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anocorax cristatus ; Eggs of Spotted Tsitler, Totanus macularius ; Passenger 

 'P\ge.on, Ectopistes migratorius ; Nest of Chimney Swallow, Cypsebis pelasgius ; 

 by Francis S. Williams, Esq. Scarlet Ibis, Ibis rubra ; by Mrs. Curtis B. Ray- 

 mond. Petrified Wood and Bone; by S. A. Green, M. D. Geological Map of 

 the United States ; by Jules Marcou. Shells from the Cape de Verde Islands, 

 Cuba, and the Western Coast of Africa, and Volcanic Matter from the Cape de 

 Verdes ; by Mr. N. H. Bishop. A Crawfish from North Carolina, Vitreous Cop- 

 per Ore, and Argentiferous and Auriferous Galena from the same State ; by Dr. 

 C. T. Jackson. 



July 15. Ripple Marks in Sandstone, Algee, and Parasitic Shells ; by Dr. S. 

 Kneeland, Jr. A Horned Toad from Texas ; by Mr. Ainsworth. 



August 5. Specimens of the shell, Alasmodonta arcuata, which is opened for 

 pearls in Maine ; by W. E. S. Whitman, Esq. Specimens of a Smelt, Osmerus 

 viridescens, taken in Squam Lake, New Hampshire, and of two species of Leu- 

 ciscus, one probably undescribed, from the same locality; by Dr. H. R. Storer. 



August 19. A Brick, interesting in a historical point of view, having been 

 taken from the ruins of a trading house, built by the Pilgrims near Sandwich, 

 in the year 1627; by Amos Otis, Esq. Samples of the Soils of Michigan, Mis- 

 souri, Indiana, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Iowa; by Dr. S. Kneeland, Ji-. 



September 2. A brass instrument for making fine sections of wood and other 

 articles; by Edward C. Cabot, Esq. A collection of one hundred and forty 

 Bird Skins forwarded by the Government National Museum of Melbourne, to 

 the Boston Society of Natural History, viz : — Menura superba, Lj-re Bird ; Podiceps 

 AustraUs, Australian Grebe ; Cacatua Leadbeaterii, Leadbeater's Cockatoo ; 

 Ptilonorhynchus holosericeus, Bower Bird; Platycercus Barnars, Barnars Par- 

 rakeet; (rj-zts ^MsiraZasiajiMs, Australian Crane; Cereopsis Noiub Hollandioe., Cere- 

 opsis Goose ; Pedronomus iorquaius, Plain Wanderer ; Heinipodms pyrrhothorax, 

 Chestnut-breasted Hemipode, three specimens; Liniosa melanui-oides, God wit; 

 £nlomo2jhila jncta, Painted Honey-Eater; Recurvirostris rvbricollis, Red-necked 

 Avocet ; Psophodes crepitans, Coach-whip Bird ; Platycercus Pennaniii, Pen- 

 nant's Parrakeet; Fidica AustraUs, Australian Coot ; Plialacrocorax carboides, 

 Australian Cormorant ; Athene strenua, Powerful Owl ; Casarca tadornoides, 

 Mountain Duck; Porphyria melanosiis, Black-backed Porphyrio; Artamus super - 

 ciliosus, White eyebrowed Wood-Swallow, two specimens; Gymnorhina organ- 

 icum, Tasmanian Crow-Shrike; Anas punctata, Chestnut-breasted Duck; Nycti- 

 corax Caledonicus, Nankeen Night-Heron ; Podiceps popicephalus. Grey-hooded 

 Grebe, two specimens; Spheniscus minor, lAttie Penguin; Lobevanellus lobatus, 

 Spur-winged Plover; Sterna melanauchen, Black-naped Tern ; Cacatua Eos, 

 Rose-breasted Cockatoo; Biziura lobata, Musk Duck; Cinclosoma punctatum, 

 Spotted Ground-Thrush ; Campephaga Jardinii, Jardines Campephaga, two spe- 

 cimens; Artamus personatus, Masked Wood-Swallow; Petroica Goodenovii, Red- 

 capped Robin ; Melithreptus melanocephahis, Black-headed Honey Eater, two 

 specimens; Rhipidura j-jy^/rons, Rufous-fronted Fantail, two specimens; Hemi- 

 podius velox. Swift-flying Hemipode, two specimens: Himantojnts leucocephalus, 

 White-headed Stilt; Estrelda temporalis, Red-eyebrowed Finch, two specimens ; 

 Amadina Lathamii, Spotted-sided Finch, two specimens; Eiaticula bicincta, Dou- 

 ble-banded Dottrel; Anthochxra mellivm-a, Brush Wattle-Bird, two specimens; 

 Climacteris picumnus, Vfhite-throated Tree-Creeper, two specimens; Acrocepha- 

 lus AustraUs, Reed Warbler; Cysticola Uneocapilla, Black-striated Warbler, two 

 specimens; Pardalotus striatus, Striated Pardalote, two specimens; Zosterops 

 dorsalis, Grey-backed Zosterops, two specimens ; Dicceum hirundinaceum, Swal- 



