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MEMBERS. 



Samuel Wetherill, of Philadelphia. 



Thomas S. Stewart, of Philadelphia. 



Joseph P. Hiester, M. D., of Reading, Pennsylvania. 



CORRESPONDENTS. 



Prof. John Johnston, of Middletown, Connecticut. 

 Dr. Frederick Melsheimer, of Dover, York county, Penn- 

 sylvania. 

 J. W. Mighels, Esq., of Portland, Maine. 

 Wra. B. Hodgson, Esq., of Savannah, Georgia. 



STATED MEETING, December 5, 1843. 

 Vice President Morton in the Chair. 



DONATIONS TO LIBRARY. 



Observations on the external characters and habits of the 

 Troglodytes niger, Geoff., by Thomas S. Savage, M. D. ; 

 and on its organization, by Jeffries Wyman, M. D. From 

 Dr. Wyman. 



Transactions of the Historical and Literary Committee of the 

 American Philosophical Society. Vol. Hi., Part 1. From 

 Mr. Samuel Breck. 



WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS. 



The Chairman read an extract from a letter from Prof. 

 Gray, of Cambridge, Massachusetts, dated 15th of November, 

 1843, stating that a copy of the Journal of the Academy. 



