limits of tlie State, is very good, comprising nearly all the va 

 rious species. In the collection of Turtles are representatives 

 •of nearly, if not quite all, the known groups, — embracing more 

 than thirty species. The following additions have been made 

 during the year : 



Reptiles. — F. W. Putnam, Rana pipiens, R. fcrti'moUs, 

 R. sylvaiica, R. palustris, Bvfo americanus. N. C. Eobbins, 

 young living Alligator ; Cistuda Carolina, adult and young; 

 Emys mohilensis young, from Apalachicola, Florida. J. C 

 Osgood, Hyla versicolor^ North Danvers. 



Mollusca — W. S. Rowson, shells from Skuylkill river. 

 N. C. Robbins, shells, &c., from Florida. S. L. Weeks, of 

 Danversport, very large specimens of Yeims mercenaria. Sim- 

 eon Shurtleff, of Westfield, shells from Bombay E. I. D. F. 

 Weinland, of Cambridge, 26 species of European mollusks. 



Comparative Anatomy. In this department many valuable 

 additions have been made. Skeletons of Vesperiilio, Talpa 

 .Eia^opea, Sciurus sp : Lepns sp : procured in Paris ; also a 

 skull of the European Hedge Hog, (^Erinaceus Europeus.) 

 The Chamois (^Antilope rupicaprd)\ a human skull, portion of 

 the bones of the jaws removed, so as to exhibit and illustrate 

 dentition, both sets of teeth visible, the milk and the perman- 

 ent. From W. R. Waters, antlers of the American Slag. 

 Jesse Potter, skull of Albatros, {Diomedea exidans). Wm. 

 Saunders, foetal skull of the common Horse, {Eqints caballus); 

 skull of the Equus asinus. Perhaps in no previous year has 

 so many truly valuable additions been made. 



Mineraology and Geology. Ezekiel Goss, specimens of 

 gold quartz, from Grass Valley, California. C. L. Peirson, 

 minerals. John H. Kemp, of Brooklyn, N. Y., lignite and 

 fossil fruit, from Brandon, Vt.; fossil coal, from Schoharie Co., 

 N. Y. ; Arctic coal, from Hare Island, coast of Greenland — the 

 structure examined by the microscope indicated it to be from 

 pine wood. G. F. Read, minerals, from Lake Champlain. A. 

 T. Savory, of New-York, serpentine and other minerals, from 

 New Jersey. Geo. F. Chever, sodalite, Salem Neck ; — the 

 discovery of this mineral in our vicinity is extremely interest- 

 ing — an account of which, under the name of cancrinite. may 



