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of the Pileated Woodpecker, Dryompus pileatus (rare specimens); by Dr. Cor- 

 nelius Kollock, of Clier.iw, S. C. A Fish and the Saws of two species of Pristis; 

 by Dr. S. Durkee. 



Oct. 15th. A collection of Insects from Chili; by C. W. Blake, Esq. A speci- 

 men of Salamandra salmonea; by Dr. J. N. Borland. Copper and Silver Ores, 

 from Lake Superior; by Dr. S. Kneeland, Jr. 



Nov. 5th. A specimen of Amaranthus pumilus, from Sachuest Beach, New- 

 port, R. I.; by Dr. Charles Pickering. European Nightingale, Philomela luscinia ; 

 by Dr. J. N. Borland. A piece of live oak, taken in the year 1844 from the 

 wreck of the British Frigate Slerlin, which was sunk in the River Delaware in 

 1777; by R. G. Parker, Esq. 



Nov. 19th. Nest and eggs of Anna Humming-bird; five eggs of California 

 Quail ; two of Chordestes grammaca ; four of Quiscalus IJexicanus ; two of 

 IRrundo bicolor ; one of Ilirundo lunijrons ; one of Garrulus Calif crrnianus ; three 

 of Sturnella neglecta ; one of Muscicapa verticalis ; five of Agelaius gubernatar ; one 

 of Melanerpes formicivorus ; two oi Ectopistes marginellus ; one o{ Buieo calurus ; 

 one of Buteo montanus ; one of Buteo insignaius ; collected in California, by Mr. 

 E. Samuels. 



Dec. 3d. A Fish, probably an undescribed species, belonging to the family with 

 Scopelus, taken oft' the eastern coast of Newfoundland, and a foetal Porpoise; 

 by Capt. N. E. Atwood. Specimens of Helix minutissima, Lea, from Portland, 

 Me.; by E. S. Morse, Esq., of Portland. A Fossil Shell, Spirifer Niagarensis'i 

 from Delaware, Canada West; by Capt. N. E. Atwood. Mineral concretions, 

 from Tuftonboro', N. H., said by Dr. C. T. Jackson to be composed of black 

 oxide of manganese imbedding sand, in the form of globular, or nearly globular 

 balls; by Wm. Haley, Esq., of Tuftonboro, N. H. Prairie Dog, Arctomys Ludo- 

 vicia7ms, Ord., from Nebraska; by Dr. F. V. Hayden. Mus Michiganiensis, old 

 and young, and Sciurus morgnicaudatus or rubricaudatus, (Fox Squirrel,) from 

 Illinois ; by Robert Kennicott, Esq. 



Dec. I7th. A Fossil Tooth of a Moose, from Gratiot Lake, near Lake Superior; 

 by 0. A. Farwell, Esq. Skull of Musquash, Fiber Zibetliicus, Cuv., with one of 

 the upper incisor teeth elongated and coiled in a spiral form ; by Mr. Fletcher. 

 A globular concretion of grass, said to have been formed by the action of waves 

 upon the sea-shore ; by Dr. H. R. Storer. 



BOOKS RECEIVED DURING THE QUARTER ENDING DEC. 31, 1856. 



Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge. Vol. VIII. 4to. Washington, 1856. 

 From the Smithsonian Institution. 



American Geological History. James D. Dana. 8vo. Pamph. Nev/ Haven, 

 1856, Froin the Author. 



Ecole Polytechnique. Cours de Gt^ologie Paleontologique. Jules Slarcou. 

 8vo. Pamph. Zurich, 1856. From the Author. 



Inauguration of the Dudley Observatory at Albany, Aug. 28, 1856, 8vo. 

 Pamph. From J. II. Ilickcux. 



Denkrede auf Johann Nepomuk von Fuchs. F. von Robell. 4to. Pamph. 

 Miinchen, 1856. From the Author. 



