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No. Falco anatum Duck Hawk 6 Falco columbarius Pigeon " 7 Falco sparverius Sparrow " 13 Asttir atricapillus Gos " 14 Accipiter fuscus Sharp-shinned Hawk, male 17 Buteo insignatus Brown " 21 " borealis Red-tailed " 23 " lineatus Red-shouldered " 25 '< elegans Red-bellied " 27 " pennsylvanicus Broad-winged Hawk 28 Archibuteo lagopus Rough-legged " 30 " Sancti-Johannis.Black " 31 Circus hudsonius Marsh Harrier 38 Aquila canadensis Golden Eagle 39 Haliaetus leucocephalus Bald " young 43 Pandion carolinensis Fish Hawk 44 Bubo virginianus Great Horned Owl, young 48 Otus wilsonianus Long-eared Brachyotus cassinii Short " Byrnium cinereum Great Gray " nebulosum Barred Nyctale richardsoni Sparrow, male Nyctea nivea Snowy Surnia ulula Hawk female 61 ; 52 male 53 54 55 61 male and female 62 '-v: '■$-^^. v-'^ II. Coccygus erythropthalmus.. PicUS Till03U8 " pubescens Picoides arcticus " hirsutua Sphyrapicus varius Hylatomus pileatus Melanei'pes erythrocephalus Colaptes nuratus 2 8CAN80RE8. (Climbkrs.) No Black-billed Cuckoo, male 70 Hairy Wood Pecker, male 7-1 Downy " male 76 Black-backed, 3 toed, Wood Pecker 82 Banded three-toed " 83 Vellow-bellied Wood Pecker, male and female 86 Log Cock, male 9C .Red-headed Wood Pecker 94 High Holder, Golden Winged " 97 III.-IN8ES80RE8. (Pkrchers.) Choetura pelas^ia Chimney Swallow 109 Chordeiles popetue Night Hawk 114 Ceryle alcyon King Fisher 117 Tyrannus carolinensia King Bird, male and female 124 Empidonax acadicns [Small Green-crested Fly Catcher 143 Turdus mustelinus Wood Thrush! 148 pallasi Hermit " fuscescens Wilson's " male. 149 151 migratorius. .Robin, male 155 >Siilia sialis Blue Bird 158 j;egulus calendula Ruby-crowned Wren, male 161 " satrapa Golden-crested " 162 Anthus ludovicianus Tit Lark 165 Geothlypis trichas Maryland Yellow-throat, male 170 Seiurus noveboracensis Water Thrush 187 Dendroica canadensis Blk-throated Blue Warbler, male 193 " castanea Ba^-breas,ted " " 197 " striata Black-poll '■ " 202 " aestiva Yellow " 203 " maculosa Black and Yellow " 204 Myiodioctes canadensis Canada, male 214 Setophaga ruticilla Redstart 217 220 226 231 232 233 236 240 Pyranga rubra Scarlet Tanager Hirundo lunifrons Cliff Swallow Frogne purpurea Purple Martin, female Ampelis garrulus Wax Wing " cedrorum Cedar Bird, male , CoUyrio borealis Great Northern Shrike, male. Vireo olivacf.us Red-eyed Vireo Cyai] Peris Tetr^ (I Cupij Bona Lagd Ortyl ■iiiiw* **«" tnd No 70 , 74 . 76 , 82 . 83 86 9C 94 97 109 114 117 124 143 148 149 151 155 158 161 162 165 170 187 193 , 197 . 202 . 203 . 204 . 214 .. 217 . 220 ,. 226 .. 231 .. 232 ,. 233 .. 236 .. 240 1 3 IN8E880RE8.— Continued. Mimus carolinensis Cat Bird, male Harporhynchus rufus Brown Thrush Certhia americana American Creeper Sitta canadensis Red bellied Nuthatch Parus atriKipillua Rlack-cap Titmouse Eremophila cornuta Shore Lark Ilesperiphona vesperlina Kvening Grosbeak Pinicola canadensis Pine " female Oarpodacus purpureas Purple Finch, male and female Chrysoraitris tristis Yellow liird— Canadian Goldfinch " pinus Pine Finch, male and female Curvirostra americana Red Crossbill, male " leucoptera White-winged Crossbill, male and female J^giotbus linaria Lesser Red Poll Plectrophanes nivalis Snow Bunting Zonotrichia albicoUis White-breasted Sparrow, male Junco hyemalis Snow Bird Spizella monticola Tree Sparrow Melospiza mclodia Song " male Passerella iliaca Fox-colored Sparrow Cardinalis virginianus Cardinal Gros Beak Agelaius phoeniceus Red-winged Blackbird Sturnella magna Meadow Lark Icterus baltimore Baltimore Oriole No. 2,')4 261 275 279 290 302 303 304 305 313 317 318 319 320 325 349 354 357 363 374 390 401 406 415 IV.