January, 1842.] HI 



high estimation of those excellent traits of character by which 

 their deceased fellow member was so eminently distinguished. 

 Resolved, That the Corresponding Secretary communicate to 

 the family of the deceased, a copy of the foregoing resolution. 



STATED MEETING, January 11, 1S42. 

 Vice President Morton in the Chair. 



DONATIONS TO MUSEUM. 



Forty species of Fossil Shells of the newer Pliocene beds at 



Uddevalla in Sweden. From Dr. Morton. 

 Ammonites obtuses, A. Parkinsonii and A. communis, from 



the Lias of Lyme Regis, England. Presented by Dr. Morton. 

 Perca (Percina) minima, and P. nebulosa, (Haldeman) from 



the Susquehanna river. From Mr. S. S. Haldeman. 

 Two species of Fuligula minor (Giraud,) or Scaup Duck. 



Presented by Mr. J. G. Bell, of New York. 



Written Communications. A communication was read 

 from Mr. Haldeman, describing two new species of the genus 

 Perca, from the Susquehanna river, viz. P. nebulosa, and P. 

 minima ; which was referred to a committee. 



A letter was read from Mr. J. G. Bell, of New York, dated 

 January Sth, in which he offers some remarks on the two 

 specimens of Fuligula minor, or lesser Scaup Duck, presented 

 by him this evening. He states, that they have hitherto been 

 mistaken for the common Scaup Duck, (Anas marila of Wil- 

 son); and although Mr. Audubon figures this bird, and Wilson 

 the larger one, these naturalists had supposed them to be spe- 



