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axUlaries, inner wing coverts, bright reddish brown. Bill blackish brown. 

 Legs and feet flesh color. A pale supraciliary line extends from the base of 

 the bill. 



Habitat. Rio Grande, New Mexico. 



Obs, This remarkable species is closely allied to the N. longirostris and N. 

 Hudsonicus, but from both of them it differs very materially. I procured it near 

 Albuquerque, on the Rio Grande, whilst attached to the Expedition, as Surgeon 

 and Naturalist, under the command of Captain L. Sitgreaves, Topographical 

 engineer U. S. army, exploring the Zuni and the Great and Little Colorado 

 rivers of the west. There were but few of them there at the time. They 

 were on the sandbars of the river, feeding upon worms and insects. 



ELECTIONS. 



Dr. James M. Corpe, of Philadelphia, was elected a Member ; and 

 Dr. H. W. Kennedy, of Buenos Ayres, and Mr. James Broome Smith, 

 of California, were elected Correspondents of the Academy. 



Decemher 7th. 

 Vice-President Bridges in the Chair. 



Letters were read 



From Mr. Dexter Marsh, dated Greenfield, Mass. Dec. 3d, 1852, 

 acknowledging the receipt of his notice of election, as a Correspondent. 



From the Librarian of the Advocates' Library, Edinburgh, dated 1st 

 Nov., 1852, acknowledingthe receipt of a copy of Dr. Euschenberger'a 

 Notice of the Academy. 



From the President of the " Naturwissenchaftlichen Yerien in Halle'* 

 dated l8th Oct. 1852, presenting the volumes of its Proceedings an- 

 nounced this evening, and asking an exchange of publications. 



Dr. Heermann presented a paper intended for publication in the Jour- 

 nal^ entitled ^' Notes on the Birds of California, collected during a three 

 years residence in that country '," which was referred to Mr. Cassin, Dr. 

 Woodhouse and Dr. Wilson. 



Dr. Charles M. Wetherill read a paper, intended for publication in the 

 Proceedings, entitled " Analyses of the Cotton Plant and Seed, with 

 suggestions as to manures, by the late Thomas J. Sumner, of South 

 Carolina ; communicated by Chas. M. "Wetherill '/' which was referred to 

 Dr. Genth, Dr. Le Conte and Mr. Vaux. 



Dr. Hallowell presented a paper, intended for publication in the Pro- 

 ceedings, entitled " On a new genus, and two new species of Reptiles in- 

 habiting North America;'* referred to Dr. Le Conte, Dr. Woodhouse 

 and Dr. Leidy. 



Dr. Woodhouse presented a paper for publication in the Proceedings 

 describing two new species of pouched Rats of the genera Geomys, Raf. 

 and Perognathus, Wied, which was referred to a Committee consisting 

 of Dr. Ruschenberger, Dr. Le Conte and Dr. Leidy. 



