JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS. 147 



On a method of obtaining Water, for Railroad purposes, on the high 

 Prairies of Missouri; by E. Miller, C. E. t 



Descriptions of new species of Bryozoa from the Palaeozoic Rocks of 

 the Western Sates and Territories; 4th series; by H. A. Prout, M.D. 



On a Meteorite found in Texas ; by B. F. Shumard, M.D. 



Description of new Cretaceous Fossils from Texas; by B. F. Shumard, 

 M.D., State Geologist of Texas. 



Observations upon the Cretaceous Strata of Texas ; by B. F. Shumard, 

 M.D., State Geologist of Texas. 



Description of four new species of Blastoidea from the Subcarbonifer- 

 ous Rocks of Kentucky ; by Sydney S. Lyon. 



Description of five new species of Gasteropoda from the Coal Meas- 

 ures, and a Brachinpod from the Potsdam Sandstone of Texas ; by B. F. 

 Shumard, M.D. , State Geologist of Texas. 



Descriptions of new Fossils from the Carboniferous and Devonian 

 Rocks of Missouri; by G. C. Swallow, State Geologist of Missouri. 

 (Three papers.) 



Notes on the Grape Vines of Missouri ; by Geo. Engelmann, M.D. 



On the Elevation of 1st. Louis above the Gulf of Mexico ; by George 

 Engelmann, M.D. 



On hybrid Verbena ; by Geo. Engelmann, M.D. 



On the Peculiarities of the Spring of 1860 ; by Geo. Engelmann, M. D. 



Description of the Nebraska Meteorite; by N. Holmes, Esq. 



Stratigraphical Arrangement of the Rocks of Kentucky ; by Sydney S. 

 Lyon. 



Remarks on a Fossil Tooth from King's Salt Works, near Abingdon, 

 Va.; by H. A. Prout, M.D. 



On the Big Mound of St. Louis ; by N. Holmes, Esq. 



On some new Fossils from the Carboniferous and Devonian Rocks of 

 Missouri ; by G. C. Swallow, State Geologist of Missouri. 



Geological Survey of the State of Michigan ; by A. Winchell, State Ge- 

 ologist of Michigan. 



Measurements of Elevations on the Missouri; by G. C. Broadhead, of 

 the Geological Survey of Missouri. 



The principal contributions to the museum have been as follows : 



Palceontology and Mineralogy. — By E. A. Filley, H. W. Leffingwell, 

 Esq., Dr. M. A. Pallen, Dr. Pope, Mr. Reed, and A. F. Bandelier. 



Collection of H. Engelmann, Geologist to U. States Expedition to the 

 Rocky Mountains in 1856, under Lieut. F. T. Bryan, U. S. A., presented 

 in the name of Lieut. Bryan ; a large and valuable collection of fossils 

 and minerals. 



C. A. White, of Burlington, presented several new species of fossils 

 from the Devonian Rocks of Burlington, Iowa. 



A valuable collection of fossils and minerals, donated by the Academy 

 of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, and Wm. S. Vaux, Esq. 



Herpetology. — By Dr. Pope, Dr. Baumgarten, and Dr. Wislizenus. 



Entomology. — By Dr. Pope and Dr. Prout. 



Ornithology. — A collection of biid skins from the Smithsonian Insti- 

 tution, collected by Capt. John Pope, U. S. A., from Texas and New 

 Mexico. 



Embryology. — By Dr. Forbes. 



Malacology. — A collection of marine shells from the U. S. Exploring 

 Expedition, from the Smithsonian Institution. 



Indian Jlntiquities — By N. Holmes. Esq. 



Botany. — By Dr. Alleyne and Dr. McPheeters. 



The present number of Associate Members is 151 ; Corresponding Mem- 

 bers, 109. 



By the report of the Corresponding Secretary, it appears that the num- 

 ber of foreign societies and persons from whom we have already received 

 exchanges is 102, and the home list reaches the number of 73. 



