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re Tetebellum subulatum, Lam. 
48. Ancillaria castanea, Sowb. 
cinnamomea, Lam. 
Conus imperialis, Linn, 
betulinus, Linn, 
textile, Linn. 
49, ‘Oliva hiatula, Lam. ———- tulipa, Linn. 
_ —— Senegalensis, Lam. ——— terebra, Brug. ae 
= ——— episcopalis, Lam. stercus muscarum Gmel. 
ispidula, Lam. 
50. Conus litteratus, Gmel. 
——— lividus, Brug. 
The above mentioned shells are generally in good order and preserva- 
tion, ‘They are principally from Mazatlan, St. Lorenzo, Guayaquil, Cal- 
lao, Valparaiso, and the Sandwich and Society islands; a ee e from: 
the Atlantic coast of South America. sain ante 
canonicus, Brug. 
sponsalis, Chemn. 
Doctor Brinckerhoff has also with much pains procured sehr these a 
species containing the animal, and preserved them in spirits of wine. _ 
These, as well as various fruits, en animals, &c. &c., have been care- 
fully divided and placed in separate jars. Among the more rare speci- 
mens, may be noticed the Marginella Bellangeri, Kiener, from Bahia, 
the Cypien Testudinaria, the Ancillaria cinnamomea, the clusters of the 
Orbicula lamellosa, Brod., from Valparaiso, and the Purpura planospira. 
. The entire collection is one of the most valuable in this department 
seum. It has been made by a gentleman attached to the navy, in the 
intervals of his official duties and during a single cruise. By it he has 
Well deserved not only the thanks he has already received from this in- 
stitution, but those of every lover of science and useful knowledge. His 
example and that of several others show how much may be accomplished 
by the naval officers if a similar zeal shall become general among them. 
By collecting and bringing home the natural productions of the lands 
and oceans that they visit, they may employ the leisure which their pro- 
ession sometimes affords, in an occupation at once useful and interest- 
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ing ; enlarge the rewndneles of science, and add new claims to the many 
they already possess to the esteem and admiration of their 
The subscriber suggests the propriety of publishing ‘the several P . 
upon the specimens presented — 
ign may think = 
ew York, October, 1839 *% 
Report upon the Minerals, Geological Specimens and - Fossils, Fim 
the island of St. Lorenzo, presented to to the New York Lyceum of Natu- 
ral History, by Dr. Brinckerhoff, and referred to Jos. Delafield. 
ite, in detached crystals and in fasciculated groups, imbedded in 
ks red and brown indurated clay. 
yr XXXVIII, No. 1.—Oct.—Dec. 1839. 26 
Joun _ Jay. 
Brinchosioe + in such manner as the 
