Prentiss, D. W.-Series of skins of birds of the District of Columbia.
Quackenbush, Leslie R.-Fossils of the Utica slate.

Reed, John.-Skins and eggs of birds from Big Island, Great Slave Lake. One collection through L. Clarke, jr.

Reed, Peter-Sorex platyrhinus, Washington county, New York.

Richards, Thos.-Skins of birds, &c., from Temiscamingue.

Riotte, Hon. C.-Reptiles and insects in alcohol, skins of birds, shells, &c., Costa Rica.

Ritchie, J. P.-Skin and egg of Buteo pennsylvanicus from Massachusetts. Rodgers, Commodore John.-Ethnological collections of the North Pacific Exploring Expedition.

Ross, B. R.-A general zoological collection from Fort Simpson and vicinity. Rousseau, E.-Box of shells from New York.

Saemann, L.-Box of European minerals.

Salisbury, Dr. S. H.-Scalops in alcohol from Fairfield county, Ohio.

Salle, A.-Skins of Mexican birds.

Salvin, O.-Collection of birds of Guatemala, (150 species.)

Sartorius, Dr. C.-Collection of birds, mammals, alcoholic specimens, &c., Mexico.

Schmidt, Dr.-Birds from the vicinity of Washington, collected by the late Chas. F. Schmidt.

Sclater, Dr. P. L.-Skins of Mexican birds.

Simpson. George B.-Copper spear-head, and other relics.

Sitka, Governor of.-Box of crustacea. (Through Mr. Jas. Hepburn.)
Springer, P. M.-Skins and sterna of birds, Illinois.

Stimpson, Dr. W.-Three boxes of marine invertebrates of Great Britain; two

of American.

Stimpson, Dr. W. and R. B. Hitz.-Three boxes shells, eggs, &c., Northampton county, Virginia.

Sumichrast, Prof. F.-Mammals and birds of Mexico.

Surgeon General.-Tertiary fossils, Suffolk, Virginia.

Swan, J. G.-Indian curiosities, skins of birds, eggs, shells, fishes, &c., from Puget Sound.

Thomson, J. H-Box of New England shells.

Tolman, J. W.-Skins and eggs of birds of Illinois.

Trumbull, George.-Wavellite from Chester county.

Tryon, G. W.-One hundred and twenty-five species of Melaniada.

Ulke, H.-Skins of birds from Illinois.

Van Cortlandt, Dr. E.-Mammals in alcohol, skins of Lepidosteus, &c., from Ottawa.

Frantzius, Dr.-Collection of birds and mammals from Costa Rica.

Velie, Dr. J. W.-Eggs of Protonotaria citrea, &c, from Illinois.
Vienna Geologisches Reichs-Anstalt.-Collection of Austrian fossils.

Walker, R. O-Fishes, shells, skulls, &c., Allegheny county, Pennsylvania.
White, Dr.-Marine shells and skulls of mammals, Isthmus, Panama.

Willis, J. R.—Shells, eggs, and fishes of Nova Scotia.
Williams College Lyceum,-Eggs of Greenland birds.

Wilson, N-Seeds of plants from Jamaica. (Through Thos. Bland.)
Wingate, J. D.-Box of shells, Bellefonte, Pennsylvania.
Woodworth, Dr. J. M.-Reptiles and insects from Memphis.
Wouton, W. G.-Skins and eggs of birds of Nova Scotia.

Wright, Chas.-Birds, shells, and insects of Cuba.

Wynne, Dr. Jas.-Specimen of sphinx or hawk moth from Central America. Xantus, John-Fourteen boxes of mammals, birds, and other animals, plants &c., from Manzanillo, Colima, &c.

LIST OF WORKS PUBLISHED IN 1863.

(155.) Ancient Mining on the Shores of Lake Superior. By Charles Whittlesey. 4to., pp. 32, and one map. (Published April, 1863.)

