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nnean Society, London, May 5, 1859, acknowledging the same, and 

 presenting their own publications ; A^erein fiir Natiirkunde, Wies- 

 baden, December 23, 1859 ; K. K. Akademie, Wien, December 

 17 and July 7, 1859 ; Academic Royale, &c., Stockholm, Novem- 

 ber 25, 1859, presenting various publications ; Joseph Hyrtl, Vi- 

 enna, May 4, 1860, acknowledging his election as Honorary 

 Member; and Jules Marcou, Salins, May 23, acknowledging his 

 election as Corresponding Member. 



Mr. F. W. Lincoln, Jr., of Boston, was elected a Resi- 

 dent Member. 



DONATIONS TO THE MUSEUM. 



April 4, 1860. Two specimens of Gobio Jtuviaiilis, and one each of Phoxinus 

 varius, Leuciscus rodens, L. praxinus, L. dobula., Tinea chrysithys, Perca Jluviatilis, 

 Esox lucius, and Coregonu$ marenula^ from Lake Neufcliatel; and Salmo fario 

 from the rivers of Switzerland; by the Museum of Coinparative Zoology, 

 Cambridge. An extensive collection of fishes, crustaceans, mollusks, and radi- 

 ates, from Maui, Sandwich Islands ; by Dr. C. F. Winslow. Skeletons of male 

 gray wolf from Wisconsin ; of male and female cross fox, and of porcupine, from 

 Portage Lake, Michigan ; by Dr. S. Kneeland, Jr. Canada lynx, entire speci- 

 men; by Mr. John Sears. Specimens of Astacus from Lake Neufchatel; by the 

 Museum of Comparative Zoology, Cambridge. West Indian crocodile ( Croco- 

 dilus acutus, Geoffr.); by Dr. J. N. Borland. 



April 18. Skull of an Indian from Fox Eiver, Appleton, Wisconsin; by Dr. 

 M. Tompkins. A lump fish {Cyclopterus lumpus) from Holmes Hole; by Dr. 

 D. H. Storer. A red-bellied terrapin {Emys rubriventns) from Virginia; by Mr. 

 J. A. Cutting. 



May 2. 160 of the grasses of the northern United States; by Mr. C. J. 

 Sprague. An agouti, wolf fish, and iguana; by Mr. J. A. Cutting. 



May 16. Florida rat, embryos of egi'et, trachete of birds, brain of tur- 

 key-buzzard, fractured jaw of Ursus Americanus^ from Florida; by Dr. H. 

 Bryant. Skins of California squirrel (Sciurus fossor) and prairie squirrel 

 ( Cynomys Ludovicianus) ; by the Smithsonian Institution. Two human brains ; 

 by Dr. C. Ellis. Skulls of monkey ( Cercopiihecus) from Africa, and of skunk 

 {Mephitis ^nephitica); by Mr. W. B. Gibson. Several fishes, crustaceans of the 

 genera Cambarus, Gelasimus, and Chlorodius, two myriapods, and the pupa of a 

 dragon-fly, from Florida; by Dr. H. Bryant. A living horned lizard (Phryno- 

 soma) from Texas ; by Mr. H. J. Doniphan. Specimen of shale with adhering 

 coal from the Albert mine, New Brunswick ; by Prof. W. B. Rogers. 



June 6. Horns of the hartebeest {Boselaphus caavia^ Gray) from Africa: 

 by C. J. Sprague. Skulls of a female deer ( Cervus Virginianus)^ fox ( Vulj^es 

 fuhms), and great white heron {Ardea occidentalis), land and fresh-water shells, 



