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DONATIONS TO THE MUSEUM. 



September 3. Copper pyrites and erabescite, from Acton Vale Mine, C. E., 

 by Dr. C. T. Jackson ; two bottles, containing a number of iishes, reptiles, and 

 insects, from Newbern, N. C, by Dr. S. Kneeland; two specimens of Acro- 

 chordes from Hoogly Kiver, and a Scatophagus and Trichiurus from off Mada- 

 gascar, by Mr. E. Simonson. 



September 17. Corydalis cornuta, from Milton, by Mr. J. SchoMeld. 



BOOKS KECEIVED DURING THE QUARTER ENDING SEPT. 30, 1862. 



On the Primitive Formations in Norway and Canada. By Thomas McFar- 

 lane. 8vo. Pamph. From the Author. 



Geological Survey of Canada. New species of Lower Silurian Fossils. By 

 E. BiUings, F. G. S. 8vo. Pamph. Montreal, 1862. From the Author. 



Cases in Surgery. Gun-shot Wounds. Plural Births. By J. Mason War- 

 ren. Pamph. Boston, 1862. From the Author. 



Experiments and Observations upon the Circulation in the Snapping Turtle. 

 By Mitchell S. Weir, M. D. 4to. Pamph. Philadelphia, 1862. Frrnn the 

 Author. 



The mode of Development of the Marginal Tentacles of the free Medusae of 

 some Hydroids. By A. Agassiz. 8vo. Pamph. 1862. From the Author. 



Eemarks on certain species of N. A. Helicidse, etc. By Thomas Bland, F. 

 G. S. 8vo. Pamph. New York, 1862. From the Author. 



Monograph of the Species of Sphoerium of North and South America. By 

 Temple Prime. 8vo. Pamph. Philadelphia, 1862. From the Author. 



On the Genus Colias in North America. By Samuel H. Scudder. 8vo. 

 Pamph. 1862. From the Author. 



Defense des Colonies. Par J. Barrande. 2 Parts. 8vo. Pamph. 1861-2. 

 From the Author. 



Observations on the terms " P^nden," "Permian," and"Dyas." By Jules 

 Marcou. 8vo. Pamph. Boston, 1862. 



Letter to M. Joachim Barrande, on the Taconic Eocks of Vermont and Can- 

 ada. By Jules Marcou. 8vo. Pamph. Cambridge, 1862. From the Author. 



Eesults of Meteorological Observations made by the United States Patent 

 Office and Smithsonian Institution. 1854 to 1859. 4to. Washington. 



Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. Vols, i.-iv. 8vo. Washington, 1862. 

 From the Smithsonian Institution. 



Memorias de la Eeal Academia de Ciencias de Madrid. Tomos 3, 4, 5. 4to. 

 1859-61. 



Tijdschrift voor Indische Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde. 18 Nos. 1857-60. 

 8vo. Pamph. Batavia. 



Verhandelingen Van Het Bataviaasch Genootschaf van Kunsten en Weten- 

 schaffen. Deel 27, 28. 4to. Batavia, 1860. 



Archiv fiir Naturgeschichte. 1862. Acht und Zwanzigster Jahrgang. Er- 

 stes Heft. 



Nachtrage zu Maly's Enumer^tio plantarum phanerogamicarum imperii 

 austriaci universi. Von August Neikich. 8vo. Pamph. Wien, 1861. 



