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STATED MEETING, September 19, 1S43. 

 Vice President Morton in the Chair. 



DONATIONS TO MUSEUM. 



The following constitute the donation of Dr. Goheen, referred 

 to in his letter read at the last meeting: 



Articulated skeleton, in fine order, of an adult male Chim- 

 panzee, (Troglodytes niger.) 44 inches in height ; an 

 imperfect skeleton of a young African Elephant ; skull of 

 Hippopotamus Senegalensis, from the Gambia ; stuffed 

 specimen of a Monitor, nearly five feet in length ; horn of 

 an African Buffalo; tail of an African Elephant; Porcu- 

 pine quills ; ear of African Millet, or Guinea Corn, (Sorg- 

 hum vulgare ;) African coffee in the capsule ; Frankin- 

 cense ; numerous specimens of African woods ; Syenite ; 

 Granite ; Iron Ore ; Copper Ore from Sierra Leone ; and 

 other Mineralogical specimens from Western Africa. 



Head of a Zygaena from Squam Beach, New Jersey. From 

 Mr. Josiah L. Coates of Philadelphia. 



DONATIONS TO LIBRARY. 



Two hundred and forty plates with the text ot Guerin's 

 "Magasin de Zoologie," (Insectas.) In Exchange. 



Bulletin de la Societe Imperiale des Naturalistes de Moscou. 

 No. 3, Annee, 1S42. From the Society. 



Reports of the first, second, and third meetings of the Asso_ 

 ciation of American Geologists and Naturalists. 8vo. Bos- 

 ton. 1843. From Dr. Morton. 



WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS. 



A letter was read from Dr. Renard, Secretary of the Impe- 

 rial Society of Naturalists of Moscow, dated Sept. 12, 1842, 



