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specimens of Ophioglyplia nodosa Lyman, from Labrador, by A. S. Packard, Jr. 

 Five hundred and seventy seeds of plants, from Burmah, E. I., by Rev. Dr. 

 Francis Mason. Fifty specimens of copper, lead and silver ores, from South 

 America; two Indian hatchets, from Bordentown, N. J. ; Wheat and Barley, 

 from Egj-ptian mummies; fossil mollusk, from mine at Huantajaya, Peru, S. A.; 

 spmdle and cotton from Quilca, Pei-u, purchased by subscription at the Sailor's 

 Fair. 



December 21. Fourteen specimens of rocks and 'minerals, from Chester, 

 Mass., by Dr. C. T. Jackson. Ten specimens of Carnelian, from the mountains 

 west of Madras, India; Geode from volcanic scoriae, from Aden on the Red Sea, by 

 Mr. W. H. Dall. Twenty-three specimens of Crustacea, from England ; Infusoi'ial 

 earth, from Cornwallis, Nova Scotia, twenty-eight bird's eggs, from Nova Scotia; 

 Sargasso weed, eight specimens of Crustacea, one Annelid,two Echinoderms, forty- 

 six MoUusca, and claw of a gigantic Lobster, all from Sable Island, coast of 

 Nova Scotia, by Mr. J. R. Willis. Skull and bones of a Shark, from the Atlantic 

 Ocean, south of the Gulf Stream; bones of another species, from the Pacific 

 Ocean, one thousand miles north of Isthmiis of Panama ; three Reptiles and two 

 Scorpions, from Tule, one hundred and eighty miles north of Mazatlan, by Mr. 

 J. Robei-tson. 



January 4, 1865. Anastase, from Smithfield, R. I., by Rev. E. B. Eddy. 

 Specimens of dry goods, destroyed by spontaneous combustion; four specimens 

 of Paludina, from Duval Bluff, Lake Munroe, FL; a Stone Hatchet, from Graf- 

 ton, ]\Iass., by Mr. E. A. Brigham. Six insects and an Echiuoderm, from Paita, 

 Peru, by Dr. C. F. Winslow. Fossil Shark's tooth, from near the Petersburg and 

 Richmond, Va., Railroad, by Dr. S. A. Green. Lynx canadensis, from Umbagog 

 Lake, Maine, by Mr. J. G. Rich. Two specimens of Orthoptera, twenty-two 

 Neuroptera, nineteen Hemiptera, one hundred and fifteen Coleoptera, forty-eight 

 Diptera, thirty-five Lepidoptera, two hundred and thirty Hymenoptera, twelve 

 Myriapoda, six Annelids, one hundred and sixty Mollusca, sixteen Salamanders, 

 sixteen eggs of Tropidonotus, five bird's eggs, nine hundred fish, and forty other 

 zoological specimens from Northern Maine, by Mr. F. W. Putnam. An abnor- 

 mal specimen of the Orange, by Mr. R. H. Eddy. 



January 18. Casts of Ichthyosaurus communis and Castor ohioensis, received in 

 exchange from Prof. H. A. Ward. Sixteen Birds, from Massachusetts, by Dr. 

 Aten. Duck, from the East Indies, by Mr. P. A. Gidney. A Varied Thrush, 

 shot m Ipswich, Mass, by Mr. James T." Smith. Twenty-three eggs of North 

 American birds ; Presbyiis, from Siam, by i\Ir. W. L. Parker. Skull of a Por- 

 poise, from the Mediterranean, jaw of a Shark, a Frog, two birds, seven rep- 

 tiles, two Salamanders, two Centipedes from Cape Haytien, one fish and a 

 fungus, by Dr. B. S. Shaw. 



Februxiry 1. Calcite, from Martinsburg, N. Y., by Dr. C. T. Jackson. Thirty- 

 four eggs of North American Birds, thi'ee specimens of Sturnella magna, three 

 specimens of Quiscalus versicolor, Arvicola xanthognathus, from Yukon River, two 

 hundred miles south-west of Porcupine River; Scalops argentatu-s, from Peoria, 

 111.; Eremophila cornuia, from San Diego, Cal. ; Pica ludoviciana, Picahudsonica, 

 Cyanura niacrolophus and yEgralites voci/erus, Tyrannus veclicalis, Pipilo arcticus, 

 Jlirundo lunifrons, CoUyrio elegans, two specimens of Tetrao obscurus, Athene 

 cunicularia, Falco sparverius, Sciurus Fremontii, S. Aberiii, and Cynomys ludo- 

 vicianus, from mountains west of Denver City, Colorado Terr. ; Tardus migrat07'ius, 

 from Fort Rae, Great Slave Lake ; Turdus alicice, T. Swainsonii, Sciurus ludo- 

 vicianus, by the Chicago Academy of Sciences. Microscopic objects, mostly 

 Diatomaceaj from St. George's River, Maine; Neuse River, N. C ; Hull Inlet; 



