PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



ACADEMY OFWATUEAL SCIENCES 



OF PHILADELPHIA. 



January 1st, 1856. 



Vice President Bridges in the Chair. 



Letters were read 



From the American Antiquarian Society, dated Worcester, Mass., 

 28th Dec, 1855, proposing an exchange of Publications. 



From the Secretary of the Lyceum of Natural History, of Fort Des 

 Moins, Iowa, also proposing exchanges. 



On leave granted, the Committee on a paper by Mr. Thos. P.James, 

 read at last meeting, and entitled '' An enumeration of Mosses detected 

 in the Northern United States, which are not comprised in Gray's 

 Manual, a few of which are new species," reported in favor of publica- 

 tion in the No. of Proceedings for Nov. and Dec, 1855. 



January Sth. 

 Vice President Bridges in the Chair. 



A letter was read from Dr. Lewis H. Steiner, dated Baltimore, 7th 

 Jan., 1856, acknowledging the receipt of his notice of election as a 

 Correspondent. 



Mr. Aubrey H. Smith remarked, in relation to the specimen of na- 

 tive Cinnabar, presented by him this evening, that it was procured by 

 Capt. J. H. Smith, from the mouth of a drift, in the new Almaden 

 Mine, California, at an elevation of two thousand feet above the level 

 of the sea ; and is stated by him, to contain 95 per cent, of real Cinna- 

 bar, and not to be richer than a great portion of the ordinary product 

 of the mine. 



January 15th. 



Vice President Bridges in the Chair. 



Dr. Hallowell presented for publication in the Proceedings, a paper 

 entitled " On a new species of Ambystoma from Lake Superior." Re- 

 ferred to Dr. Leidy, Col. McCall and Dr. Le Conte. 



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