June, 1846.] 69 



merits which it contained. These were in reference to a discov- 

 ery made by the writer and supposed by him to be new, of three 

 distinct excretory passages, a urethral, a vaginal, and an anal, 

 in the female Gopher, (Geomys bursarius ?) A number of speci- 

 ments had been examined, and this peculiar conformation found 

 to be constant. 



Stated Meeting, June 9, 1846. 

 Vice President Morton in the Chair. 



DONATIONS TO MUSEUM. 



A large collection of minerals, chiefly from New Hampshire, 

 Presented by Dr. Elwyn. 



Mr. Hodge, of Philadelphia, deposited in the Hall a perfect 

 Egyptian mummy, enclosed in its original Sarcophagus, from 

 Catacombs of Thebes. 



Dr. Morton deposited two Indian crania from mounds in the 

 vicinity of Chilicothe, Ohio, presented to him by Dr. Davis and 

 Mr. Squier of that city ; and two others from mounds in Bun- 

 combe Co., N. Carolina, from Dr. Hardy, of Ashville in that 

 State. 



DONATIONS TO LIBRARY. 



Notice sur l'Eurypterus de Podolie, et le Chirotherium de 



Livonie, par G. Fischer de Waldheim. From Mrs. L. W. 



Say. 

 A portion of the Plates of Blainville's Malacology. From 



the same. 

 Carte Geognostique des districts de Mines de l'Etat de 



Mexico : par Frederick cle Gerolt et Charles de Berghes : 



with a pamphlet explanatory of the same. From Baron 



Gerolt. 

 Dr. Elwyn presented an additional collection of works from 



the Library of the late Dr. James Mease, including 31 Nos. 



of the Bulletin de la Societe Geographique : 7 Nos. of Til- 



