38 [April, 1846. 



Stated Meeting, April 14, 1846. 

 Vice President Morton in the Chair. 



DONATIONS TO MUSEUM. 



Fine specimen of Pecten Mortoni, Ravenel ; from the 

 Miocene of Soutb Carolina. From Dr. Morton. 



An additional series of fossils from the green sand near Bur- 

 lington, N. J., including also fine specimens of Clypeaster 

 florealis, and Trochus leprosus ; also a large and a small 

 tooth and two vertebrae of Mosasaurus occidentalis. From 

 Mr. Lewis Germain, of Burlington. 



Dr. Morton deposited ten mummied Peruvian crania, and 

 two entire mummied bodies in their wrappings ; collected 

 by Mr. William A. Foster, of this city, at the cemetery of 

 Arica. 



Specimen of Pholadomya occidentalis, from the cretaceous 

 deposits of New Jersey. From Dr. Morton. 



DONATIONS TO LIBRARY. 



American Quarterly Journal of Science and Agriculture ; by 

 Drs. E. Emmons and A. J. Prince. Vol. 2, No. 2. Albany, 

 1845. From the Editors. 



American Journal of Science and Arts. 2d Series, No. 2. 

 March, 1846. From the Editors. 



Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York. 

 Vol. 4, No. 5. New York : 1846. From the Lyceum. 



Notices of new localities of rare minerals and reasons for 

 uniting several supposed distinct species. By Francis 

 Alger. (From the Boston Journal of Natural History.) 

 From the Author. 



Descriptions of some new species of shells. By John H. Red- 

 field. (From the 4th vol. of Annals of Lyceum of Natural 

 History of New York.) From the Author. 



Mineral lands of the United States. A message from the 

 President of the United States in reply to a resolution of 



