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from Carlisle ; Heterodon platyrhinos, from Virginia; H. simus, from Abbeville, 
S. C.; Scottophis guttatus, from Mississippi; Ophibolus Sayi, from Prairie mer 
Rouge; Bascanion constrictor, from Carlisle, Pa.; Leptophis aestivus, from Mis- 
sissippi; L. majalis, from Eagle Pass; Chlorosoma vernalis, from Westport, N. 
Y.; Diadophis punctatus, from Carlisle, Pa.; Haldea striatula, from Richmond, 
Va.; Farancia abacurus, from Prairie Mer Rouge; Abastor erythrogrammus, 
from Savannah, Ga.; Virginia valerie, from Anderson, 8. C.; Celuta amena, 
from Carlisle ; Storeria DeKayi, Pittsburg, Pa.; S. occipito-maculata, from An- 
derson, 8. C. 
Specimens of Crawfishes.—Cambarus Bartonii, from Coxackie, N. Y.; C. mon- 
tanus, from James river, Va.; C. robustus, from Humber River, Toronto; C. 
diogenes, from District of Columbia ; C.Pealei, from Potomac; C.propinguus, from 
Garrison Creek, Sackett’s Harbor; C. Blandingii, from Charleston, S.C.; C. 
acutissimus, from Kemper Co., Miss. 
December 13th. 
Specimen of Pholas dactylus, Lam., in bored Gneiss ; from the Coast of France. 
From Mr. Isaac Lea. bs 
Egg of the common fowl, of singular irregular form. From Mr. Phillips. 
Mounted specimen of Accipiter Cooperi. From Mr. John Krider. 
Specimen of Atelas hybridus, Geoff. From the same. 
December 20th. 
Cast of the Egg of Epiornis, of the Island of Madagascar. Presented by Dr. 
J.C. Warren, of Boston. 
cee of Carcharias megalodon, from the marl of New Jersey. From Dr. G. 
atson. 
Mounted specimen of Vulpes fulvus, from the Eastern shore of Maryland. 
From Messrs. J. Le Conte, B. H. Rand, S. Ashmead and Zantzinger. 
Singular mass of Oak Wood, found in a stream of water ; the ligneous fibres of 
which have been washed out, leaving the medullary rays almost entire. From 
Rev. W. G. Agnew. 
Two fragments of fossil mammals represented as coming from China, (Him- 
alayas?) From Dr. Isaac Hays. 
Buteo vulgaris. In exchange from the Wisconsin Natural History Society. 
DONATIONS TO LIBRARY 
In November anp DecemBer, 1853. 
November 1st. 
Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburg, Session 1851-2. Vol. 3, No. 
42. From the Society. 
Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London. No. 35. From the 
Society. 
Tacnwal of the Indian Archipelago and Eastern Asia. Vol. 7, No.1. From 
the Editor. 
Lord Wrottesley’s speech in the House of Lords, 26th April, 1853, on Lieut. 
Maury’s plan for improving Navigation. From the author. 
Ueber die Luchsarten des Nordens und ihre geographische Verbreitung. Von 
Leopold Schrenk. From Prof. Ed. Grube, of Dorpat. | 
Zur Jubelfeier. der K. Universitit Dorpat am 12ten und 13ten, Dec., 1852. 
From the same. 
Beschreibung der auf A. Th. v. Middendorff’s Sibirischer Reise gesammelten 
Parasiten. Von Dr. E. Grube. From the author. 
_ Synopseos Crustaceorum Prussicorum Prodromus. Auctore E. G. Zaddach 
From Dr. E. G. Grube. 
- Uebersicht des obern Silurischen Schichten-Systems Liv. und Ehstlands, vor- 
namlich ihrer Inselgruppe. ler Theil. Von Alex. Gustav. Schrenk. From 
the same. 
