PROCEEDINGS OF 
[Jan. 
Cygnus americanus, (Swan,) Potomac river.— From Edward L . 
Force. 
Alauda cornuta, Washington.-^jFram John K. Townsend . 
Musophaga, Africa.— From John K. Townsend. 
Columba, Australia.— From John K. Townsend.. 
Lamprotornis, India.— From John K. Townsend. 
Nectarinia, India.— From John K. Toivnscnd. 
Falco hyemalis, (winter Falcon,) Washington.— From W. Wallace , 
M. D. 
Merganser castor, (Goosanders,) two specimens, Potomac river.—• 
From II. J. Pollard. 
Larus eburneus, Potomac river.— From Martin Johnson. 
Regulus cristatus, Washington.— From Martin Johnson. 
Pteromys volucella, Washington, (flying squirrel, albino.)— From 
C. W. Long don. 
Sorex, (undescribed) (shrew Mouse,) Columbia river.— From J. K. 
Townsend. 
Lizard, six ground Rattle Snakes, two Ring Snakes, six Centipedes, 
Horned Frog, four Tarantulas, Copper Head Snake, Scorpion; 
from Louisiana.— From JV. S. JarvisSurgeon of United States 
Army , Fort Jesup. 
For the Library, 
Liceo, Premios florales de 1841 .-r-From the Liceo Artist.ico y Lite- 
rario de Madrid. 
Berliner Gewerbe Industrie und Handelsblatt, Nos. 10, 11, 12, 
and 13 ; Berlin, 1841.— From II. Wheaton , American Minister , 
Berlin. 
Notice of a model of the western portion of the Schuylkill, or south¬ 
ern coal field of Pennsylvania, in illustration of an Address to the 
Association of A merican Geologists, on the most appropriate modes 
of representing Geological Phenomena, by R. C. Taylor, of Phila¬ 
delphia.—— From the Author. 
A Plea for a National Museum and Botanic Garden, to be founded 
on the Smithsonian Institution at the City of Washington. Read 
before the Chester County Cabinet of Natural Science, Decern- 
