PROCEEDINGS, 
122 
[Dec. 
Two hundred plants of the District of Columbia, collected and pre¬ 
served by H. C. Williams.— From H. C. Williams. 
Hercules Beetle, ( Scarabceus her cults ,) from the Island of Antigua, 
West Indies.— From Francis Markoe , Jr. 
Frog, ( Rana ,) from Island of Antigua, West Indies.— From Fran¬ 
cis Markoe , Jr. 
Exogyra Costata, Arnevstown, New-Jersey.— From T. A. Conrad. 
Sulphuret of Iron, and Lignite, Rariton Bay.— From Lieut. George 
M. Bache , U. S. N. 
Specimens of Embroidery of Glass on Silk, in imitation of gold and 
silver embroidery ; a new fabric, manufactured in Paris.— From 
Capt. George W. Hughes, U. S. Top. Engs. 
Skull of John Hicks, a noted Seminole Chief.— From Dr. James 
C. Hall 
Hydrocephalic Skull, (auricular bones preserved.)— From Dr. James 
C. Hall. 
Blue Wheat, ( Triticum ,) (in ears,) from Andalusia, Spain.— From 
A. Vail , Charge d’Affaires U. S. Madrid. 
Four Medals. No. 1. Struck by the Royal Society of Sciences, 
Letters and Arts of Antwerp, on the occasion of the bis-secular 
fetes in honor of Rubens. No. 2. Of the National Exhibition 
of Fine Arts, in 1839, intended as a national reward. No. 3. 
Commemorative of the opening of the First Section of the Belgian 
Rail Roads in 1834. No. 4. Struck in honor of the Regent of 
Belgium.— From Mons. Charles Serruys , Belgian Minister , in 
the name of the Belgian Government. 
Bird of Paradise, ( Paradisea apoda.')—From Miss Virginia For - 
syth. 
Siamese Book, (a novel.)-— From Miss Virginia Forsyth. 
Crystals from the Slate Rocks of Connecticut Valley, at Charles¬ 
town, New-Hampshire.— From S. Webber, M. D. 
Magnetic Oxides of Iron, chiefly from Essex, Franklin, and Clinton 
Counties, New-York.— From B. S. Roberts, Civil Engineer. 
Large native War Canoe, Sandwich Islands; given to Com. Chaun- 
cey, by Capt. Bolton, U. S. N.— From the family of the late 
Com. Chauncey. 
