212 [October, 1*42. 



- FATED MEETING, Octobm 4, 1*42. 

 Vice Prbsidbxt Mortoh in the Chair. 



DONATIONS TO MUSEUM. 



The following Collection of Shells from St. Louis, Missouri, 

 was presented by Dr. Benjamin B. Brown, of that place, 

 through Dr. Morton: 



Unio rectus, Lam. Unio mctanever, llaf. 



reflexus, llaf. liueolatus, " 



plicatus, Say. luteola, " 



sesopus, Green. torsus, " 



alatus, Pay. fragosus, Conrad. 



crassuB, " ovatus, Say. 



verrucosus, Kaf. fragilis, Raf. 



Aiasmodonta complanata, Barnes. undatus, l>ames. 



Melania clevata ? Say. 



Mr. R. C. Taylor presented between 80 and 00 Species of 

 West Indian and American Plants, chiefly Ferns, collected 

 by himself, and finely preserved. 



A number of living young Snakes, (Coluber eximius,) consti- 

 tuting ;i whole family, with the remains of the eggs from 

 which they had been hatched, were presented by Mr. Jacob 

 Peirce. They were discovered by him on the 10th of Sep- 

 tember last in the act of hatching, about a foot beneath the 

 surface, at the base of a rock having a southern exposure. 



DONATIONS TO LIBRARY. 



Transactions of the Zoological Society of London, Vol. Ill, 

 Part 1st. London, 1842. 



Proceedings of the same, Part 9th, 1842; and the Annual 

 Reports of the Council and Auditors of the same, for 1842. 

 From the Society. ^ 



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