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One Lizard, ( Tropidolepis,) one Snake, (Coluber,) two Beetles, 
(Scarabwus,) one Terrapin, ( Emys .)— From Mr. Pierce, Colum¬ 
bian College o 
Totanas macalarius.-— From John T. Given. 
Quiscalus versicolor.— From S. B. Sherwood. 
Two (live) Black Snakes, ( Coluber constrictor.)-—From Wm. Wa¬ 
ters. 
Four specimens of Silver Ore from Mexico.-— -From 
Specimen of Ospergillura vaginiferum, valve of an Ostrea.— From 
Dr. IT. King. 
Indian Arrow-heads from the vicinity of Potomac Creek, Virginia.—- 
From Henry Byrne. 
Coin, antique.— From Wm. Kemble, Esq., New York.' 
Copper Coins.— From A. T. Cavis. 
Specimen of Potomac Marble.— From Martin Johnson . 
Copper Coins.-— From David Myerle , Kentucky. 
Fine Grass or Silk Bark, two Birds’ Eyes, (fine.)—From Joseph K. 
Stapleton , Baltimore. 
One Snake, (Coluber,) one Owl, (Strix,) one Adder, ( Heterodon .)— 
From 
For the Library. 
Sixth Geological Report to the Twenty-Fourth General Assembly of 
Tennessee.— From G. Troost, M. D., •Nashville, Penn. 
First and Second Exhibition of the Massachusetts Charitable Asso¬ 
ciation.— From J. J. Greenwood. 
Two copies of Professor Hitchcock’s Address before the Association 
of American Geologists.— From Dr. H . King. 
Insurance Abstract for 1841, (two copies;) Bank Abstract for 1841 ; 
Ninth Annual Report of the Trustees of the State Lunatic Hos¬ 
pital ; Fourth Annual Report of the Board of Education ; Report 
on Fishes, Reptiles, and Birds of Massachusetts; Report on the 
Herbaceous Plants and theQuadrupedsofMassachusetts; Report on 
the invertebrated Animals of Massachusetts ; Report on the Insects 
of Massachusetts injurious to Vegetation; Report on the Agricul¬ 
ture of Massachusetts.-- -From the Commonwealth of Massachu¬ 
setts. 
Nouveaux Memoires de l’Academie Royale des Sciences et Belles 
Lettres de Bruxelles, tome xiv, 1841, quarto.—Memoires Cou- 
ronnes par l’Academie Royale de Bruxelles, tome xv, Ire parte, 
1840,1841, quarto.—Bulletins de l’Academie Royal des Sciences, 
from January to August, 1841.— From the Royal Academy. 
Treatise on the Breeding of Animals, &c., by James Glenn; Utica, 
1842.— From the Author. 
Two manuscript Catalogues of Count Castelnau’s Insects.— From 
Joseph Delafield. 
