PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES 



OF PHILADELPHIA. 



Vol. I. JANUARY, 1S42. No. 10. 



STATED MEETING, January 4, 1812. 

 Vice President Morton in the Chair. 



DONATIONS TO CABINET. 



A collection of Bird Skins, from the vicinity of New Har- 

 mony, Indiana. Prepared and presented by Mr. Charles 

 Twigg, of that place. 

 Flower of Zamia integrifolia, from Florida. From Dr. J. 



Carson. 

 Numerous specimens of Anculosa dissimilis, and Melania 

 virginica, from the Susquehanna river. From the Rev. 

 James M'Farland. 



Written Communications. Letters were read from Dr. 

 Dunglison, secretary of the American Philosophical Society, 

 and from Dr. E. S. Dixwell, secretary of the Boston Society 

 of Natural History, acknowledging the receipt of the Aca- 

 demy's Proceedings. 



