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STATED MEETING, June 21st, 1842. 



Vice President Morton in the Chair. 



DONATIONS TO MUSEUM. 



A specimen, in skin, of Felis Canadensis, (Northern Lynx,) 



from Fox river, Illinois ; of Felis , from S. Carolina, 



and one of Tetrao urogallus, (Wood Grouse,) from the 

 Alps, also in skin. From Dr. William Blanding. 



Dr. Blanding also presented a skeleton of Rana pipiens, and 

 one of Rana fontinalis, both of which had been prepared by 

 the large red-ant of this country. Also a skin of Vespertilio 

 Pennsylvanica, and a dried inflated lung of Emys rubriven- 

 tris. 



DONATIONS TO LIBRARY. 



Onzieme Rapport Annuel sur les Travaux de la Societe 

 d'Histoire Naturelle de l'Isle Maurice ; par M. Louis Bouton. 

 Maurice, 1841. From Mr. Wm. Hembel. 



VERBAL COMMUNICATIONS. 



Dr. Goddard remarked, in reference to the inflated lung 

 presented this evening, that it offered a very good type of the 

 lobule of the human lung ; and that although each lobule of the 

 latter was isolated and distinct from all the rest, its air cells 

 communicated freely with each other; a fact, the discovery of 

 which was due to Professor Horner. 



