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this state, were presented by Dr. A. H. Bayley — also an osprey, 

 falco halioetus, shot in the neighbourhood of this city, from Mr. 

 Hazlehurst ; several specimens were presented by Professor 

 Geddings. The contributions to the library were a copy of 

 'Opinions on various subjects, by Wm. Maclure,' from the 

 author ; 'Synopsis of the Flora of the western states, by J. 

 L. Riddell,' from Dr. Rogers ; and a copy of the plates to 

 Barton's Flora. 



April 14. — Dr. Harlan, of Philadelphia, presented a copy of 

 his 'Medical and Physical Researches;' Dr. James Eights, of 

 New York, 'Report of the Regents of the University of the 

 State of New York ;' St. Mary's College of this city, 'Method 

 of computing the observations of an eclipse of the sun,' pub- 

 lished by the College ; and Charles Cramer, Esq. of New 

 York, several numbers of the 'Proceedings of the Imperial 

 Mineralogical Society of^ St. Petersburg.' The library was 

 also enriched by the receipt of fifty-nine numbers of the 

 'Iconographie du Regne Animal.' 



April 21. — Numerous donations of books were received from 

 Mr. E. Durand, of Philadelphia, and Dr. W. E. Coale; Dr. 

 Edmondson presented six printed copies of the meteorological 

 table for February last ; Drs. Geddings and Riley presented 

 for the cabinet a pair of flickers '■picus auratus.'' A communi- 

 cation in German, printed by order of the Prussian govern- 

 ment, containing a method for the propagation and domestic 

 breeding of leeches, was received from Baron de Roenn6, 

 Prussian Minister, read and ordered to be translated for the 

 library. 



April 28. — Specimens were received from Mr. Minifie and 

 Dr. Riley ; and from the Academy of Natural Sciences in Phi- 

 ladelphia, a copy of the notice of that Academy recently pub- 

 lished by them. Dr. Geddings, chairman of the section of 

 zoology, reported progress in his examination of the foreign 

 and indigenous insects, referred at a former meeting. Mr. 

 Fisher invited the attention of the Academy to a description of 

 the aurora borealis, which was seen on the 22d of this month. 

 The paper was referred to a committee of the section of physics, 

 with instructions to collect all the observations and facts con- 

 nected with its appearance in this city, and report to the next 

 meeting. Dr. Geddings described the marine animal recently 



