2rr2 FROCEEDIXGS OF [1842. 



r^etrifaclions frnin llie Canal near the Eastern Branch of the Poto- 

 mac. — From 



Tiinga pectoralis, Maj;us ciicullatus, three specimens Tetrao ciipido, 

 Rallus noveboracensis, Geomys, Liitra canadensis, from Arkansas. 

 From lAeut. Eiistis, ]st Drcis^oous, ihroug/i Col. J. J. Abert. 



Specimen of Zinc from Ore brouglit from llie Franklin Furnace, 

 New Jersey, smehed in Washington City, by W. L. Ames. — 

 From 



15ox of Shells.— Frow T. Wardell. 



Fossils from the neit;hborhood of Cnniberland, Alleghany County, 

 Maryland, and from the foot of Knobby Hill, Virginia. — From 

 Dr. Causten. 



Bullets, Slugs, &.C., found at Fort Cumberland, in 1836. — From W. 

 G. Cranch. 



Box containinira musket fused in the fire of the Tower of London. — 

 From IV. R. Pulincr, Licul. Top. Engineers. 



Skeletons of two Alligators. — From Lieut. Col. TFhiting. 



Three specimens Unio from the Washington Canal. — From Ed- 

 icard Force. 



Copper Coin. — From E. P. Baily. 



Copper Coins. — From Henry Hardin. 



Shale, with Iron and Copper, from Richmond County, Ohio. — From 

 D. jS. Phelps. 



Two Boxes Fossil Shells from the Chesepeake. — From Capt. Har- 

 rison H. Cocke, U. S. A. 



Horned Lizard, (Agama,) from Texas. — From J. E. JVeeins. 



One Copper Coin of 1822. — From Joseph Boss. 



Five Copper Coins, and Paper of Mahogany Seed. — From G. IV. 

 Harris. 



Two specimens Sulphuret of Iron, from deep cut on Baltimore Rail- 

 road. — Froyn C. D. McPherson. 



Aesculus parviflora, shrew Mole, (Sorex,) from Georgia. — From Dr. 

 Boyoken. 



Stone Axe, ploughed up in a field near the Little Falls of the Poto- 

 mac ; Brick from the Old Church at Jamestown, Virginia. — From 

 Capt. IV. Easby. 



Four Pebbles from an Iceberg near the South Pole, collected by- 

 one of the crew of the Exploring Expedition. — From 



,Two Notes, of five cents each, Philadelphia. — FrotnfV. S.Walker. 



One Mole, (^Scnlops canadensis,) Irom Georgia. — From 



Fish from Frederick County, Maryland. — From Rev. Dr. Morris. 



Serpent from the Mountains of Rio de Janeiro, Hippocampus and 

 Centipede, from Rio de Janeiro. — From George fVashingion 

 Harrison, U. S. N. 



Petrified tooth, found in Florida, (Equis 1) Polar Plant of the West- 

 tern Prairies. — From Lieut. B. Alvord, U. H. A. 



Iron Ore from Perry County, Pennsylvania. — From Gilman Con- 

 verse. 