(146.) Meteorological Observations in the Arctic Seas. By Sir Leopold McClintock, R. N. Made on board the Arctic searching yacht "Fox," in Baffin's Bay and Prince Regent's Inlet in 1857, 1858, and 1859. Reduced and discussed at the expense of the Smithsonian Institution by Charles A. Schott, Assistant United States Coast Survey. 4to., pp. 160, and one map.

A small edition of this work was published in May, 1862, but the final issue, with corrections and additions, took place in 1863.

(166.) Records and Results of a Magnetic Survey of Pennsylvania and parts of adjacent States in 1840 and 1841, with some additional Records and Results of 1834, 1835, 1843, and 1862, and a map. By A. D. Bache, LL.D., F. R. S., Member of Corresponding Academy of Sciences, Paris; President of National Academy of Sciences; Superintendent United States Coast Survey. 4to., pp. 88, and one map. (Published October, 1863.)

(169.) Researches upon the Anatomy and Physiology of Respiration in the Chelonia. By S. Weir Mitchell, M. D., and George R. Morehouse, M. D. 4to., pp. 50. (Published April, 1863.)

(156.) Catalogue of Minerals, with their Formulas, &c. Prepared for the Smithsonian Institution by T. Egleston. Svo., pp. 42.

(140.) List of the Coleoptera of North America. Prepared for the Smithsonian Institution by John L. Leconte, M. D. Part I. Svo., pp. 60. (Published March, 1863.)

(167.) New Species of North American Coleoptera. Prepared for the Smithsonian Institution by John L. Leconte, M. D. Part I. 8vo., pp. 94. (Published March, 1863.)

(142.) Bibliography of North American Conchology previous to the year 1860. Prepared for the Smithsonian Institution by W. G. Binney. Part I. American authors. Svo., pp. 658. (Published March, 1863.)

(171.) Monograph of the Diptera of North America. Prepared for the Smithsonian Institution by H. Loew. Part II. Edited by R. Östensacken. 8vo., pp. 340. (Published January, 1864.)

(160.) Instructions relative to the Ethnology and Philology of America. Prepared for the Smithsonian Institution by George Gibbs. Svo., pp. 36. (Published March, 1863.)

(161.) A Dictionary of the Chinook Jargon or Trade Language of Oregon. Prepared for the Smithsonian Institution by George Gibbs. Svo., pp. 60. (Published March, 1863.)

Systematic index to the list of foreign correspondents of the Smithsonian Institution, corrected to January, 1862. 8vo., pp. 16.

Appendix to the list of foreign correspondents of the Smithsonian Institution, corrected to January, 1863. Svo., pp. 7.

(170.) Comparative Vocabulary. Reprinted from the Smithsonian Instructions relative to ethnology and philology. 4to., pp. 20. (Published May, 1863.)

WORKS STILL IN PRESS.

(174.) Bibliography of North American Conchology. By W. G. Binney. Part II. Svo., 239 pages stereotyped.

(143.) Synopsis of Air Breathing Shells. By W. G. Binney. 8vo. (144.) Synopsis of North American Vivipara, &c. By W. G. Binney. Svo. (145.) Monograph of American Corbiculada. By Temple Prime. Svo., (42 pages in type.)

(177.) Check-list of North American Fossils; cretaceous formation. By F. B. Meek. 8vo.

(172.) Paleontology of the Upper Missouri. By F. B. Meek and F. V. Hayden. 4to.

(165.) Monograph of North American Bats. By Harrison Allen, M. D. 8vo. (173.) On the Microscopic Structure of the Medulla Oblongata and the Trapezium. By Dr. John Dean. 4to.

(175.) Discussion of the Magnetic and Meteorological Observations of Girard College. By Prof. A. D. Bache. Part VII, VIII, IX. 4to.

(179.) List of publications of learned societies, periodicals, and encyclopædic works in the library of the Smithsonian Institution, July 1, 1863.

(178.). Monograph of North American Hymenoptera. By H. De Saussure. Part I. Edited by Edward Norton. 8vo.

List of meteorological stations and observers, &c.-Continued.