396 Miscellanies. - 



new and elegant hall, erected at the expense of Mr. Maclure, when 

 the news of his death in Mexico reached this country. 



Dr. Morton is, we understand, drawing up an account of the life of 

 this remarkable man, and when it appears we shall feel it our duty, 

 as it is our pleasure, to do further honor to his memory. 



The contents of the present part are as follows : 



Officers of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, for 

 the year 1839. 



Descriptions of new North American Neuropterous Insects, and 

 Observations on some already described. By (the late) Thomas Say. 



Summary of Meteorological Observations for 1836; made in Fay- 

 ette county, Tennessee. By M. Rhea. 



Description of five new Fossils, of the older Pliocene formation 

 of Maryland and North Carolina. By Wm. Wagner. 



A few facts in relation to the identity of the Red and Mottled Owls, 

 &c. By Ezra Michener, M. D. 



Description of several new Species of American Quadrupeds. By 

 Rev. J. Bachman, of Charleston, S. C. 



List of Quadrupeds procured by Mr. Townsend, and sent to the 

 Academy of Natural Sciences. 



Additional remarks on the genus Lepus, with corrections of a for- 

 mer paper, and descriptions of other Species of Quadrupeds found in 

 North America. By John Bachman. 



Additional Species to the list of Mr. Townsend's Quadrupeds. 



Catalogue of the Crustacea brought by Thomas Nuttall and J. K. 

 Townsend, from the West Coast of North America and the Sandwich 

 Islands, with descriptions of such species as are apparently new, 

 among which are included several species of different localities, pre- 

 viously existing in the collection of the Academy. By J. W. Ran- 

 dall. 



Description of a new Species of Cypcelus, from the Columbia Riv- 

 er. By John K. Townsend. 



Description of a new Species of Sylvia, from the Columbia River. 

 By John K. Townsend. 



An Analysis of Marl, from New Jersey. By S. S. Haldeman. 



List of Birds inhabiting the region of the Rocky Mountains, the 

 Territory of the Oregon, and the North West Coast of America. By 

 John K. Townsend. 



Note on Sylvia Tolmoei. By John K. Townsend. 



Description of the White-winged Tanager, (Pyranga leucoptera.) 

 By J. Trudeau. 



Description of a Species of Land Tortoise, from Africa. By Ed- 

 ward Hallowell, M. D. 



