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STATED MEETING, September 0, 1842. 

 Vice President Morton in the Chair. 



DONATIONS TO MUSEUM. 



Coluber eximius, in spirits. From Dr. Ilallowcll. 



DONATIONS TO LIBRARY. 



An Inquiry into the distinctive characteristics of the Abori- 

 ginal Race of America. Read at the Annual Meeting of 

 the Boston Society of Natural History, April 27, IS42. 

 By Samuel George Morton, M. I>. From the Author. 



Monograph of the Limniades, or fresh water univalve Shells 

 of 2s. America. Nos. 1 and ~>. By S. S. Ilahleman. 

 From the Author. 



Note on the Fossil Jaw sent from Jubhulporc by I>r. Spils 

 burg. By Henry Piddington. From the Author. 



Fourth Memoir with reference to the Law of Stonns in 

 India. By Henry Piddington. Calcutta, 1841. From the 

 same. 



Notes on the Law of Storm.;, as applying to the tempests of 

 the Indian and Chinese Seas; drawn n]> for the use of the 

 Expedition to China. By Henry Piddington. 2d Edition. 

 Calcutta, 1842. From the same. 



WRITTEN COMMt NICATIONS. 



A letter was read from Henry Piddington, Esq., dated 

 Calcutta, February 21, 1842, accompanying the above dona- 

 tion of works. 



Also a letter from Dr. <Jeo. Engelmann, dated St. Louis, 

 Missouri, Aug. 15, 1842, which was referred to the Botanical 

 Committee. 



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