-RA80RE8. (Dusters.) Scolccophagus ferrugineus... Rusty Grakle 417 Quiscalus versicolor Crow Blackbird, male and female 431 Corvus carni/orus Raven 423 " americanus Common Crow 426 Cyanura cristata Blue Jay 438 Perisoreu" canadensis Canada Jay 443 Tetr^o canadensis Spruce Partridge 460 " phasianellus Sharp-tailed Partridge Gupidonia cupido Prairie Hen, male and female 464 Bonasa umbellus Ruffed Grouse 465 Lagopus rupestris Rock Grouse 468 " albus White Ptarmigan 470 Ortyx virginianus Quail, male and female 471 V.-CRALLATORE8. (Waders.) No Ardea herodias Great Blue Heron 487 BotauruB lentiginosug Bittern 492 Nyctiardea garden! Night Heron 495 Cliaradriiis virginicus Golden Plover 503 Aegialitis wilsonina Wilson's " 500 " soniipalroatus Seniipalniated Plover 507 aquatarola helvetica Black-bellied " 510 Strepsilaa interpres Turnstone 515 Philohcla minor American Woodcock 622 Gallinago wilsonii English Snipe 523 Tringa americana Red-backed Sandpiper 630 Tringa maculata Jack Snipe 531 '* wiUonil Least Sandpiper 632 Calidris arenaria Sanderling 534 Gambetta flavipes Yellow Legs 540 Rhyacophilus solitarius Solitary Sandpiper 541 Tringoides macularius Sjiotted " 543 Limosa fedoa Marbled Godwit 547 " hudsonica Hudsonian " 548 Tringa variabiliH Purple Sandpiper Maritima " Purple Sandpiper, female Numenius hudsonicus Curlew 550 VI.-NATATORE8. (Palmateu.) Fulica americana Coot 559 Anaer hyperboreus Snow Goose 5G3 Bernicla canadensis Canada " 5G7 " brenta Brant 570 Anas boschas Mallard 576 Albino " " albino 576 " obscura Black Duck, young 577 Dafila acuta Pin-Tail, male 578 Nettion ciirolinensis Green winged Teal ,'79 Spatula clypeata Shoveller 583 Aix Spousa Wood Duck 587 Fulix affinis Little black-head, male and female 589 " marila Greater black-head 588 " coUaris Ring-necked Duck 590 Aythya americana Red-Head 591 Bucephala americana Golden Eye, male and female 593 " islandica Barrow's Golden eye, male 594 " albeola Butter Ball 595 i I « «PBWWI!S»«P««**"-^ .,l». No 4H7 492 495 603 506 607 510 515 622 523 630 631 532 534 540 541 543 547 548 550 r>59 5G3 5G7 570 576 576 577 578 .'79 583 587 589 588 590 591 593 594 595 NATATORES.-CoNTiNi No. nistriunicus torquatus Harlequin duck, male 6(*6 Ilarclda gliiciiilis South Southerly 697 Mclanetta vclvotina Velvet Duck, male (iOl Pelionetta perapicilluta Hurf Duck, female G02 Oidumia americana Hcotcr .... 604 Somateria moUissima Rider Duck, female, young 606 iMergus americanus Sheldrake 611 " serrator Red-breasted Merganser 612 Lophodytcs cucullatua Hooded " 613 Sula basana Oannet 617 Graculus carbo Common Cormorant 620 " dilophus Double-created " 623 Pufflnus cinereus Ceiicrious Petrel 661 Larus marinua Great Black backed Gull 660 " argentatus » Herring Gull, young 601 Chroicocephalus Philadel- phia Bonaparte's Gull 670 Sterna wilsonii WiUon's Tern, male 689 Ilydrochelidon plumbea Short^tailed Tern 695 Colymbus toniuatua Loon 698 " septentrionalis... Red-throated Diver 701 Podiceps californicus California Grebe '07 Podilymbus podiceps Carolina Grebe— Dab chick i09 Alca torda Razor-billed Auk 711 Mormon arctica Arctic Puffin 715 Phaleris pusillus Least