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Cheever Mine, eight spec. ; from Crown Point Quartz and 

 Feldspar shaft, seven spec. ; from Cook shaft, eleven spec. ; 

 from Hammond Mine, two spec. From Prof. James Hall. 



A slab (10 x 30 inches) of a two-inch layer of gray sandstone 

 with numerous Chemung fossils, taken from the midst of 

 the red shales and sandstones of the Catskill Group, 150 

 feet above the Chemung fossiliferous beds. From Seeley 

 Creek, 4 miles from Mansfield, Tioga Co., Pa. From col- 

 lections for the State Museum by A. Sherwood. 



A block of Sandstone of the Chemung group, containing 

 numerous Spirifera Verneuilii. From Hull's Mill, Angel- 

 ica, N. Y. From collections for State Museum. 



IV. ARCH^OLOGICAL. 



Piece from the picket enclosure of Schenectady, built in the 

 year 1662, and burned in 1690. Remains of the line were 

 found in 1871 at a depth of five feet below the surface of 

 the ground. From Daniel Vedder, Schenectady, N. Y. 



A piece of white-swamp oak {Quereus prinus var. Mcolor 

 Willd.) used in the construction of a dock near the foot of 

 Maiden Lane, Albany, in a good state of preservation, 

 after a burial of ninety-six years at a depth of twelve 

 feet. From Henry Fullerton, Albany. 



Powder-horn, made by a wagon driver in Gen. Taylor's army 

 during the Mexican war. From Capt. John J. Rider, 

 Northampton, Mass. 



Two shoe buckles, two knee buckles, two old hay-forks, a 

 distaff of 1790, amputating knife and forceps, (?) of 

 ancient pattern ; Map of the city of New York, show- 

 ing comparative plans in 1729 and 1817. From Moses 

 Eames, Watertown, N; Y. 



V. TO THE LIBRARY. 



Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections : 8vo. 



Review of American Birds in the Museum of the Smithson- 

 ian Institution. By S. F. Baird, Washington : 1864. 

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