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borders of Rice Lake, Steele Co., Minnesota; by Dr. S. Kneeland, Jr. A Spider, 

 Epeira insidnris, Hentz, and some shells; unknown Donors. A Bird's Nest; by 

 Mrs. C. W. Dall. Infusorial Silicious Earth, containing Copper, from Bedding- 

 ton, Maine; by Prof. Theophilus Parsons. 



November 18. A specimen of Platycarcinus Sayi from Labrador, heretofore 

 unnoticed north of JIassachusetts ; by Dr. H. R. Storer. Three species of Crus- 

 tacea from California, viz: Sphceroma Oregonensh, Motcea Wosnessenskii, and 

 Livoneca vulgaris ; by E. Samuels. The sternum and scapular arch of the fol- 

 lowing twenty-nine birds, viz: Sharp-shinned Hawk, male and female; male 

 Sparrow Hawk; Barred Owl, female; Acadian Owl, male; Belted Kingfisher, 

 male; Black-capped Titmouse; Canada Jay, female; Blue Jay; American Ra- 

 ven; Rusty Grakle; Lesser Red-poll Snow Finch, male; White-throated Spar- 

 row, male; Snow-Bunting, also the skull and foot ; Pine Grosbeak, also the 

 skull; Common Crossbill, also the skull; Three-toed Woodpecker, two speci- 

 mens; Hairy Woodpecker, female, also the skull; Pileated Woodpecker; Golden- 

 winged Woodpecker, male; Ring-neck Plover, male; Tell-tale Tatler, female; 

 Solitary Tatler, male; Common Snipe, female; Sora Rail, female; Snow Goose; 

 Summer Duck, male, also the trachea; Dusky Duck, female; and Green- 

 winged Teal. Also the stuffed skin and the skeleton of the Northern Flying 

 Squirrel, Pteromys sabrinus, Penn., from Lake Superior; and from the same 

 locality, two nests of the paper-making wasp, a fresh-water shell, and a piece of 

 cedar perforated by boring insects ; also, Cryptogamia, viz : Agaricus orcella. 

 Bull. Lycoperdon pyriforme, SchsefF. Polyporus pere7i7iis, Fr. P. hhsutus. P. 

 Cetulinus. P. ignarius. P. applanatus, Pers. Tubercularia pezizoidea, Schw. 

 Usne,a hmgissima, Ach. Sticta jmlmonarin, Ach. Nechera pennata, Hedw. All 

 from the Lake Superior Region ; by Dr. S. Kneeland, Jr. The Osseous Schle- 

 rotic Coats of the Eyes of the Sword Fish, JIackerel, and Coryphcena; by John 

 Green, Jr. 



December 2. Flint, imbedding chalk, from the island of Riigan, in the Baltic 

 Sea; by Dr. Wm. P. Dexter. A sample of Gutta Lalioe from the East Indies; 

 by C. L. Andrews. Aspergillum Javanense; by Capt. Thomas Andrews. Im- 

 pressions in clay of Raindrops and drops of falling water; by Dr. Jeffries Wy- 

 man. A copy of Mrs. Redfield's Chart of the Animal Kingdom; by Messrs. E. 

 B. & E. C. Kellogg, of Hai-tford, Coim. Skeleton of an American Raven, Corvus 

 cacalotl, Wagl. from Lake Superior; by Dr. S. Kneeland. Two Fishes; by Dr. 

 D. H. Storer. 



December 16. The Panicles of several varieties of Sorghum and Imphee; 

 by Dr. C. T. Jackson. A collection of Crustacea, many of them described iu 

 the Massachusetts Reports; by Dr. A. A. Gould. 



BOOKS RECEIVED DURING THE QUARTER ENDING DEC. 31, 1857. 



Transactions of the Illinois State Agricultural Society. Vol.2. 8vo. Spring- 

 field. 1856-7. From I. A. Lapham. 



Memorial of the Inauguration of the Statue of Franklin. 8vo. Boston. 1857- 

 From the City of Boston. 



