PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES 



OF PHILADELPHIA. 



Vol. 3. JULY AND AUG., 1846. No. 4. 



Stateed Meeting, July 7, 1846. 

 Vice President Morton in the Chair. 



DONATIONS TO MUSEUM. 



The chairman announced that the extensive and valuable 

 collection of Fossil organic remains, deposited in the Academy 

 by Richard C. Taylor, Esq., had been purchased by Mr. J, 

 Price Wetherill and Dr. Thomas B. Wilson, and is now pre- 

 sented by them to the Society. 



A full notice of this collection will be found at page 261, 

 Vol. 2, of the Proceedings. 



Mr. J. Price Wetherill presented the entire collection of or- 

 ganic remains, hitherto, deposited Jby him in the Academy, and 

 embracing two distinct series, as follows : 



1. The Steinhaur Collection, which was made in England 

 nearly forty years ago by the late Rev. Henry Steinhaur. It 

 is particularly rich in fossil plants from the coal basin of York- 

 shire, and in Testacea and Zoophytes from the lias, oolitic, 

 and cretaceous formations of various parts of Great Britain. 



2. The Clifford Collection, which was made by the late in- 

 defatigable Mr. Clifford of Cincinnati, and purchased from his 



