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• Resolved, — Tliat the Secretary be requested to transmit an autiien- 

 ticated copy of these resolves to the family of the deceased, and to 

 tender to them our sympathy and condolence in their bereavement. 



Additions to the Museum and Library during July, 

 Atigust, and Septe^nber, 1866. 



TO THE NATURAL HISTORY DEPARTMENT. 

 By Donation. 



Babcock. a. li., Sherboni. Skeleton of an Anteater, from Suri- 

 nam. 



Balch, D. M., Salem. King Bird and a young Bittern, from Sa- 

 lem. 



Baetleti', John, Haverhill. Collection of Shells, from the Mer- 

 rimac River, and Ponds about Haverhill. 



Bkown, Capt. Francis, Salem. Chimney Swallow, from Salem . 



CoLCOKD, Mrs. H. M., South Danvers. Two Birds, from South 

 Danvers. 



Collins, Charles H., Salem. Specimens of Pnonotiis and Syn- 

 gnathus, from Salem Harbor. 



Cooke, C, Salem, Intestinal Worms, from Seals and Porpoise. 

 Parasites, from the gills of a Sturgeon. Collection of Beetles, from 

 Manchester. 



Crosby, Mrs. A., Salem. Nest of the Blue Yellow-backed War- 

 bler, from AVest Bridgewater. 



DoGGETT, Mrs. K. M., Chicago, Hi. -W species of named Plants, 

 from the vicinity of Chicago. 



DowBRiDGE, Andrew, Jr., Salem. A large Eel, weighing seven 

 pounds, and measuring four feet in length, from Cowler's Hole, Salem. 



Emerton, J. H., Salem. Lichens, from Hamilton. Collection of 

 Insects, from vicinity of Salem. Collection of Insects, from the White 

 Mountains. 



Felt, S. Q., Salem. Fungus, from Salem. 



Goldsmith, Capt. John, Salem. Nuts, from the West Coast of 

 Africa. 



Hersey, Capi'. Ben.j., Salem. Claws of a very large Lobster, 

 taken in Salem Harbor. 



Hill, B. D., Jr. Fossils, from the Oil Region of Canada East. 



HoTCHKiss, Miss Susan V., New Haven. Ct. Astacus, from Lake 

 Regis, N. Y. 



Hyatt, Alpheus, Salem. Collection of Bryozoa and Hydroids, 

 from Gloucester. Collection of several species of Polyzoa, from We- 

 nuchus Lake, Lynn. 



