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  PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  CALIFORNIA 
  

  

  My 
  charge 
  for 
  my 
  services 
  is 
  nothing. 
  The 
  photographer's 
  bill 
  amounts 
  to 
  

   seventy-five 
  dollars, 
  ($75) 
  he 
  tells 
  me, 
  which 
  you 
  will 
  please 
  pay 
  to 
  A. 
  Craw- 
  

   ford 
  & 
  Co., 
  as 
  you 
  suggested. 
  Yours, 
  etc., 
  

  

  THOMAS 
  CROFT. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  F. 
  Gruber 
  presented 
  the 
  following 
  specimens 
  of 
  birds 
  

   stuffed 
  : 
  Swallow 
  Fruit-eater, 
  ( 
  Proenias 
  ventralis 
  ) 
  male 
  and 
  

   female. 
  Long-billed 
  Marsh 
  Wren, 
  (Cistothorus 
  palustris). 
  Song 
  

   Thrush 
  of 
  Europe 
  (^Tardus 
  musicans). 
  House 
  Sparrow 
  of 
  Europe 
  

   (Passer 
  domesticus). 
  European 
  Jay, 
  (^Corvus 
  glandarius).. 
  

   Green 
  Paroquet, 
  ( 
  Psitacula 
  passerina 
  ) 
  from 
  South 
  America. 
  

   Crimson 
  Tanager, 
  {Ramphocilis 
  hrasilica). 
  Black 
  cap 
  Titmouse, 
  

   (Parus 
  ater). 
  Four 
  species 
  of 
  Brazilian 
  humming 
  birds 
  ; 
  Bay- 
  

   breasted 
  Warbler 
  from 
  Pennsylvania 
  ; 
  Black-banded 
  Tanager 
  from 
  

   Central 
  America 
  ; 
  Toucan, 
  from 
  the 
  Islands 
  of 
  New 
  Guinea 
  ; 
  

   Austrahan 
  Bee-eater 
  ; 
  Black-banded 
  Troupiale 
  ; 
  Oregon 
  Thrush. 
  

   Several 
  other 
  specimens 
  of 
  bird 
  skins 
  were 
  also 
  presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  

   Gruber. 
  

  

  Donations 
  to 
  the 
  Library 
  : 
  Astronomical 
  Register, 
  No. 
  138. 
  Annals 
  and 
  

   Magazine 
  of 
  Natural 
  History, 
  Vol. 
  XHI, 
  No. 
  78. 
  Monatsbericht 
  der 
  Konig- 
  

   licht 
  Preussischen 
  Akademie 
  der 
  Wissenschaften 
  zu 
  Berlin, 
  Marz. 
  1874. 
  An- 
  

   nals 
  der 
  Physik 
  und 
  Chemie, 
  No. 
  3, 
  1874. 
  Proceedings 
  of 
  the 
  American 
  

   Academy 
  of 
  Arts 
  and 
  Sciences, 
  Yol. 
  IX. 
  Instructions 
  for 
  observing 
  the 
  

   Transit 
  of 
  Venus, 
  Dec. 
  8 
  and 
  9, 
  1874, 
  (from 
  the 
  Naval 
  Observatory). 
  The 
  

   Journal 
  of 
  Botany, 
  No. 
  138, 
  London. 
  Nature, 
  No. 
  239, 
  Vol. 
  X, 
  May, 
  1874. 
  

   Verhandlungen 
  der 
  Gl-esellschaft 
  Erdkunde 
  zu 
  Berlin, 
  No. 
  4, 
  1874. 
  Entomo- 
  

   logical 
  Contribution, 
  No, 
  3, 
  by 
  J. 
  A. 
  Lintner, 
  1872. 
  Cal. 
  Horticulturist, 
  No, 
  

   •6. 
  Report 
  of 
  Board 
  of 
  Officers 
  on 
  the 
  Catling 
  Gun, 
  Washington, 
  D. 
  C, 
  1874. 
  

   Observations 
  on 
  the 
  genus 
  Uuio, 
  Vol. 
  XIII, 
  Philadelphia, 
  presented 
  by 
  Dr. 
  Isaac 
  

   Lea. 
  Geographical 
  and 
  Geological 
  Surveys 
  west 
  of 
  the 
  Mississippi, 
  Washing- 
  

   ton, 
  May, 
  1874. 
  Engineering 
  and 
  Mining 
  Journal, 
  May 
  and 
  June, 
  1874. 
  

   Catalogue 
  of 
  Birds 
  ascertained 
  to 
  occur 
  in 
  Illinois, 
  by 
  Robert 
  Ridgway, 
  1874. 
  

   Birds 
  of 
  Colorado, 
  by 
  Robt. 
  Ridgway. 
  Mittheilangen 
  der 
  Deutschen 
  Gesell- 
  

   schaft 
  ftir 
  Natur 
  und 
  Vo'kerkundi 
  ostasiens 
  Herausgegeben 
  von 
  den 
  Vorstandt 
  

   Yokohama, 
  Jan., 
  1874. 
  Overland 
  Monthly, 
  Vol. 
  XIH, 
  No. 
  1. 
  Proceedings 
  

   of 
  the 
  Academy 
  of 
  Natural 
  Sciences 
  of 
  Philadelphia. 
  Geological 
  Survey 
  of 
  

   Hok 
  Kaido. 
  Popular 
  Science 
  Monthly, 
  No. 
  27. 
  Descriptions 
  of 
  New 
  North 
  

   American 
  Phalseoidae 
  and 
  Phyllopoda, 
  by 
  A. 
  S. 
  Packard, 
  Jr. 
  " 
  On 
  the 
  

   Transformations 
  of 
  the 
  common 
  House 
  Fly, 
  with 
  notes 
  on 
  allied 
  forms," 
  by 
  A. 
  

   S. 
  Packard, 
  Jr. 
  Seventh 
  Annual 
  Report 
  of 
  the 
  Provost 
  to 
  the 
  Trustees 
  of 
  

   the 
  Peabody 
  Institute, 
  Baltimore, 
  1874. 
  Prof. 
  Davidson 
  presented 
  "Field 
  

   Catalogue 
  of 
  983 
  stars," 
  by 
  Geo. 
  Davidson. 
  Also, 
  Report 
  of 
  B. 
  A. 
  Gould, 
  of 
  

   the 
  Argentine 
  National 
  Observatory, 
  Cordova, 
  Jan. 
  31st. 
  

  

  