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DONATIONS TO LIBRARY. 



Sixth geological report to the 24th General Assembly of the 

 State of Tennessee. By Gerard Troost, M. D. From Dr. 

 S. G. Morton. 



Whirlwind Storms with a reply to the objections and stric- 

 tures of Dr. Hare. By William C. Redfield. From 

 the Author. 



Descriptions of new species of Quadrupeds inhabiting North 

 America. By J. J. Audubon, Esq. and J. Bachman, D. D. 

 From the Authors. (Extr. from Jour. Acad. v. S.) 



STATED MEETING, April 19th, 1842. 

 Vice President Morton in the Chair. 



Written communication. Mr. Phillips presented a com- 

 munication from J. G. Anthony, Esq. of Cincinnati, Ohio, 

 transmitting a Catalogue of the Terrestrial and Fluviatile 

 Shells of Ohio ; which was ordered to be placed on file. 



BUSINESS BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION. 



By special permission, the committee on Dr. HallowelPs 

 paper, read April 5th, describing a new genus of Serpents 

 from Western Africa, offered a report in favour of publication, 

 which was accepted. 



A resolution was then adopted, urging the Zoological Com- 

 mittee to take immediate measures for the preservation of tbe 

 remains of the collection of Insects lately returned by Dr. 

 Harris. 



