PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES 



OF PHILADELPHIA.. 



Vol. III. MARCH AND APRIL, 1847. No. 8. 



Stated Meeting, March 2, 1847. 

 Vice President Morton in the Chair. 



DONATIONS TO MUSEUM. 



Mr. Richard C. Taylor presented a large and valuable col- 

 lection of fossils and rocks, from various parts of the 

 world, of which a list will be published in a future number. 



Specimen of Fluor spar with crystallized Galena, from Frei- 

 burg, Saxony; specimens of crystallized Manganese and 

 Manganese ore, from Ihlfeld, Harz Mountains ; Analcime 

 from Fassathal, Tyrol, and two fossil fish from the Zech- 

 stein formation. Presented by Mr. Theodore F. Moss. 



The following mounted skeletons were received from Dr. 

 Morton in exchange, viz : Bradypus tridactylus, Podar- 

 gus Stanleyanus, Dacelo gigantea, and Astur Novae Hol- 

 landise. 



DONATIONS TO LIBRARY. 



Iconographie Ornithologique ; par 0. des Murs. 4to. 4th 

 and 5th Livs. Deposited by Dr. T. B. Wilson. 



Revue Zoologique ; par la Societe Cuvierienne. Annees 

 1838-1845. From the same. 



Magasin de Zoologie ; par F. E. Guerin, Annees 1831-1844. 



From the same. 



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