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Httdsonius, Gmel.; Striped Squirrel, Tamias Lysteri, Rich. — American Magpie, 

 Pica Hudsonica, Sabine; Cednr Bird, Ampelis cedvorum, Vieill; prepared aiTd pre- 

 sented by J. H. Slawson, of Houghton, Michigan. 



September 16. Specimens of the common Water Lily, (Nymphcea odorata) of 

 a pink color, from Yarmouth, Mass. ; by Samuel Swan, Esq. Two Crania of 

 Albatross; by Di-. S. Durkee. 



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BOOKS RECEIVED DURING THE QUARTER ENDING SEPT. 30, 1857. 



Slemoirs of the Geological Society of India. Vol. 1. Tart I. 8vo. Calcutta, 

 1856. From die Governor-General oj' India. 



Prodromus descriptionis Aniraalium Evertebratorum quffi observavit et de- 

 scripsit W. Stimpson. Pai't 2d. 8vo. Paraph. Philadelphia, 1857. Froiii the 

 Author. 



Notice siir une nouvelle Esp^ce de Davidsonia. Par L. De Koniuck. From 

 Prof. H. D. Rogers. 



Tableaux of New Orleans. By B. Dowler, M. D. 8vo. Pamph. From the 

 Authm\ 



Lettres sin- les Eoches du Jura. Par Jules Marcou. 8vo. Premiere Livrai- 

 son. 8vo. Paris, 1857. From the Author. 



Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge. Vol. IX. 4to. Washington, D. C. 

 1857. 



Annual Reports of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. 8vo. 

 2 vols. 1855-6. Washington, D. C. From the Smithsonian Institution. 



Journal de Tlnstruction Publique. Vol. I. Nos. 5-8. 8vo. Pamph. Mon- 

 treal, 1857. 



Journal of Education. Vol. I. No. 4. 4to. Montreal, 1857. 



Farmer's Journal. Vol. V. No. 1. 8vo. Pamph. Montreal, 1857. From 

 L. A. H. Latour. 



First Annual Report of the Secretary of the Board of Agriculture of Massa- 

 chusetts. 2d Series. 8vo. Boston, 1853. 



Transactions of the Michigan State Agricultural Society. Vol. VII. 8vo. 

 Lansing, 1856. 



Tenth and Eleventh Annual Reports of the Board of Agriculture of Ohio, for 

 1855-6. 2 vols. 8vo. Chillicothe, 1856-7. 



Twentieth Annual Report of the Board of Education. PamiDh. 8vo. Boston. 

 1857. 



Abstract of the Census of Massachusetts for 1857. 



Annual Reports relating to Births, Blamages, Deaths, &c., in Massachusetts, 

 for 1855. 8vo. Pamph. Boston. 



Transactions of the Massachusetts Society for the Promotion of Agriculture 

 for 1856. 8vo. Pamph. Boston, 1857. 



Synopsis of Communications on the Cause and Cure of the Potato Rot. 8vo. 

 Pamph. Boston, 1852. From C. L. Flint, Secretary of the Board of Agri. 

 culture. 



