 VIL No. 8. 1855. From the Academy. 



