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Company's museum ; and one half of the lower jaw, and several 

 teeth of the fossil Tapirus Americanus, from the late Dr. Car- 

 penter, of New Orleans. The professors of the Jardin des 

 Plantes presented several casts of Anoplotherium and Palaeo- 

 therium ; and Mr. Joseph Culbertson deposited unique specimens 

 of a fossil mammal, the Poebrotherium. Dr. Wilson deposited a 

 very perfect specimen of Ichthyosaurus intermedius ; and pre- 

 sented Mr. Conrad's collection of American fossils, .which in- 

 cludes Dr. Morton's originals from the cretaceous formation, and 

 consists of about 3,000 specimens of 1,000 species : a general 

 collection of British fossils, which includes selected specimens 

 from the cabinet of the late Miss Bennet, of England, and con- 

 tains 9,402 specimens of 2,935 species : a collection of German 

 fossils, containing 650 specimens of 500 species : and a collec- 

 tion of Italian fossils from the tertiary of Piedmont, containing 

 2,000 specimens of 600 species, the whole forming an aggregate 

 of 17,207 specimens of 5,545 species. Besides the above, 128 

 specimens have been received from several different sources. 



In the year 1849, the American Philosophical Society depo- 

 sited its large and very valuable collection of mammalian fossils 

 in the Academy. Dr. T. B. Wilson presented 1,552 specimens 

 of 658 species of British fossils ; and from other sources, chiefly 

 from Dr. Morton, Mr. Verreaux, of Paris, and Messrs. Budd and 

 McMinn, 197 specimens were received. 



In 1850, Dr. T. B. Wilson presented 88 specimens of bones 

 of different species of Dinornis and Palapteryz, obtained in New 

 Zealand by Walter Mantell, Esq., of London. This coMection 

 contains a complete foot of Dinornis giganteus. Dr. Joel Y. 

 Schelly, of Hereford, Pennsylvania, presented 58 fragments of 

 Enaliosaurian(?) bones, found in Lehigh County, Pa. M. Ed. 

 Verreaux, of Paris, presented 300 specimens of 255 species of 

 fossil shells, from different formations in France. Donations 

 were received also from Mr. Joseph Culbertson, of Carlisle, Mr. 

 Ogden, of New Jersey, Mr. Moss, and Dr. Budd. 



In the year 1851, donations were received from Mr. Joseph 

 Jones, Mr. Ledyard Linklaen, Dr. C. H. Budd, Dr. J. C. Fisher, 

 W. Parker Foulke, Esq., Mr. M. Maslin, Prof. J. F. Frazer, Prof. 

 W. E. Horner, Dr. T. B. Wilson, Dr. C. D. Meigs. 



The collection is placed in cases on the floor of the principal 



