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December 5th. Specimens of Dolomite, Talc, Serpentine, Lignified Abestos, 

 and other minerals from Roxbury, Vermont; by Mr. J. W. Butler. A specimen 

 oi MyriaiKjiuni Curtisii, obtained in Hingham, Mass.; by Mr. C. J. Sprague. 

 Sixty specimens of Shells, of more than thirty-five species, two Echini, and a 

 Cephalopod, from St. Helena,— all species new to the Cabinet — and a small 

 specimen of Haliotis; by Dr. Samuel Kneeland, Jr. A specimen of Vespertilio 

 pruinosiis, Hoary Bat ; by j\Ir. W. L. Clark. 



December 19th. A specimen of Scutigera; by Mr. C. J. Sprague. 



BOOKS RECEIVED DURING THE QUARTER ENDING DECEBIBER 31, 1855. 



Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, 

 Eighth meeting held at Washington, May, 1854. 8vo. Cambridge, 1855. Frojn 

 the AssQcicdion. 



Bulletin of the Pottsville Scientific Association, Schuylkill Co., Penn. For 

 January and February, 1855. 8vo. Pamph. From the Association. 



Eeport of the Superintendent of the Coast Survey. 4to. Washington, 1855. 

 From Prof. A. D. Bache. 



Description of the Lower Jaw and Tooth of ^lastodon Andium ; also of a 

 Tooth and Fragment of the Femur of a Mastodon, from Chili. By Jeffries 

 Wyman. 4to. Pamph. From the Author. 



Address before the Lyceum of Natural History of Williams College. By Prof. 

 William B. Rogers. 8vo. Pamph. Boston, 1855. From the Author. 



Address before the American Association for the Advancement of Science. 

 August, 1855. By Prof. J. D. Dana. 8vo. Pamph. 1855. From the Author. 



Explorations and Surveys for a Railroad Route from the Mississippi River to 

 the Pacific Ocean. 4to. Vol. I. Washington, D. C. From Hon. Charles 

 Sumner. 



Colored Figures of Enghsh Mushrooms. By James Somerby. 3 Vols. 4to. 

 London, 1797. From John C. B. Jones. 



Flora of North America. By J. Torrcy and Asa Gray. Vol. H. Part 2. 

 New York, 1843. From C. J. S/)raf/iie. 



Reports on Phoenix Copper Company. 8vo. Pamph. Boston, 1855. 



^lemoir on the extinct Sloth Tribe of North America. By Joseph Leidy, M. D. 

 4to. Washington, 1855. From the Author. 



Origin and Operations of the United States Astronomical Expedition. 4to. 

 Pamph. 



United States Naval Astronomical Expedition to the Southern Hemisphere, 

 during 1849-52. Vols. L H. Chili. By Lieut. J. M. Gilliss. From Lieut. J. 

 M. Gilliss. 



Book of Human Nature. By La Roy Sunderland. 12mo. New York. 



