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Stated Meeting, Dec. 22, 1846. 

 Vice President Morton in the Chair. 



DONATIONS TO MUSEUM. 



Very fine specimen of Nail-headed Calcareous spar, from 

 Cumberland, England. Presented by Mr. George Thom- 

 son, of Liverpool, through Mr. Samuel Ashmead. 



Dr. Morton deposited the following crania: Two natives of 

 Madagascar, presented to him by Lt. Strain, U. S. N. ; a. 

 Negro, from Dr. Hardy, of Asheville, S. C. ; a Potawatomie, 

 from Dr. Fussell ; a Kanaka of the Sandwich Islands, from 

 Lt. Strain, and an Australian Negro, from Dr. J. "Wilton, 

 of Gloucester, England. 



Dr. Hallowell exhibited a living Chgemeleon, from Malaga, 

 the property of Dr. C. W. Pennock. 



DONATIONS TO LIBRARY. 



Prodromo della Grande Anatomia ; seconda opera postuma di 

 Paolo Mascagni, &c. Firenze, 1819. Folio. From Dr. 

 P. B. Goddard. 



Chloris Boreali- Americana. Illustrations of new, rare, or 

 otherwise interesting North American plants, selected 

 chiefly from those recently brought into cultivation at the 

 Botanic garden of Harvard University. By Asa Gray, 

 M. D. Decade 1 D . 4to. Cambridge, 1846. From the 

 Author. 



Contributions to the Bryology and Hepaticology of North 

 America. By Wm. S. Sullivant. Part 1. 4to. Cam- 

 bridge, 1846. From the Author. 



Report of the season of 1846, with a table showing the flower- 

 ing of fruit trees, the first opening, full flowering and ending 

 of each, from 1837 to 1846, inclusive, &c. By Joseph 

 Barrat, M. D. Middleton, Ct. From the Author. 



