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PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES 



OF PHILADELPHIA. 

 Vol. I. JUNE, 1841. No. 3. 



ORDINARY MEETING, June 1, 1841. 



Vice President Morton in the Chair. 



DONATIONS TO THE MUSEUM. 



A collection of Shells, embracing the following species, was 

 presented by D. J. C Jay, of New York, through Mr. Phillips, 

 viz : 



Mactra similis? Cytherea chione, C. maculata, C. tigerina, 

 Venus pullastra, V. rugosa, V. decussata, and two other 

 species, Cyprina islandica, Artemis elegans, Capsa levi- 

 gata, Cardium muricatum, Anadonta anatina, Unio limo- 

 sus, Solen , Mytilus , Haliotis (2 species,) Bulla 

 zeylanica, Patella cochlear, P. monopis, P. oculus, P. 

 granatina, and 7 other species, Fissurella , Helix , 

 Bulimus hsemastomus, B. taunaysii, Ampullacera avellana, 

 Ampullaria , Neritina granulosa, Nerita , Turbo 

 coronatus, T. radiatus, T. argyrostomus, T. concavus, 

 Trochus Cookii, and two other species, Pyrula Dussumieri, 

 Triton spengleri, T. succinctum, and one other species, 

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