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No. 1. Vultur indicus, Pondicherry. 
2. Falco punctatus, Madacascar. 
3. “ clagrus, Bengal. 
4. Strix, Senegal. 
5. Strix capensis, Cape of G. Hope. 
6. Lanius collaris, “ 
7. “ barbarus, Senegal. 
8. “ Africa. 
9. “ auritus, Bengal. 
10. Ocyterus cinereus, Bengal. 
11. “ bicolor, Madagascar . 
12. Turdus inindinensis, Bengal. 
13. Muscicapa f[&he\\\feva.,N .Guinea. 
14. “ barbonica, Bengal. 
15. “ aurantia, Bengal. 
16. Edolius macrocerus, Bengal. 
17. Lamprotornis mctallicus, Bengal. 
18. Turdus aeneus, Senegal. 
19. “ auratus, Senegal. 
20. “ cafer, Bengal. 
21. “ macrourus, Bengal. 
22. “ solitarius, Bengal. 
23. Gracula tristis, Bengal. 
24. “ pogodaruin, Bengal. 
25. “ malabarica, Bengal. 
26. Pastor roseus, Malabar. 
27. Sturnus, Madagascar. 
28. Turdus cinclus, Persia. 
29. “ cochinchinensis, Java. 
30. Melliphaga Dumerilii, N.Zealand. 
31. “ auricomis, Tonga-labu, 
32. “ raaculata, N. Holland. 
33. Gracula religiosa, Bengal. 
34. Oriolus chinensis, Bengal. 
35. “ melanocephalusjOaZcMi/a. 
36. Iora scapularis, Java. 
37. Motacilla pectoralis, Cape of 
" Good Hope. 
38. Anthus, Bengal. 
39. Eurylaimus nasutus, Sumatra. 
40. Vidua, Abyssinia. 
41. Fringilla, Bengal. 
42. Loxia capensis, C.of G. Hope. 
43. “ ignicolor, Senegal. 
44. Buphaga erythrocephala, Abys¬ 
sinia . 
45. Sturnus unicolor, Europe. 
46. Coracias abyssinica, Bengal. 
47. “ bengalensis, Bengal* 
48. Pica rufiventris, Bengal. 
49. Coracias orientalis, Java. 
50. Nectarinia inornata, Java* 
51. Upupa epops, Africa. 
52. Promerops capensis, Africa . 
53. Merops viridis, Bengal. 
54. “ segyptius, Manilla. 
55. “ minutus, Senegal. 
56. Alcedo rudis, Abyssinia. 
57. “ sm'yrnensis, Bengal. 
58. “ azureus, Senegal. 
59. “ cristatus, Madagascar. 
60. l)acelo atricapilla, Calcutta. 
61. “ chlorocephala, Calcutta. 
62. Buceros malabaricus, Bengal. 
63. Cuculus orientalis, Bengal. 
64. “ auratus, Senegal. 
65. “ “ Bengal. 
66. Centropus nigrorufus, Senegal* 
67. Bucco violotti, Senegal. 
68. “ philippensis, Calcutta • 
69. Psittacus, New Guinea. 
70. Numida, Africa. 
71. Pterocles setarius, Africa. 
72. Hemipodius pugnax, Bengal . 
73. Columba aenea, Bengal. 
74. “ javanica, Java . 
75. “ australis, Madagascar . 
76. Charadrius spinosus, Africa. 
77. Cursorius isabellinus, Africa. 
78. Charadrius melanocephalus, 
Senegal. 
79. Ciconia pondiceriana, Bengal. 
80. Ibis religiosa, Senegal. 
81. Gallinula chloropus,iHa dagascar, 
82. Porphyrio, Bengal. 
83. Fulica cristata , Africa. 
84. Sterna fuliginosa, Bengal . 
85. Diomedea chlororhynchos, In¬ 
dian Sea. 
86. Carbo africanus, Senegal. 
87. Anas carunculata, Bengal. 
Catalogue of Bird Skins, from le Jardin des Plantes, Paris, an 
No. 
Head-dress worn by Atahualpa, the last of the Incas, brought from 
the Temple of the Sun, and presented to the National Institute by 
Seth Sweetser, U. S. Consul at Guayaquil, (composed of the 
femurs and teeth of monkeys, &c.) 
Dr. Sewall exhibited and explained two transparent drawings, 
illustrating the circulation of the blood, the process of digestion, 
&c. 
On motion of Dr. John M. Thomas, it was 
Resolved , That an additional department, to be called the Depart¬ 
ment of Medicine, be organized. 
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