in 



edging the receipt of the publications of the Society ; Naturfor- 

 schende Gesellschaft, in Eraden, Oct. 2, 1856, and the Acade- 

 mic des Sciences, Paris, Feb. 14, 1857, presenting their pub- 

 lications. 



Mr. A. M. Gay was elected a Resident Member. 



DONATIONS TO THE MUSEUM. 



January 7, 1857. Specimens of impressions in the Connecticut Valley Sand- 

 stone, possibly made by tadpoles, by Prof. Edw. Hitchcock. (See printed Pro- 

 ceedings, Vol. VI. p. Ill, for an account of these impressions.) Eviys marrnorata, 

 Crotalus lucifer, and Rana longipes, from California, by E. Samuels. Begina 

 Kirtlandii, from Illinois, by Robert Kennicott. 



January 21. Cranium of a Digger Indian, from California, by E. Samuels. A 

 Bulbous Root, and a specimen of Gum from Africa, by Rev. Louis B. Schwarz, 

 (For an analysis of this gum and an account of the plant, see printed Proceed- 

 ings, Vol. VI. p. 129.) A white-throated Sparrow, {Fringilla Pennsylimnica, Aud.) 

 a Rusty Blackbird, {Icterus pecoris, Aud.) and a Yellow-rumped Warbler, (Sylvia 

 coronata, Aud.) together with a Black Squirrel, (Sciurus niger, Linn.) all from 

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



February 4. Specimens of a new minute species of Snail, Helix asteriscus, 

 Morse, from Bethel, Maine; by E. S. Morse. A suite of Helix thyroidns, Say, 

 from various localities; by W. G. Binney. Specimens of Red Gum Wood aud 

 the Common Building-Stone of Australia, by 0. H. Holden. 



February 18. Four crania of birds ; a fragment of the jaw-bone of an alliga- 

 tor, illustrating the development of the teeth; an egg-shell with a peculiar pro- 

 tuberance; and some fossil shells from Georgia; by Dr. H. Bryant. A specimen 

 of Silicified Wood from the Colorado Desert, California; by W. P. Blake. 



March 4. Corals, taken in seventj' feet of water from the Spanish wrecked 

 vessel off the Island of Magdalena; by J. P. Couthoy. Two specimens of 

 Downy Woodpecker, {Pints pubescens, Linn,) from Milton; by E. Sanmels. Min- 

 erals from California and a neuropterous insect, CuirydaUs ccn-nuius, from Boston ; 

 by S. Adams. 



March 18. The Saw of a Sawfish taken in the Persian Gulf and a Fossil, My- 

 craster cor-anguinum, Agass. ; by Rev. J. P. Robinson. A Glossy Finch, {Ama- 

 dina nitens); Beautiful Weaver-Bird, [Hyphantornis per-sonata ;) and an undeter- 

 mined species of Hyphantornis ; by Dr. F. J. Bumstead. 



BOOKS RECEIVED DURING THE QUARTER ENDING MARCH 31, 1857. 



Terrestrial Air-Breathing MoUusks of the United States and adjacent Territo- 

 ries of North America, described and illustrated by Amos Binney. Edited by 

 Augustus A. Gould, M. D. 4to. Vol. III. Plates. Boston, 1857. From the 

 Heirs of Amos Binney, 



