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Three Boxes containing Fossils, (bones of Megatherium, &c.)— 
From Dr. Screven , of Savannah , Georgia. 
Eight specimens of Iron Ore from Clinton County, New York.— 
From C. D. Barton. 
Black Bottle taken from the bottom of the River at Annapolis. Hum¬ 
ming Bird’s Nest and Egg.— FromD. Ridgely, for W. S. Green. 
Thirty Indian Arrow-heads, one Stone Axe, Stone Tomahawk, and 
Spear-head, found on the Eastern Branch of the Potomac .—From 
Addison L. Davis. 
Fish’s Palate .—From Col. J. Kearney. 
Two Deers’ Heads and Horns, interlocked, from Florida .—From 
Lieut. A. S. Lee , V. S. Army. 
Copper Coins .—From James D. Cox. 
Box of Fossil Shells, Eocene and Miocene, of Virginia.— Present¬ 
ed to the Institute for Exchanges, by Edmund Ruffin, Petersburg , 
Virginia. 
Miocene . 
1^ Ostrea virginiana, Coggin’s Point , Marl Beds and Lower Virginia generally. 
2^ “ disparilis, Gloucester County, Virginia. 
4 Cardita'granulata, Coggin’s Point , and generally. 
6 (2 kinds) Astarte undulata, Coggin’s Point , and generally. 
9 Several species crepidula, Coggin’s Point and Yorktown . 
5 Carditamera arata, Coggin’s Point. 
1^ Pectunculus pulvinatus, Dinwiddie, Williamsburg. 
2 “ suboratus, Prince George. 
1^ Venus Rileyii (?) Coggin’s Point, 
n “ tridachnoides, Coggin’s Point. 
5 odd v. Area, Hanover , Surrey. 
2^ Area incile, Dinwiddie. 
2§ “ centenaria, Coggin’s Point. 
£ broken, area ? (large and rare,) Ware River , in Gloucester. 
^ ^ Cytherea Sayana, Yorktown. 
1^ Lucina anadonta, Prince George. In same box, sundry small and delicate 
shells, from Yorktown. 
Lucina crepsarta, Prince George. 
Lucina divaricata, Prince George. 
^ Plicatula marginata, Coggin’s Point. 
£ ^ Petricola centenaria, King William. 
1 Astrea, Coggin’s Point. 
2 Dentalium, Coggin’s Point. 
1J Panopaea, Dinwiddie. 
Pecten Clintonius, Coggin’s Point. 
^ “ septemnarius, Coggin’s Point. 
£ % 61 decemnarius, Coggin’s Point. 
1 16 Jeffersonius, Coggin’s Point . 
^ “ virginianus, Coggin’s Point. 
^ “ eboreus, Coggin’s Point. 
2 J Chama corticosa, Dinwiddie, York, Coggin’s Point. 
4 “ congregata, Dinwiddie, York, Coggin’s Point. 
3 Oliva, Coggin’s Point. 
1 Serpula, Coggin’s Point. 
1 Spatangus, (very rare,) Prince George. 
6 (3 kinds) Fissurella, Coggin’s Point, Dinwiddie. 
Artemis acetabulum, Coggin’s Point, Dinwiddie. 
8 (2 kinds) Turritella, Coggin’s Point , Dinwiddie. 
1 Fasciolaria mutabilis, Dinwiddie . 
1^ Venus, (?) Hanover. 
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