Auk 723 Uria grylle Black Guillemot 726 " lomvia Foolish " 729 Mergulus alle Sea Dove 738 LIST OF EUROPEAN BIRDS IN THE MUSEUM. Accentor Alpiuus, Cinclus aquaticus, Sturuus vulgaris. Picus viridls, Ictomus Hypoleucos, Picus major, Alauda Calendra, Melanerpes formicivorus, Picus scalaris, Otidoe houbarce, Gray Cuckoo. Brick Bunting, Orange crested Wren, 6 LIST OF Eons ijr museum, AuocsT, 1H7;J. IA> Pox-colored Sparrow, Ron(? " Tree " Wliite-crowned " White-tliroatt'd " Field " Cow Runting, Red-winged Starlingf, Metidow Lark, Crow Black Bird, Carolina Dove, Riilleil Grouse, Prairie Hen, Quail, Snowy Heron, Kildeer Plover, Wilson's " Piping " Seini-polmated " Golilen " Clapper Rail, Willet, King Fisher, Magpie, Marsh Tern, Least " Arctic " Foster's " Sooty " Noddy " Snow Bird, Bay-winged Bunting, American Goldfinch, Marsh Wren, Cat Bird, Pewee Fly-catcher, • Red-eyed " Red-billed Nuthatch, Wliite-l)ellied Swallow, Barn Swallow, Marl in, Redstart, Yellow Warbler, Blue Bird, Golden-crowned Thrush, Hermit " Wilson's " Small green-crested Fly-catcher, Trail's " Black-billed Cuckoo, Osprey, Canada Goose, Red-necked Diver, Puffin, Black Guillemot, Loon, Common Guillemot, Pintail Duck, Raven, Gadwall, Hawk Owl, Short-eared " Razor-billed Auk, Goshawk, Red-shouldered Hawk, Marsh " Cooper's " Red-breasted Merganser Goosander, Wild Duck, Mallard, Harlequin Duck, Red-necked Phalorope, \ t|f|£'llliPMiiin■ LIST OF EOGS RECENTLY ADDED TO THE COLLECTION HY PUUCHA8E. vtclier, II i Ordrk I.— Bihds or Pbey. Mexican Vulturo, Duck Hawk, Hquirrel " Black-capped " Oningi'-brcaated " Prairie Falcon, Bairrt's Buzzard, Jer Falcon, Red-sbouldured Hawk, Marsh Pigeon Sparrow Sharp-shinned Long-eared Owl, Short-eared " Order U.— Climbkhs. Vellow-billed Oiickoo, Hairy Woodpecker, Downy " Golden-winged " Lewis " Order HL — Pbhohers. King Bird, Pewee, Least Fly-catcher, Long-tailed Thrush, Long-tailed Mocker, Wood Thrush, Wilson's " Migratory" (Robin), Fire Crest, Stone-Chat, Blue Bird, Red " Summer Red Bird, Scarlet Tanager, Cliff Swallow, Bank Swallow, ('I'dur liird, White-nimiied Shrike, Wliii)-p()or-Will, Yellow-throttted Vireo Warbling " White-eyed " Louisiana Tanager, iSavannaii Sparrow, Yellow-winged " Redpole, Sharp-tailed Finch, Sea-side " Lark " Oround Robin Titlark, Yellow-headed Blackbird, Mocking Bird, House Wren, American Creeper, Purple Finch, Wilson's Snow Bird, Black Snow " Oround Dove, Common " White-bellied Nuthatch, Boat-tailed Grakle, Yellow-shafted Flicker, Heerman's Song Sparrow, Chipping " Swamp " Field " Black-throated Bunting, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Cardinal, Bob-o-link (Rice Bird), Red-winged Blackbird, Orchard Oriole, Baltimore " Grakle Common Crow, 8 i I Blue Jay, Wild P>eon. Ordeh IV .—Gallinaceous. Spruce Partridge, Sharp-tailed Grouse. Order V. — Waders. American Crane, Sand-hill Crane, Reddish Egret, Great Blue Heron, Louisiana " White " Gi-eat Blue " Least Bittern, Bittern, , Green H^ron, Night " Esquimaux Curlew, Ojster Catcher, Black-necked Stilt, English Snipe, Spotted Sandpiper, Bonaparte's Sandpiper, Field Plover, Rail, Virginia Rail, CooiiiiOn " Florida Gallinule, Marsh Hen. Order VL— Palmatbd. Black Duck, Blue-winged Teal, Shoveller, Greater Blackhead, South Southerly, Eider Duck, Summer " King Eider, Gannet, Solan Goose White-headed " Western Goose Frigate Pelican, Brown " Common Cormorant, Florida " Leach's Petrel, Wilson's " Ring-billed Gull, Western " Short-billed " Laughing " Wilsou's Tern, Cabot's " Caspian " Royal " Roseate " Short-tailed " Black Skimmer, Caroline Grebe, Grebe, Arctic Puffin, Foolish Guillemot, Wrangel's " Crow " Murre. The following Eggs were presented as a gift by M. A. Lgchevalif.u, Taxidermist, of Moatreal : Canada Goose, Great Black Back Gull, Herring Gull, Mallard, Hooded Merganser Coot Clapper Rail, Meadow Lark, Belted Kingfisher, European Crow, Royston " Red-breasted Partridge. Hudson Bay Magpie. Magpie, Yellow-billed Magpie, 9 ere presented JBCHEVALIEU, 1. 2. ' 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 1. 2. 3. 5. 6. 7, 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. ■A. LIST OF ANIMALS. Lyncus rufus Wild Cat, Vulpes fulvus Red Fox, Castor fiber Beaver, Guloluscus Wolverine, Piioca concolor American Seal, Hystrix hudsonius Porcupine, Mephitis americana Skunk, Lepus americanus..... Northern Hare, Arctmysmonax Woodchuck, Fiber gibeticus Muskrat, Putorius vison Mink, Didelphis virginiana Opossum, Putorius noveborensis New- York Ermine, Mustela pusilla Small W^easel, Sciurus niger Black Squirrel, Sciurus leucotia Gray " Sciurus striatus Striped " Sciurus hudsonius Red " Mus decumanus (Jommon Rat, Mns musculus Common Mouse, Arvicolc, albo-rufescens Light-colored Meadow Mouse. LIST OF FISHES IN MUSEUM. Perca flavescens Yellow Perch, Lucioperca americana American Sandre, Centrarchus seneus Rock Bass, Pomotis vulgaris Common Pond Fish, Esox estor Maskinonge, Esox lusius Common Pike, Osmerus viridescens Smelt, Hyodon White Pish, Coregonus quadrilateralis Round Fish, Lepidosteus huroninsis Gar Pike, Catostomus aureolus Gilt Sucking Carp, Catostomus communis Common Carp, Catostomus Carp, Catostomus pallidus Pale Carp, male Catostomus pallidas Pale Carp, female Scomber scomber Spring Mackerel, Gadus maculosus Eel-pout, Acipenser oxyrhincus Sharp-nosed Sturgeon, Lumpus anglorum Lump Fish, Sebastes norvegicus Northern Sebastes, It f! ii!l 22. 23. 24. 2.'). 26. 27. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 10 Platessa plana New York Flat-fish, Morrhiia americana Torsh or Rock Cod, Leuciaciis uitidus Shining Dace, Morrhua j)runiosa, Tom-cod, Anguilla macrocephala Bull-headed Eel, Salmo confines Lake Trout, Lamna candata Long-tailed Porbeagle, Brosniius vulgaris Tusk or Cusk, Long-finned Trout, male, Long-finned Trout, female, Micrositenis salmoides... Gill, Microsstenis ingricans Guviers Gill. LIST OF UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT MEDALS (WASHINGTON MINT) IN THE MUSEUM. ARMY MEDALS. 1. Washington before Boston. 2. Major-General Horatio Gates — Saratoga — 1777. 3. Colonel George Crogan— for Sandusky — 2nd Aug., 1813. 4. Major-General W. H. Harrison — for the Thames— 5th Oct., 1813. 5. Governor Isaac Shelby — Battle of the Thames — 5th Oct., 1813. 6. Major-General Winfield Scott — for Chipi)ewa and Niagara. 7. Major-General Edmund Gains — for Fort Erie — 15th Aug., 1814. 8. Major-Gen. P. B. Porter — Chippewa, 5th July, 1814 ; Niagara, 25th July. 1814 ; Fort Erie, 17th Sept., 1814. 9. Major-General Brown, " " " " " 10. Brigadier-General Miller, " " " " " 11. Brigadier-General Ripley, " " " " " 12. Major-General Macomb — Plattsburg. 13. Major-General Zachary Taylor — Resaca de la Palmare — 1846. 14. Major-General Z. Taylor — Monterey — Sept., 1846. 15. Major-General Z. Taylor— Buena Vista— 22nd Feby., 1847. 