INDEX. 



IX. 



Quinby, J. B., on the mineral re- 

 sources and physical geography of 

 the eastern ridges of the Andes, 82; 

 on the spontaneous combustion of 

 bituminous coal, 121. 



Ravenel, Dr. Edmund, don. to mus., 

 131; descriptions of two new fossil 

 scutellas from S. Carolina, 81. 



Read, James, don. to mus., 26. 265. 



Recording Secretary, Report for 1842, 

 234; for 1843, 335. 



Redfield, Wm. C, don. to lib., 165. 

 218. 316. 



Regents of University of New York, 

 don. of reports of, 167. 266. 



Reports of Committees on papers; by 

 Messrs. Audubon and Bachman, 160; 

 by the Messrs. Baird, 283; by P. A. 

 Browne, 197. 225. 258; by Dr. 

 Clapp, 177; by Dr. Coates, 191; by 

 Mr. Conrad, 47. 145. 305.318; by 

 J. Hamilton Couper, 216; by W. 

 Gambel, 258; by S. S. Haldeman, 

 145. 153. 160. 166. 176. 184. 196. 

 295. 313; by Dr. Hallowell, 165; 

 by Prof. Johnson, 157 : by Prof. 

 Locke, 196; by Dr. G. C. Leib, 160; 

 by Dr. Morton, 153. 157 ; by Mr. 

 Phililps, 89; by Dr. Ravenel, 89; by 

 Mr. Speakman, 89 ; by Dr. Zant- 

 zinger, 184. 



Report of Committee on Mr. Say's 

 portrait, 39. 



Do. do. appointed to draw 



up a list of members and correspon- 

 dents, 60. 



Do. do. of returns of a 



subscription for erecting cases in 

 the Hall, 175. 



Do. do. to draft queries to 



Messrs. Audubon and Harris, 254. 

 Do. Zoological Committee on 



the Entomological collection, 160. 



Reptiles, donation of, by members, 61. 



Resolutions, of thanks to Dr. G. C. 

 Leib, 4; on Dr. Morton's memoir of 

 Wm. Maclure, 47. 49; of thanks to 

 Mrs. Lucy W. Say, 64; on the occa- 

 sion of the decease of John Vaughan, 

 Esq., 140; on the receipt of Mr. Ma- 

 clure's subscription to the Academy, 

 151; by Committee on Proceedings, 

 185; to present M. de Longchamps 

 with certain vols, of Journal A.N.S., 



193; of thanks to P. A. Browne, 

 195; to present Dr. Von Martius 

 with the publications of the Acad- 

 emy, 201, appointing a Committee 

 to determine the nomenclature of 

 the N. American Naiades, 224 ; of 

 thanks to G. W. Carpenter, 230. 

 340; to present to Northern Acad, 

 of Arts and Sciences certain vols, 

 of Journal A. N. S., 253; to present 

 8th vol. of do., to Naval Lyceum, 

 257; to present to M.Moricand an 

 entire copy of do , 288; to present to 

 Harvard University certain vols, of 

 do., 312; to present to C. L. Bona- 

 parte certain vols, of do., 313; to 

 present an entire copy of do. to 

 Imperial Mineralog. Soc. of Russia, 

 320; of thanks to the Recording 

 Secretary, 340. 



De Rivero, Mariano Eduardo, don. to 

 lib., 91. 



Rogers, Prof. H. D., don. to lib., 253; 

 on rhombs in Anthracite coal, 7; on 

 the geological age of the coal forma- 

 tion of Richmond, Va., 142 ; on 

 Earthquakes, 181 ; on Posidonomia 

 minuta, 250 ; on the statigraphical 

 features of the Environs of St. 

 Petersburg, 256. 



Rogers, Prof. Wm. B., don. to mus., 

 194. 249. 



Royal Acad, of Sciences of Turin, don. 

 of memoirs of, 294. 



Ruffin, Edmund, don. to lib., 291. 



Rulon, J. W., don. to mus., 123. 171. 



Ruschenberger, Dr., don. to lib., 14. 

 38. 65. 72. 148; to mus., 52. 71. 



Ryan, Thomas, don. to lib., 72. 



Saul, James, don. to mus., 6; to lib., 6. 

 Say, Mrs. Lucy W., don. to mus., 52. 



227; to lib., 63. 72. 257; elected life 



member, 146. 

 Short, Prof. C. W., don. to mus., 189. 

 Silliman's Journal, don. of, to lib., 3. 



65. 118. 143. 163. 190. 214. 235. 



266. 287. 313. 

 Simmons, Mr., don to mus., 159. 

 Smith, Daniel B. don. to lib., 214. 

 Southwick, G. W., don. to lib., 132. 

 Spackman, Dr. G., don. to mus., 111. 

 Speakman, John, on the nature of heat 



and light, 73. 

 Strain, J. G., don. to mus., 287. 289. 

 Stratton, T., don. to lib., 134. 



