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phila motrUeti sharpi; 8 eggs of Par us atricri.stati(s, new to tlie collec- 

 tion; 2 eggs of Ghordeiles texends; 4c eggti of Tyrannu.s melanchoUehus 

 couchii, new to the collection, and 2 eggs of Columbajfavirostrift. 



The Syracuse Plow Company, of Syracuse, N. Y., presented a model 

 of a steel ])low. 



TheTJ. S. Geological Survey, through Mr. O. D. Walcott, presented 

 2 slabs of slate showing bedding, clearage, and faulting 



Mr. Stephen Vail, of New York City, deposited a paper ril)l)on con- 

 taining a record of the first Presidential election re])orted by electric 

 telegraph, November 5, 1844. 



North Carolina. — A (;ollection containing 500 specimens of annelids 

 from Beaufort and Virginia, was received from Dr. E. A. Andrews, of 

 Baltimore, Md. 



From Messrs. H. H. and C. S. Brindey, of Raleigh, were received 24 

 specimens representing 11 species of batrachians, among which is a 

 tine series of what is believed to be Holbrook's Salamander Jialdemanni, 

 a form apparently lost sight of since its original description. 



From Mr. Frank Burns, of the Smithsonian Institution, was received 

 a specimen of matting manufactured out of the leaf fiber of the Long 

 leaved Pine {Pimis palnstrh), obtained from the manufactory at Oronly, 

 near Wilmingt<m. 



Archicological specimens from the base of Roan Mountain were col- 

 lected and transmitted by Mr. P. L. Jouy, of the National Museum. 



Ohio. — Mr. Warren K. Moorehead, of Xenia, deposited the Simonton 

 collection of aboriginal relics from Warren County. 



From Prof. Edward Orton, of Columbus, were received 7 specimens 

 of fossil plants from the Devonian and Carboniferous formation of Ohio. 



Prof. F. W. Putnam, of Peabody Museum, Cambridge, Mass., trans- 

 mitted an ancient iron lamp found in the remains of a friiitdrying 

 house on the top of a mound in Adams County. 



Orcf/on. — Dr. A. G. Prill, of Sweet Home, presented 11 eggs (one set) 

 of the Ring necked Pheasant {Fkaisanus torquatiis), an introduced 

 species in the United States, new to the collection. 



Pennsylvania. — Mr. Charles W. Cottom, of Dunbar, presented a piece 

 of charcoal taken out of the ill-fated Hill Farm mine, some 1,500 feet 

 from the m(mth of the pit. 



From Mr. S. M. Fletcher, of Lima, Ohio, through Hon. S. S. Yoder, 

 was received a specimen of oil spndrock from the Union Oil Company 

 well No. 9,Barse Track, McKean County. This specimen was found at 

 the depth of 1,730 feet. 



A silver medal of Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, i)resented in 1854 

 to Mr. Jose])h Francis, of Minneapolis, was transmitted by him to the 

 Museum. 



From Messrs, Lindsay and Early was received as a loan the cylinder 

 of the locomotive "Stourbridge Lion." 



Two polished slabs of marble were received from Messrs. Schwcyer 

 and Liess, of King of Prussia, Montgomery County. 