16. Major-General Winfield Scott— Vera Cruz, &c.— 1847. 17. Major-General U. S. Grant, N.S., N.L.A.—Vicksburg— Chattanooga NAVY MEDALS. 18. John Paul Jones—" Serapis." 19. Captain Thomas Tington. 20. Captain Hull— Capture of the " Guerri6re." 21. Captain Jacob Jones — Capture of the " Frolic." 22. Captain Decatur— Capture of the" Macedonian." 23; Captain Bainbridge— Capture of the " Java." 24. Captain Lawrence— Capture of the " Peacock." I 11 le, lale, MEDALS FM. 3. ct., 1813. t., 1813. 3ra. ?., 1814. riagara, 25th « (( (I (( (I It 1846. 7. 'hattanooga (1 It (1 It 25. Lieutenant .McCall. 2<3. Captain Perry — Capture of the " British fleet on Lake Erie." 27. CaptainWarrington— Capture of the " Eperokiet." 28. Captain Blakeley— Capture of tlie " Reindeer." 29. Captain TI103. Macdonough— Capture of the fleet on Lake Champlain^ 30. Captain Henley — 31. Lieutenant Step. Cassin — 1814 — 32. Captain Biddle— Capture of the " Penguin " — 1815. 33. Captain Chas. Stuart— Capture of the " Cyane"— 20th Feby., 1815. 34. Major-General A. Jackson— Battle of New Orleans— 6th Jany., 1845. 35. Captain W. Burrows— 4th Sept., 1813. PRESIDENTIAL MEDALS. 36. The Cabinet Medal. 37. Thomas Jefferson— 1801. 38. James Madison. 39. James Munroe— 1817. 40. John Quincy Adams — 1825. 41. Andrew Jackson — 1829. 42. Martin Van Buren— 1837. . 43. John Tyler— 1841. 44. James K. Polk— 1845. 45. Zachary Taylor— 1849. 46. Millard Fillmore— 1850. 47. Franklin Pierce— 1853. 48. James Buchanan — 1857. 49. Abraham Lincoln— 1862. 50. Andrew Johnson — 1865. SOLE NATIONAL MEDALS. 51. Captain Perry— State of" Pennsylvania" — Lake Erie— 10th Sept., 1813. 52. (Missing.) 53. Major-General Winfield Scott— Chapultepec — Melino del Rey, &c. 54. Rescue of the Officers and Crew of the United States brig " Janus.' 55. Captain M. Graham—" Rescue of Martin Kystice." 56. The Shipwreck Medal. 57. United States Coast Survey— Gallantry and Humanity— 1846. 58. Japanese Embassy Medal. 59. Doctor Frederick Ross— Skill and Humanity. 60. Colonel Armstrong— Destruction of Kiltanning, " Indian Village " — 1756. 61. Indian Race Medal. 62. Captains Creigh ton, Low, and StouflTer — 1854. 63. Doctor Hossack — Arts and Science, &c. 64. Commodore M. C. Perry, Boston— Merchants, &c. 12 MEMORANDUM OF A FEW SPECIMEN ROCKS, OF FOSSILS AND MINERALS r [.FT BY FRIENDS OF THE SOCIETi' IN THE MUSEUM. Laminated Limestone. Stellic Caroline. Madrepore. Natural Loadstone, from Leeds, Megan tic. Sulphuret of Copper. Copper Quartz. Epidotic Gneiss, from the County of Lanark. Limestone from Montreal. Quartz from Ottawa City. Red Copper, Acton mine. Galena from the County of Lanark. Yellow sulphuret. Granite from the Quarries of Syene. Coal specimens. Amethysts from Lake Superior. Bivalved petrified shells. Specular Iron Quartz. Copper Sulphuret from Sherbrooke. Iron Ore. Carbonate of Copper Quartz. Chrome Iron. California Gold Quartz. Gray Granite. Analcine. Gold, Silver, Copper and a Conglorate (conglomerate.) of Gravel and Gold, from the Alluvial Gold Mines of Ominica, British Columbia. Copper Pyrites. Syenite. Petrified Fish. Equisitum. Zoophite. Basalt. Sulphurate of Lead from Almeria. Arnprior Marble. Meteore Stone. Al Til Oy (2. Ca Lii CANADIAN WOODS, SHEWING OBLIQUE AND TRANS- VERSE SECTIONS AND BARK. PRESENTED BV Dr. H. H. MiLES. (twenty-foir specimens.) Prunus Americana Red Plum. Thuya Occidentalis Cedar. Fraxinus Sambucifolia Brown Ash. Fraxinus