List of Donations. 



1840. BOOKS. DONORS. 



Aug. 1 4. Description of Fossil Plants found in the Freshwater limestone of 



Mombach, by M. Hoeninghaus. The Author. 



Madras Journal of Literature and Science, published under the auspices' 

 of the Madras Literary Society and Auxiliary Royal Asiatic Society, 



no. 25, September — December 1839. 8vo. Madras, 1839. Madras Literary Society. 



The American Journal of Science and Arts, conducted by Benjamin 

 Silliman, M.D., LL.D., vol. 39, no. 1, July 1840. 8vo. New Haven, 

 1840. The Conductor. 



Aug. 19. The First, Second, Third and Fourth Annual Reports on the 



Geological Survey of the State of Pennsylvania, by H. D. Rogers, The American Philoso- 

 State Geologist. 8vo. Harrisburg, 1836-40. phical Society. 



Aug. 25. Paleontologie Fran9aise. Description Zoologique et Geologique 

 de tous les Animaux MoUusques et Rayonnes Fossiles de France, par 

 Alcide d'Orbigny, 1« to 6^ livraisons. 8vo. Paris, 1840. The Author. 



Histoire Naturelle Generale et Particuliere des Crinoides Vivans et Fos- 

 siles, par Alcide d'Orbigny. 4to. Paris, 1840. The Author. 



Aug. 28. Report of the Ninth Meeting of the British Association for the 

 Advancement of Science, held at Birmingham in August 1839. 8vo. 

 London, 1840. The British Association. 



Aug. 29. Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London, vol. 10, The Royal Geographical 

 part 2. 8vo. London, 1840. Society. 



jSept. 4. The Earthquake of Juan Fernandez, as it occurred in the year 



1835, by T. Sutcliffe. 8vo. The Author. 



Sept. 10. Liste des Membres de la Societe Geologique de France, au ler The Geological Society 



Juillet 1840. 8vo. Paris. of France. 



Bulletin de la Societe Geologique de France, tom. 11, feuilles 18-22. 



8vo. Paris, 1840. 



Volume of Memoirs on Fossils and Minerals. Svo. 1760. W. Harris, Esq., F.G.S. 



Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, vol. 18, part 3. 4to. 



London, 1840. The Linnean Society. 



Proceedings of the Linnean Society, May 1839 — March 1840. 8vo. 



List of the Linnean Society for 1 840. 4to. 



Saggio di Zoologia Fossile delle Provincie Austro-Venete di T. A. Ca- R. W. Mackay, Esq., 



tullo. Folio. Padova, 1827. F.G.S. 



Orittologia Euganea del Nobile Niccolo da Rio di Padova. Folio. Padova, 



1836. 



tSept. 1 1 . The Book of the Great Sea Dragons, Ichthyosauri and Plesio- 



sauri, by Thomas Hawkins, Esq., F.G.S., &c. Folio. London, 1840. The Author. 



Oct. 5. An Account of, and Guide to the Mighty Land-Slip of Dowlands 

 and Bindon, December 25th, 1839, by George Roberts, M.R.S.L., 

 fifth edition. 8vo. Lyme, 1840. The Author. 



Contributions towards a History of Swansea, by Lewis W. Dillwyn, F.R.S., 



&c. Svo. Swansea, 1840. The Author. 



Oct. 1 0. Boston Journal of Natural History, containing papers and commu- 

 nications read to the Boston Society of Natural History, vol. 1, nos. The Boston Society of 

 1, 2, 3 and 4 ; vol. 2, nos. 1, 2, 3 and 4 ; and vol. 3, nos. 1 and 2. Svo. Natural History. 



Oct. 12. On the Relation between the Holy Scriptures and some parts of 



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