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Two Salamanders, ( Salmandria sahnonia.)—From 
Stone Axe, and two curiously wrought Stones.— From Thomas Tan - 
Tier , Washington. 
Skeleton of a Gazelle.— From J. J. Drake, New York. 
Curiously wrought Wreath of Wood.— From Joseph Weber. 
Twelve fossil Shells—six Ostrea, six Turritella ; fragment of fossil 
Wood.— From Henry Byrne. 
Collection of recent Shells from the Potomac.-— From Col. P. Force . 
Collection of recent Shells from the Potomac.— From J. P. Coil- 
thouy and H. King , M. D. 
Two Eggs of the Bemen Goose.— From M. C. Jones , St. Mary’s 
County , Maryland. 
Shells and Minerals, from Illinois.— From D. A . Bulkeley, Jackson¬ 
ville, Illinois. 
Several specimens of the Anadonta of the Potomac.-— From a Negro . 
Box of Shells.— From S. Taylor, Wisconsin Territory. 
Marble, from Rutland, Vermont; Marble, from Middlebury, Ver¬ 
mont.— From M. Smith , Rutland, Vermont. 
Fossil Wood and Sulphuret of Iron, from deep cut of Baltimore and 
Ohio Railroad.— From Joseph Willet. 
Astacus Bartonii, Coluber septemvitatus, Coluber sipedon.— From 
William Belt. 
Colaptes auratus, (Flicker.)— From. J. H. Fowler. 
Turdus rufus, (brown Thrush.) —From S. B. Sherwood. 
Picus pubescens, (downy Woodpecker.)-— From T. Tonge . 
Numenius longirostris, Rallus virgnianus.— From W. Walker . 
Podiceps oarolinensis.— From L. Hayes. 
Four specimens Fungia, Tahiti; four specimens Achatina perdix, 
Cape Palmas.— From J. P. Couthouy . 
For the Library . 
The Atmospheric Railway. A letter to the Hon. the Earl of Ripon, 
President of the Board of Trade, &c., by James Pirn, M. R. L 
A., &c., (with plates;) London, 1841.— From Charles Vignolles , 
Civil Engineer, &fc., fyc. 
Directions for Collecting and Preserving Objects of Natural History, 
issued by the Maryland Academy of Science and Literature ; by 
Wrn. Edward Coale, M. B., J. H. Quimby, and Henry K. Ha- 
zlehurst.— From W. E. Coale, M. D. 
Sixth Annual Report of the Geological Survey of Pennsylvania, by 
H. D. Rogers, 1842.— From Townsend Ward. 
The Silk Culturist’s Manual, &c., by John d’Homerque ; Philadel¬ 
phia, 1839; 12mo.— From P. S. Duponceau. 
The Propulsion of Vessels of War, and those for Ocean, Lake, and 
Canal Navigation, by Steam or any other appropriate moving 
power, by E, F. Aldrich, New York.—From the Author and In¬ 
ventor. 
