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Stated Meeting, March 24, 1846. 

 Vice President Morton in the Chair. 



DONATIONS TO MUSEUM. 



Specimen, in spirits, of Loligo Bartramii, Lesueur, from 

 Caraccas. Presented by Dr. H. McMurtrie. 



Sterna of fourteen species of N. American birds. Presented 

 by Mr. William Gambel, 



Specimen of Septaria, from the vicinity of Fort Barber, Bar- 

 ber Co., Alabama. From Dr. Charles Kenworthy, through 

 Dr. Watson. 



A fine collection of fossils, from the green sand near Burling- 

 ton, N. J., consisting of Baculities ovatus, Ammonites pla- 

 centa, A. Delawarensis, Scaphites Cuvieri, Nautilus De- 

 kayi, with undertermined casts of Strombus, Cardium, 

 Pina, Inoceramus, Cuculloea, Turritella, Panopcea, &c. 

 From Mr. Germain, of Burlington, through Dr. Hallowell. 



A collection of marine and fresh water shells. From Dr. 

 Hallowell. 



DONATIONS TO LIBRARY. 



Structure and classification of Zoophytes. By James D. Dana, 

 A. M., Geologist of the U. S. Exploring Expedition, during 

 the years 1838, '39, '40, '41 and '42. 4to : Philadelphia. 

 From the Author. 



Memoir on the probable constitution of matter and laws of 

 motion, &c. &c. By J. L. Riddell, M. D. From the Au. 

 thor. 



On the Nile alluvium of Nubia, (extracted from the Proceed- 

 ings of A. N. S.,) being a letter from Prof. Lepsius of Ber- 

 lin, and an analysis by Prof. W. R. Johnson. From Dr. 

 Morton. 



On the Unity of the Human Race, (from the Southern Quar- 

 terly Review, No. 17, Jan., 1846.) From Dr. J. C. Nott. 



