134 TRANS. OP THE ACAD. OF SCIENCE. 



JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS. 



September 3, I860. 



The President, Dr. Prout, in the chair. 



Eight members present. 



Letters were read from Prof. Haidinger, dated Vienna, 

 Aug. 1, 1860, acknowledging receipt of letter from the Cor- 

 responding Secretary concerning meteorites, and requesting 

 a specimen of the meteoric iron from Nebraska for the Impe- 

 rial Cabinet; from A. F. Bandelier, Jr., dated Highland, 111., 

 Aug. 24, 1860, communicating observations upon the Aurora 

 Borealis of 1859-60. 



The following donations to the library were received : — 

 Catalogue of the Phamogamous and Filicoid Plants of New- 

 castle Co., Del., by Edward Tatnall, Wilmington, Del., 1860, 

 from the Author ; Eine Leitform der Meteoriten, von W. 

 Haidinger, Wien, 1860, from the Author ; Contributions to 

 Compar. Anat. & Physiology — No. 1, Eye of the Alligator 

 (Crocodilus Mississippiensis) — by Bennett Dowler, M.D., 

 New Orleans, 1860, from the Author ; Bulletin of the Wis- 

 con. Agri. & Mech. Assoc, Aug. 1860, from the Association. 



Mr. Holmes presented in the name of E. Holden. Esq., a 

 trilobite ( Calymene Bhtmenbachii?) from the Niagara Group 

 of Grafton, 111. Dr. Wislizenus presented a " Copperhead" 

 snake from Illinois. 



Prof. E. W, Hilgard, State Geologist of Mississippi ; Prof. 

 Jules Marcou, of Boston, Mass, and Mr. A. F. Bandelier, Jr., 

 of Highland, 111., were elected Corresponding Members. 



September 17, 1860. 



The President, Dr. Prout, in the chair. 



Seven members present. 



Letters were read from Prof. S. F. Baird, Ass. Sec. Smith- 

 son. Inst., dated Boston, Mass., Sep. 8, 1860; from Prof. Jules 

 Marcou, Boston, Sept. 1860, and from A. F. Bandelier, High- 

 land, Ills., acknowledging their election as Corresponding 

 Members. 



Donations to the library were received as follows: N. O. 

 Med. & Surg. Jour., Vol. XVII., No. 5, Sept. 1800, from the 

 Editors; Jour. Frank. Inst., Vol. XL., No. 3, Sept. 1860, from 

 the Institute; Amer. Jour. Sci. & Arts, Jan. 1860, purchased. 



The Corresponding Secretary laid upon the table No. 4, 

 of Vol. I., of the Trans, of the Academy. 