Americana White Ash. Fagus Ferruginea Birch. Ulmus Americana White Elm. Ulmus Rubra Red or Slippery Elm. Larix Americana Tamarack or Larch. (2) Abies Canadensis Hemlock Spruce. Juglans Cinerea Butternut. Betula Populifolia White Birch Alnus Viridis Alder, Green or Mountain. ^ Hftumi*^^ 13 Alnus Incana Alder, Red. Tilia Americana Basswood. • Oystrya Virginica Iron or Lever Wood. (2.) QmTcus Alba Wliite Oak. Carya Aniara Hickory. (3) Acer Saccharinum Maple. Rpicatum ai.d Dasycarpum Maple. Linum Usitatisaimum...". Canadian Flax, stalk, flower, seed, and dyed. im Almeria. rD TRANS- MEXICAN AND CALIFORNIAN WOODS, ETC. (thirty-six speci.mens.) 1. Finns Douglasli 2. Larix Americana, var Mexican Larch. 3. Ulmus Americana, var. Mexican Elm. 4. Magnolia. Magnolia. 5. (2) Betula Excelsa Mexican Birch. 6. Salix Alba Mexican Willow. 7. (2) Populus Alba Poplar. 8. Betnla Rubra Red Birch. 9. " " Blue. 10. Corylus Avellana Mexican Hazel. 11. Mexican Apple. 12. Green Osier. 13. WalsPtWood. 14. Vitis Perdifloria Vine Wood. 15. Berasys Pennsylvanica 16. Lynozia Vulgaris Mexican Lilac. n. Coesalpinia , Peach Wood, or Nicaragua Wood. 18. Mexican Bush Maple. 19. Pyrus Aucuparia Mountain Ash, or Service Tree. 20. Alnus Glutinosa Mexican Alder. 21. Simmch. 22. Carga Araara Paludinosa Swamp Hickory, or Bitternut. 23. Rosa Paludinosa Mexican Swamp Rose. 24. Morns Fructoria 2"). Fustic Root. 26. Sequia Gigantea Wood, Foliage, Bark, Seed and Cone of tlie mammoth tree of California. 27. Buxus Sempevirens Box Wood. 28 to 34. Duplicates, and not named in Mexican Woods. 14 WOODS, FIBRlvS, ETC., TROPICAL AND OTHERS. (SKVEXTY-FIVE SPKCIMEXS.) 1. Anona Chciimolia Cherimoycr, West Indies. 2. GmUtoria Liuirifolia White Lance Wood, West Indies. 3. Laplacen, Elematoxylon Blood Wood, Iron Wood, West Indies. 4. Cinnamodeiidron Curticosiim With bark of tho same — West Indies. 5. Erytiiro.xelon Areolatum Redwood — West Indies. (j. Arto-carpii.s Integrif'olia lack fruit-tree— West Indies. 7. Amyria Halsamifera Red Candle Wood -West Indies. 8. Cassia Emarginata Yellow Candle Wood — West Indies. 9. (4) Piscidia Erythrina do Carthi- ginensis Dog Wood— West Indies. 10. Casimiina Equiselifolia West Indies. 11. BruyaEbenus Jamaica Ebony, with bark of same- West Indies. 11. (3) Pcltopliorura Linnae Brazilleto — West Indies. 12. Coesalpinia Uoriaria Divi-Divi — West Indies. 13. Lagiinciilaria Racemosa : White Mangrove— West Indies. 14. Chrysophilhun Cainito Star-apple — West Indies, 15. Dipholis Salicifolia White Bully Tree— West Indies. 16. Redheart?— West Indies. 17. (2) Oocos Nucifera Cocoa Nut — West Indies. 18. Calopliyllum Calaba Santa Maria — West Indies. 19. Dipliolis Nigra Black Bully Tree— West Indies. 20. Hogberry? — West Indies. 21. Cordia Ger.iscauthus Jamaica Elm — West Indies. 22. Achras Sideroxylon Naseberry Bully Tree— West Indies. 23. Andira luermis Bastard Cabbage Tree— West Indies. 24. Cassada Wood? — West Indies. 25. Simarula Officinalis Bitter Damson— West Indies. 26. Laurus Borbonia Bluefield's Cedar, or Timbersweet— West Indies 27. Nectandra Sweet-wood — West Indies. 28. Amyris? Black Rosewood — West Indies. 29. Amyris Balsamifera White Rosewood — West Indies. 30. Fagus Sylvestris Jamaica Beech — West Indies. 31. Oanella Alba Wild Cinnamon — West Indies. 32. Cupressus Thuyoides? ..White Cedar — Weit Indies. 33. Amyris? White Torch, or Candle Wood— West Indies. 34. Acaeta Arborea Wild Tamarind — West Indies. 