INDEX. 
Owen, Dr. D. D., don. to mus., xxvil., 
xliv.; don. to lib., liv.; remarks on 
human foot prints in limestone, 106 ; 
notice of a new mineral from Cali- 
fornia, 108; remarks on Fusilina lime- 
stone and Tutenmergel, 118; remarks 
on his geological map of Wisconsin, 
fowa and Minnesota, 189 ; communi- 
cation in relation to his description 
of a supposed new Earth, 379. 
Ord, George, don. to lib., ix., xix., 
SO-UIG, Odile, pee, Ibo 
Page, Geo. W., don. to mus., lxiv. 
Paine, Dr. Martyn, don. to lib., xl. 
Pearsall, Robert, don. to mus., vil. 
Peirce, Jacob, reference to a Hybrid 
between the Peacock and Guinea 
Fowl, 50. 
Penna. Farm Journal, don. of, by Edi- 
OMS miplil’ar) UXeela aXe oh CLV 6 
Perley, M. H., don. to lib., xxxili. 
Peterson, R. E., don. to mus., xxviii. 
Phillips, John, don. to mus., viil., ]xxv. 
Piddington, Henry, don. to lib., lix. 
Powel, Samuel, don. to mus., Vil, 
XXXvi., Ixxiv. 
Prescott, Wm. H., don. to lib., xiv. 
Proceedings, Committee on, Report by, 
219-6 
Publication Committee, Reports by, 28, 
238 ; announcement by, of publication 
of Part 2, Vol. 2, new series of 
Journal, 29 ; do. of Part 3, 225; don. 
to lib., vi. 
Quetelet, M. A., don. to lib., xv. 
Rand, Dr. B. H., don. to mus., xxXvil., 
Ixiv., Ixviii.; don. to lib., lv., Ixvii. 
Ravenel, H. W., don. to mus., IxvViil. ; 
don. to lib., lxvi. 
Read, Dr. M. C., Catalogue of the Birds 
of Northern Ohio, 395. 
Recording Secretary, Report of for 1851, 
28; do. for 1852, 214; do. for 1853, 
453. 
Regents of the University of State of 
New York; don. to lib., Ixi., lxix., 
Ixx. 
Reports of Committees : on Dr. Leidy’s 
paper on the Hippopotamus, 70; on 
Mr. Lea’s description of a fossil Sau- 
rian from the new Red Sandstone of 
Xl. 
Penna., and on some new fossil Mol- 
luses, &c., 105; on Dr. Le Conte’s 
Synopsis of genus Pterostichus, 116 ; 
on Dr. Owen’s description of a new 
Mineral anda new Earth, 3; on Dr. 
Heermann’s notices of California 
Birds, 197; ona paper by the Rev. 
Drs. Berkeley and Curtis, on the 
Exotie Fungi from the Schweinitzian 
Herbarium, 302; on Mr. Conrad’s 
description of a new species of Unio, 
316; on Mr. Girard’s *‘ Researches on 
Nemerteans and Planarians, 435; on 
Dr. Leidy’s description of Bathyg- 
nathus borealis, 448; on Mr. Conrad’s 
Monograph of Argonauta, &c., 448. 
Report of Committee appointed to con- 
fer with Dr. Kane on the subject of 
his proposed American Arctic Expe- 
dition, 196. 
Report of Committee appointed to col- 
lect subseriptions for enlarging the 
Hall, 238. 
Report of Committee appointed to pro- 
cure funds for the purchase of the 
Anatomieal Collection of the late Dr. 
S. G. Morton, 321. 
Resolutions; to present a copy of the 
Proceedings to Dr. H. A. Ford, of 
Liberia, 55; to appoint a committee 
to communicate with Com. Perry in 
relation to making collections in In- 
dia by the U. 8. Expedition, 55; of 
thanks to Major Le Conte for his Her- 
barium of N. A. Plants, 58; sins 
the State Medical Society to visit th 
Museum, 105; giving to Be vets 
_of $100, and upwards, to the fund for 
enlarging the Hall, the right during 
life to visit the collections and give 
orders of admission to Museum, 28; 
directing the income from the Stott 
legacy to be applied to the Journal 
fund, 30: in reference to Dr. Rusch- 
enberger’ s ‘‘Notice of the Academy,”” 
33 5 appointing a Committee to confer 
with Dr. Kane in relation to his pro- 
posed Arctic Expedition, 196; urging 
upon Congress an appropriation for 
the geological survey of Oregon and 
the Mauvaises Terres of Nebraska, 
239; directing a special meeting of 
the ‘Academy to consider the expedi- 
ency of erecting a new Hall, 321; in 
relation to latter, SZ Shao ‘iherniee to 
Chas. Henry Fisherand Thos. Biddle, 
325; of thanks to W.S. Vaux, Dr. 
C.D. Meigs and John Cooke, 324; 
in reference to the decease of J. Price 
Wetherill, 376 ; granting the privilege 
