146 [Feb., 1847. 



Stated Meeting, February 2, 1847. 

 Vice President Morton in the Chair. 



DONATIONS TO MUSEUM. 



The Curators exhibited a fine articulated skelton of a Bengal 

 Tiger of very large size, and an extensive collection of hu- 

 man and other crania, recently received from Dr. HufTnagle 

 of Calcutta, and placed by him on deposit in the Society's 

 Cabinet. 



The collection embraces the following: Cranium of a native 

 of South Australia : two crania of Hindoo fanatics, taken 

 from the Temple of Juggernaut : cranium of an individual of 

 a Brahmin caste : of an Affghan from the field of Jug- 

 daullek : of a Chinese pirate : of a Malay pirate : of a Hin- 

 dostanee : and several other human crania not labelled. 

 Also, crania of the following animals : Crocodilus vul- 

 garis, and Gavialis gangeticus, (both remarkably large and 

 perfect specimens,) Trionyx Indicus, Sus scropha, Felis 

 tigris (five specimens), Canis aureus (two spec), C. fami- 

 liaris (fox-hound and blood-hound, three spec), Delphi- 



nus , Simia satyrus (young), Simia , Antilope 



(two spec) &c, &. 



Mr. Cassin presented from Mr. Aaron Sharpless, of Chester 

 county, Pennsylvania, two fine living specimens of a hybrid 

 between Numida meleagris (Guinea fowl) and Meleagris 

 galla-pavo (turkey), which had been hatched and raised on 

 his farm. 



DONATIONS TO LIBRARY. 



The characters of some new genera and species of composite? 

 from Texas. By Asa Gray, M. D., (from the Proceed, of 

 Am. Acad, of Arts and Sciences, Dec 1S46.) From the 

 Author. 



On the Origin of Continents. By James D. Dana, (from 



