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396 Miscellanies. 
new and elegant hall, erected at the expense of Mr. Maclure, when 
the news of his death in Mexico reached this country. 
Dr. Morton is, we understand, drawing up an account of the life of 
this remarkable man, and when it appears we shall feel it our duty, 
as it is our pleasure, to do further honor to his — 
The contents of the present part are as follow 
Officers of the Academy of Natural Sciences a Philadelphia, for 
the year 1839. 
Descriptions of new North American Neuropterous Insects, and 
Observations on some already described. . By (the late) Thomas Say. 
Summary of Meteorological Observations for 1836; made in Fay- 
ette county, Tennessee. By M. Rhea 
Description of five new Fossils, of the older Pliocene formation 
of Maryland and North Carolina. By Wm. Wagner. 
A few facts in relation to the identity of the Red and Mottled Owls, 
&c. By Ezra Michener, M. D. 
Description of several new Species of American Quadrupeds. By 
Rev. J. Bachman, of Charleston, S. C. 
List of Quadrupeds procured by Mr. 'Townsend, and sent to the 
Academy of Natural Sciences. 
Additional remarks on the genus Lepus, with corrections of a for- 
mer paper, and descriptions of other Species of Quadrupeds found in 
North America. By John Bachman. 
Additional Species to the list of Mr. Townsend’s Quadrupeds. 
Catalogue of the Crustacea brought by Thomas Nuttall and J. K. 
Townsend, from the West Coast of North America and the Sandwich 
Islands, with descriptions of such species as are apparently new, 
among which are included several species of different localities, pre- 
viously existing in the collection of the Academy. By J. W. Ran- 
dall. 
Description of a new Species of Cypcelus, from the Columbia Riv- 
er. By John K. Townsend. 
Description of a new Species of Sylvia, from the Columbia River. 
By John K. Townsend. 
An Analysis of Marl, from New Jersey. By S. S. Haldeman. 
List of Birds inhabiting the region of the Rocky Mountains, the 
Territory of the Oregon, and the North West Coast of America. “a 
John K. Townsend. 
Note on Sylvia Tolmei. By John K. Townsend. 
i pesrinton of the White-winged Tanager, (Pyranga leucoptera.) 
By J. Tradea 
tif me a Species of Land Tortoise, from Africa. By Ed- 
mak Hallowell, M. 
