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Specimens of Sienite from Yosemite Falls, by 

 Mr. Hepburn. Also carbonate copper from the 

 North Carolina Mine, Rough and Ready. Neva- 

 da county. 



Argentiferous grey copper, with analysis of the 

 same, from Tubac, G. P. Plomosa, Tubac. G. P. 



Silver ore from La MinaBolanos, Durango, by 

 K. G. Killaly. 



Silver ore from La Paz, L. C, by J. K. Moller 

 &Co. 



Picrolite ( : ) from Three Buttes, Mariposa coun- 

 ty ; also two specimens granite, with large crys- 

 tals, black tourmaline, from Texas Flat, by Mr. 

 James Hepburn. 



Red oxide copper and Atacaiite from La Mina 

 Mozamique, Sinaloa, by Mr. G. F. Walker. 



A bark tunic of South Sea Islands, by Mr. E. 

 Stanley. 



A collection of the honey ants found in the 

 Gadsden Purchase, by Mr. Poston. 



Sugar from the ho;iey dew from Napa count)-, 

 by Mr. R. T. Montgomerv. 



Deposited by Mr. Hutchings : two specimens 

 indurated tufa from MokeJumne Hill; also a 

 large specimen bark of Sequoia gigautea, in 

 glass case. 



Specimens of siliciiied wood from Mokelumne 

 Hill, by Mr. S. A. Briggs. 



Colepterous insects from Sierra Nevada, by Mr. 

 Hepburn. 



Malleable sulphuret silver with ruby ore, La 

 Mina Guadalupe y Calvo, ruby blende in calca- 

 reous gangue, from Batopilas Chihuahua ; Plu- 

 mose Argent Galena, with grey copper, from Si- 

 berijou, Sinaloa, by R. G. Killaly. 



Specimens of a new species of Sabella, and 

 specimens of teredo from Bay of San Francisco, 

 by Dr. Trask. 



Wood of the Cupressus fragrans, (Keliogg) by 

 Mr. Beardsley. 



Auriferous limestone and quartz from Cuia- 

 veras Mine, Angels Camp, by Mr. L. P. Bouton. 



Ores from the Grain Gold Lode, Butte Co.; 

 ores from Keystone Mine, Amador county, by 

 Mr. Waitt. 



Limestone from Santa Cruz, by Mr. Dunham. 



Peroxide Manganeese from Mount Diablo 

 Range, by Mr. Lyman. 



Gum Acacia from Mazatlan. 



Marine shells from Acapulco, by Dr. Still- 

 man. 



Specimens of heart of redwood, enclosing 

 acorns, by Mr. Charles Sim.- on. 



Arraganite from Suisun, by Dr. Veatch. 



Specimens of pinus contorts, t •) and cones of 

 Abies menzezii, by Mr. Beardsley. 



Skull of cannibal from New Caledonia, by Dr. 

 Pique Dupuytren. 



Marine shells from Panama, by Dr. Stillman. 



Specimens of Clay from San Antonio, by Mr. 

 Beardsley. 



Specimens of serpentine from Amador county, 

 by Mr. T. F. M 



Donations to the Library to the Close of the Year. 



List of members of the Linnean Society. 



Address of Thomas Bell to the Linnean So- 

 ciety. 



Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean So- 

 ciety, parts 1-3 Botany and parts 1-3 Zoology; 

 vol. 1. 1856. 



Kongl Yetenskaps Akad Handhnger ; vol. 2, 

 1853-4. 



Oversigt Kongl Yetenskaps Akad Forband, 

 Stockholm ; vol. 1, 1855. 



Schriften, Russich, Kaiserl, fur die Gesam 

 Mineralogic; parts 1 and 2, 1842. St. Petersburg. 



Jahrbuck der Kaiser Konigl Geologischen 

 Richenstalt; No. 1, Jan., Feb., March, 1853; 

 No. 3, July, Aug., Sept., 1855 ; quarto. 



Descriptions of land and fresh- water shells, by 

 Isaac Lea, from the author. 



Catalogue of human crania of the Museum of 

 Philadelphia Academy Natural Sciences, by Mr. 

 J. L. Sargent, Phila. 



La Science for 1857, by T. F. Moss. 



American Journal Science and Art, from the 

 publishers. 



Proceedings Boston Society Natural History, 

 pp. 145-176, from society. 



Researches on the Cyprinoid Fishes west of the 

 Mississippi Yalley, by Mr. Charles Girard, from 

 the author. 



Also contributions to Icthyology of the United 

 States, and a notice of the genus Salmo of Ore- 

 gon and California. 



Report of the Sanitary Commission of New 

 Orleans on the yellow fever of 1853 ; Report of 

 Special Committee of New Orleans Academy on 

 Survey of Louisiana : Annual Address before the 

 New Orleans Academy ; Proceedings of the New 

 Orleans Academy — from the society. 



Prodromus Descript Animaliam Evertabrato- 

 rium, Part 2, from author. 



An account of the Smithsonian Institute, from 

 the Institute. 



Catalogue of North American Mammals, by 

 S. F. Baird, from the author. 



Maury's Wind and Current Charts, quarto, 

 from Lt. Maury. 



Zictschrift fur Wissen Zoologie, by Liebold it 



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