80 [September, 1841. 



Fringilla cyanea ; Icteria dumieola; Lanius solarius; 

 Coracius na3via; Sylvia striata; Bucco cyanocollis; Stur- 

 nus ; Coblepyris . 



Fossils from the vicinity of Sunbury, presented by Professor 

 Johnson, viz. : internal cast of a Productus, and three spe- 

 cimens of Juglandites, (Parkinson.) 



50 specimens of minerals from Nova Scotia, presented by Dr. 

 Gessner, of St. Johns, New Brunswick, viz. : Stilbite, Thom- 

 sonite, Laumonite, Oxide of Manganese, Amethyst, Agate, 

 Mesotype, Jasper, Specular iron, Calcedony, Hematite, 

 Sulphate of Barytes, Magnetic oxide of iron, Chabasie and 

 Sulphate of lime. 



DONATIONS TO LIBRARY. 



Stockholm's Flora eller Korrt beskrifning af de vid Stockholm 

 i vildt tillstand forekommande Vaxter. Af Joh. Em. Wiks- 

 trom. 8vo. Stockholm, 1840. From the Author. 



Report of an Examination of the Bear Valley Coal District in 

 Dauphin county, Pennsylvania. By Walter R. Johnson, 

 A.M. 8vo. Philadelphia, 1841. From the Author. 



Written Communications. A letter was read from Mr. W. 

 D. Newman, Secretary of the U. S. Naval Lyceum at Brook- 

 lyn, N. Y. returning thanks on the part of the Society for a 

 copy of the Academy's Journal presented to them. 



A communication was also read from the Cav. Ferdinando 

 Tartini, Secretary of the Italian Scientific Convention, an- 

 nouncing the third Annual Reunion to take place at Florence 

 in September of the present year. 



A paper was read from Dr. Edmund Ravenel, of Charleston, 

 South Carolina, in reference to some organic remains of Crus- 

 tacea, &c. discovered by him in the fossiliferous beds to the 

 west of that city, viz. : 



