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THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE. 



26 f 



Catalogue of Bird Skins, from le Jardin des Plantes, Paris, an- 

 nounced on page 254. 



No. l.-Vultur indicus, Pondicherry . 



2. Falco punctatus, Madacascar. 



3. " clagrus, Bengal. 



4. Stvix, Senegal. 



5. Strix capensis, Cape of G.Hope, 



6. Lanius collaris, " 



7. " barbarus, Senegal, 



8. " Africa. 



9. " auritus, Bengal. 



10. Ocyterus cinereus, Bengal. 



11. " bicolor, Madagascar. 



12. Turdus rnindinensis, Bengal. 



13. Muscicapa flabellifera.JV.Guinea. 



14. " barbonica, Bengal. 



15. " aurantia, Bengal. 



16. Edolius macrocerus, Bengal. 



17. Lamprotornismetallicus, Bengal. 



18. Turdus seneus, Senegal. 



19. " auratus, Senegal. 

 no, " cafer, Bengal. 



21. " macrourus, Bengal. 



22. " solitarius, Bengal, 



23. Gracula tristis, Bengal . 



24. •' pogodarum, Bengal. 



25. " nialabarica, Bengal. 



26. Pastor roseus, Malabar. 



27. Sturnus, Madagascar . 



28. Turdus cinclus, Persia. 



29. " cochinchinensis, Jacfl. 



30. MelliphagaDumerilii, N.Zealand. 



31. " auricomis, Tonga-tabu, 

 .32. " maculata, N. Holland. 



33. Gracula religiosa, Bengal. 



34. Oriolus chinensis, Bengal. 



35. " melanoccplialus,OoZcu?ta. 



36. lora scapularis, Jata. 



37. Motacilla pecloralis, Cape of 



Good Hope. 



38. Anthus, Bengal. 



39. Eurylaimus nasutus, iSumafra. 



40. Vidua, Abyssinia. 



41. Fringilla, Bengal. 



42. Loxia capensis, C of G. Hope . 



43. " ignicolor, Senegal. 



44. Buphaga erythrocephala, Abys- 



sinia . 



No. 45. Sturnus unicolor, Europe. 



46. Coracias abyssinica, Bengal. 



47. " bengalensis, Bengal. 



48. Pica rufiventris, Bengal. 



49. Goracias oriental!?, Java. 



50. Neclarinia inornata, Java. 



51. Upupa epops, Africa. 



52. Promerops capensis, Africa. 



53. Merops viridis, Bengal. 



54. " eegyptius, Manilla. 



55. " minutus, Senegal. 



56. Alccdo rudis, .AAyssmia. 



57. " smyrnensis, Bengal. 



58. " azureus, Senegal. 



59. " cristatus, Madagascar . 



60. Dacelo atricapilla, Calcutta. 



61. " chlorooephala, Calcutta, 



62. Buceros malabaricus, Bengal. 



63. Cuculus orienlalis, Bengal. 



64. " auratus, Senegal. 



65. " " Bengal. 



66. Centropus nigrorufus, Senegal, 



67. Bucco violotti, Senegal. 



68. " philippensis, Calcutta. 



69. Psittacus, iVeto Guinea. 

 70rf Nutnida, Africa. 



71. Pterocles setarius, -4/rtca . 



72. Hemipodius pugnax, Bengal. 



73. Columba eenea, Bengal. 



74. " javanica, Java. 



75. " australis, Marfag-flscflr. 



76. Cliaradrius spinosus, Africa. 



77. Cursorius isabellinus, Africa. 



78. Charadrius melanocephalus, 



79. Ciconia pondiceriana, Ben^aZ. 



80. Ibis religiosa, Senegal. 



81. Gallinula chloropus,Madag"ascar.> 



82. Porphyrio, Bengal. 



83. Fulica crisfata, ^/r/ca. 



84. Sterna fuliginosa, Bengal. 



85. Diomedea chlororhynchos, /». 



86. Carbo africanus, Senegal. 



87. Anas carunculata, Bengal. 



Head-dress worn by Atahualpa, tlie last of the Incas, brought from 

 the Temple of the Sun, and presented to the National Institute by 

 Seth Sweetser, U. S. Consul at Guayaquil, (composed of the 

 femurs and teeth of monkeys, &c.) 



Dr. Sewall exhibited and explained two transparent drawings^ 

 illustrating the circulation of the blood, the process of digestion, 

 &c. 



On motion of Dr. John M. Thomas, it was 



Resolved, That an additional department, to be called the Depart- 

 ment of Medicine, be organized. 



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