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Two SalamanderSj (^Sahnandria sahno7iia.) — From 



Stone Axe, and two curiously wrought Stones. — From Thomas Tan- 

 ner, Washington. 



Skeleton of a Gazelle. — From J. J. Drahe, Neiv York. 



Curiously wrought Wreath of Wood. — From Joseph Weber. 



Twelve fossil Shells — six Ostrea, six Turritella ; fragment of fossil 

 Wood. — From Henry Byrne. 



Collection of recent Shells from the Potomac. — From Col. P. Force. 



Collection of recent Shells from the Potomac. — From J. P. Cou- 

 thouy and H. King, M. D. 



Two Eggs of the Bemen Goose. — From M. C. Jones, St. Mary\ 

 County, Maryland. 



Shells and Minerals, from Illinois. — From D. A. Bulkeley, Jackson- 

 ville, Illinois, 



Several specimens of the Anadonta of the Potomac. — Froin a Negro. 



Box of Shells. — From S. Taylor, Wisconsin Territory. 



Marble, from Rutland, Vermont; Marble, from Middlebury, Ver- 

 mont. — From M. Smith, Rutland, Vermont. 



Fossil Wood and Sulphuret of Iron, from deep cut of Baltimore and 

 Ohio Railroad. — From Josejjh Willet. 



Astacus Bartonii, Coluber septemvitatus, Coluber sipedon. — From 

 William Belt, 



Colaptes auratus, (Flicker.) — From J. H. Fowler. 



Turdus rufus, (brown Thrush.) — From S. B. Sherwood, 



Picus pubescens, (downy Woodpecker.) — From T. Tonge. 



Numenius longirostris, Rallus virgnianus. — From W. Walker, 



Podiceps carolinensis. — From L. Hayes. 



Four specimens Fungia, Tahiti ; four specimens Achatina perdix, 

 Cape Palmas. — From J. P. Couthouy. 



For the Library, 



The Atmospheric Railway. A letter to the Hon. the Earl of Ripon, 

 President of the Board of Trade, &,c., by James Pim, M. JR. 1. 

 A., &.C., (with plates;) London, 1841. — From Charles Vignolles, 

 Civil Engineer, &fc., &fc. 



Directions for Collecting and Preserving Objects of Natural History, 

 issued by the Maryland Academy of Science and Literature ; by 

 Wrn. Edward Coale, M. D., J. H. Quimby, and Henry K. Ha- 

 zlehurst. — From W. E. Coale, M. D. 



Sixth Annual Report of the Geological Survey of Pennsylvania, by 

 H. D. Rogers, 1842. — From Toionsend Ward. 



The Silk Culturist's Manual, fee, by John d'Homerque ; Philadel- 

 phia, 18.39 ; 12nio. — From P. S. Diiponceau. 



The Propulsion of Vessels of War, and those for Ocean, Lake, and 

 Canal Navigation, by Steam or any other appropriate moving 

 power, by E. F. Aldrich, Now York, — From the Author and In- 

 ventor, 