35. Hymen 'a Conrbarli Locust Tree — West Indies. 36. Pentedeshra Filamentosa West Indies. 37,1 40.| 41. 421 44. 1 45,1 48.1 49.1 50.[ 51 52J 58 -«i 16 37, 38, 39. Specimens of heavy Australian Woods, Victoria, N. S. W.— (Names not given ) 40. Eucalyptus Victoria, N. S. W. 41. Sarcocephalus Ovaifolia Queensland, N. S. W. 42 43, Australian Woods— Victoria, N.S.W.— (Names not given.) 44. Eucalyptus Acerbica, Silver Gully Tree— Victoria, N. S.W. 45, 46, 47. Names not given— Victoria, N. S. W. 48. Eucalyptus Odorata (Peppermint Tree)— Victoria, N.S.W 49. Banksia Australis Honeysuckle, Victoria, N. S. W. 50. Banksia Integrifolia Coast Honeysuckle, Victoria, N.S.W. 51. Musk Tree, Victoria, N. S. W. 52. Bambusa Gigantea Bamboo, West Indies. 58 to 66. Duplicates of Laplacea Hajraatxoylon, Erythroxilon Areolatum, Amyris, Balsamifera, Piscidia Erythrinia and Carthaginensis, Bruya Ebenus, Laguneularia Racemosa, Chrysoi)hilliim Uanaito, Dipholis Salicifolia, Cocos Nucifera, Ilogberry, Nectandra. VEGETABLES, FIBRES, ETC, 1. Paritium Elatum Cuba Matting, West Indies. 2. Agava Americana Fibre or Spanish Aloe, Mexico. 3. Cocos Nucifera Cocoa Nut Fibre, West Indies. 4. Sparto Grass and Hibiscus Escalates — Ceylon. 5. Fibre of Thuya Gigantea, with Bark and cordage of same, as used by inhabitants of Vancouver Island, British Columbia. 6. Skutched Fibre of " Linum Usitatissimum Canadensis " as from ma- chine. 7. Fibre of Ja[ianese Weed (Name not given), as prepared for substitute for silk or cotton, but used in manufacture for mixture with these. 8. Hamulus Lupulus, fibre of, Lupulane, samples of unbleached, bleached, and spun into thread, Canada. 9. Gutta-Percha (extract of Icosandra gutta), as imported from the Malay Islands. Two cases of Foreign Butterflies and Insects. iV. B. — The list of names being incomiilete it has been found impossible to supply the missing ones. p 16 LIST OF SPECIMENS OF WOODS OF THE CANADIAN FOUHSTS. WITH TIlKlll KNOMHir, KItHNCII AND IIOTANICAI, NAMKS. Presented to the lAternry (iiid /lisforicul Society of Qnel}ec hy the I'rovincial Goreriiment. No.l KNULISH NASIE. I 2 3 4 5 7 8 9 lU 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 1!) 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 64 66 66 57 58 59 60 Alder AhIi, Mountain AhIi. Ulm Ash, Swamp Ahh, KiKck Anil. White A spoil, hiirgo-toothod. . . lq. :— A Shilling-piece of 1763. " Dr. W. Marsden ;— A Ferry Token in use on the Ferry between Quebec and Levis in 1821. 80 From the Misses Joseph -.—A Loon's Kpfff foiiml at Riviere du Loup i-n hnn 1 ; English Farthing, 6 an'l lO.ccntimea, ik'lgiiim'; Ten and Two cen- times, Italian ; Five, Two, and One centimes, France ; a Five cent'mo French Republic; Twenty, Ten, Five, Two, and One Centiireg, Hwit- zerlaud ; Two pieces Lava from Mount Vesuvius ; One piece of Brick taken from a House in Pompeii ; One piece of Lava from tiio excava- tions in i'onipeii ; One twisted SShell from Mobile ; One Htartitili from Rivi6rc du Loup en hai. " J. McLaren, Esq. : -Some petrified Shells from Mingan Islands, Nortii Shore, St. Lawrence. " Dr. Marsden : — A Squid or Ink Fish. '' Dr. Bligh, through Dr. Marsden : — The Fangs of a Rattlesnake. " J. K. Hoswell,E8q :— A Sheldrake ; a Black Woodpecker. " C. Lindsay, Esq :— A Ten Centime of Charles X. DONATIONS TO TIIK MUSEUM. 