120 [November, 1841. 



STATED MEETING, November 9th, 1841. 

 Vice President Morton in the chair. 



donations to museum. 



Five specimens of rare and beautifully mounted birds of 

 South Africa, viz. : 



Aquila vocifer. 



Halisetus armiger. 



Scopus umbressa. 



Ibis hagedasch. 



Sula bassana, or Solen Goose. 

 Presented by Mr. C. A. Poulson. 



Two boxes of Insects from India, from Dr. Joseph Carson. 



DONATIONS TO LIBRARY. 



Observations on the Secondary and Tertiary Formations of 

 the Southern-Atlantic States. By James T. Hodge. 8vo. 

 From the author. 



Descriptions de quelques especes de Pourpres. Par M. Duclos. 

 8vo. Paris, 1832. From the author. 



Note sur une fossile de Laon. Par M. Duclos. 4to. From 

 the author. 



Journal of the House of Representatives of Pennsylvania. 

 3 vols. 8vo. Journal of the Senate. 2 vols. 8vo. Ap- 

 pendix to the Journal of the Senate ; and one Volume 

 of the Laws of Pennsylvania, passed by the Legislature in 

 1841. From the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. 



Description of Sixteen new species of North American Birds. 

 By Jacob P. Giraud, Jr. M. D. Folio. New York, 1841. 

 From the author. 



