1056 Asiatic Society. [No. 106. 



Journal of the Academy of Natural Science of Philadelphia, vol. 8th pt. 1st 8vo. J 



Calcutta Monthly Journal, &c. 3rd series, No. 73, , , . , , 1 



Madras Quarterly Medical Journal, vol. 3d. No. 19, 1 



Murray on the Topography of Meerut, Calcutta, 1839, 1 



Communication, Faitea la Societe Philosophique Americaine. Philadelphia, 



1840, 1 



Dewan Waheed MSS. (in Persian) 8vo. Presented by Rajah Soorag Narain 



Roye, 8 



The following report was submitted by the Officiating Curator for the month of 

 January last : — 



H. W. ToRRENS, Esq., 

 Sir, Secretary/, Asiatic Society. 



I have the honor to submit my report for the month of January. 



** Paleontological, Geological, and Mineralogical Departments. — I have proceeded 

 at every spare moment, in arranging the collections most in need of it, but I have been 

 so often interrupted in this, by the necessity of searching out names, localities, &c. 

 that I have commenced a tabular index to the Society's Journal, of matters relating 

 to these departments, which will not only save much time to the Curator of the Muse- 

 um, but be of great use to visitors and students; as if printed at the end of our 

 Catalogues, it will form both a summary and a table of references. This is particularly 

 needed by strangers, who do not know what we have been doing of late years, and what 

 we possess; or who do not know where to look for papers referring to the subjects 

 or localities, on which they may desire information. Four volumes of the eight 

 published ones of the Journal, are thus indexed, and page 1 of the index is sent here- 

 with, for inspection. 



The duplicates of Captain Hutton's Himalaya specimens, are packed for trans- 

 mission to the Honorable the Court of Directors. I have carefully compared and 

 assorted the two series, so as to insure their perfect correspondence. 



" Osteological and Mammalogical Departments. — Nothing new to report. 



^^ Ornithological Departments. — The duplicates in this department are all packed 

 for transmission to the Court of Directors ; being 270 specimens. 



*' Fishes, Reptilia, ^c. — Our duplicate snakes also (66 specimens) are packed for 

 transmission to the Court of Directors. 



" The additions to the Museum this month have been as follows : — 



^3 specimens, Procellaria capensis, Stormy Petrel, or Mother Ca* 

 D T R Roth j ^^'^ Chicken. — Stuffed and mounted. 



yi specimen, Diomedia Chlororhynchos, or Yellow-billed Albatross. 

 C — Stuffed and mounted. 



"Curator. — 1 Specimen, Falco ater, Common Kite. — Stuffed and mounted. 

 •• Purchased. — 1 Viverra Genetta, the Genet. — Stuffed and mounted. 



As. Soc, Museum, > I have, &c. &c. 



d]st Jan. iMi. S H. PiDDINGTON, 



Actg. Curator, As. Soc. Museum. 



The duplicate specimens alluded to, as also the duplicates of Captain Hutton's 

 Spiti Valley Geological Collections, have been forwarded through the General Depart- 

 ment of the Gevemment of Bengal, for transmission to the Honorable the Court of 