1874. Captain Jcphson, R.N. :— Silver Coin of Emperor Maximilian; Two Moorish Bronze Coins of 1288. \V. Marsden, M.D. :— A very old Coin. J. Gillespie, Esq. :— A piece of Iron Pyrites. ex. Moutizamberf, Esq. :— A Picture of the Old Recollet Church, Quebec. J. Frascr, Esq. : — Two Teeth of the Megatodon. W, Hunter, Esq. :— Seven Indian Arrow Heads. A. Sandliam, Esq. :— A Medal of Young Men' Christian Association, Mon- treal. W. Marchand, Esq.:— Two Rebellion Half Dollars, 1837-8. C. Tessier, Esq. : — A Coin of the Reign of Elizabeth ; a Coin of the French Republic, 1792 ; a Medal of Napoleon III. Major Slone :— One Liard de France, 1657; One Silver Coin of ancient Date. An Old Stadaconian :— A Box containing Specimens of Sea Weed, Coral, Sponge, Star Fish, &c. f L. McKay, Esq. :— A Brick from Nineveh, covered with Cuneiform Charac- ters. DONATIONS TO THE MUSEUM. 1875. From P. Poulln, Esq. :— Horns of Chamois ; Rosory from Jerusalem. " G. Vogt, Esq. ;— Silver coin of Chili; Italian Coin of Napoleon ; I Russian Coin. " Mrs. Algernon Sewell :— Knife from India. 21 n bat vo cen- ont'mo , Hwit- f Hrick XCftVll- li t'roin From J. H. Buddcn, Esri, :— (Jrupo Shot Found on the Fliiins of Ahrnham. " J. C. Cattanach, Kdq. :~Silver Coin of the Rcpnhlic of Iluiti. " A. Orahiini, Km[. :— Mudiil of CJcorKii I. " II. Dinning, Ksuebcc : — " The Sword used by Brigadier-General Richard Montgomery, at the assault on Quebec, 31st December, 1775," and taken from liini after death. This heir-loom was bequeathed to Mr. James Thompson Harrower, by his uncle. Deputy Comm. General J. Thomp son, son of Jamc.^ Thompson of the 78th Highlanders, wlio served under Genl. Wolfe at Quebec in 1759, was "Overseer of Works" at Quebec, under Genl. Guy Carleton, in 1775, and who was charged ivith the burial of ih'igadier-Genl. R. Montgomery, 4tli January, 177G. From Theophile Hamel, p.rtist:— Oil painting of Geo. B. Faribault, Esq., President of Literary and Historical Society. Portrait. )f His Excellency Governor Sir J. H. Graig. A new and accurate map of the Englisli empire of North America, published December, 1755. an. Jenernl 23 -' ilt1rc33 of Lt.-Col. Geo. Bagot, commanding 69th (North Lincolnshire) Regiment, on the occasion of intrusting to the City of Quebec their old and venerable colours, 5th November, 1870. I'rom Wm. Walker, Esq. : — Water colour drawing, Quchec in the olilfii time, (1822). In safe keeping for heirs of family: — Portrait in oil of Admiral Saulisbury Pryce Humphreys (Davenport), who commanded II. .M .vessel " Leopard " in tlie attack on the Chesapeake, 1807. From Brigadier-General de Peyster: — Portrait of General Grant. I'rom iMrs. Poulin : — Portrait of Hon. Mrs. Aldworth. I'rom the Author: — Synoptical Chart of Birds of Canada, by J. M. Lo Moine, Esq., i)repared for the Schools of the Province. From W. Kirby, Esq, :— Portrait of Brock's Monument in Westminster Abbey. From Chs. V. Temple, of the " Highlands," Sillery : — A large glass case containing a curious collection of war trojjhics, acquired by the donor on bis visiting tlie chief battle-lields of the Franco-Pru.=sian war, 1871 — Strasburg, Metz, Gravelotte, Sedan: Broken Bayonet.s, Helmets, Pis- tols, Spiked Helmet of the Prussian Body- Guard, Helmet of the Ulilans, Shako of French soldier, and a vnriety of other objects, also a pair of Stirrups from battle-field of Waterloo, a collection of Indian, Peninsula, Waterloo, and other British .Medals, &c. J. M. LkMOINE, Quebec, 9th January, 1878, Esq.,