170 TRANS. OF THE ACAD. OF SCIENCE. 



December 16, 1861. 



The President, Dr. Engelmann, in the chair. 



Six members present. 



A letter was read from A. F. Bandelier. Jr., Highland, 111., 

 Dec. 3, 1861, containing meteorological observations. 



The following donations to the library were received : 



Descriptions of New Cretaceous Fossils from Texas, by Dr. B. F. Shu- 

 mard, from the Author; Proc. Acad. Nat. Sciences, Philad., Oct. 1861, 

 from the Academy; On some Questions concerning the Coal Formations in 

 the U. States, by Leo Lesqnerenx, 1861, — Fossil Footprints found in con- 

 nection with the Lignites of Brandon, Vt., by Leo Lesquereux, 1861, from 

 the Author ; 1st Bienn. Rep. of the Progress of the Geological Survey of 

 Michigan, by A. Winchell, State Geologis', Lansing, 1860, from the Author; 

 Bull, de la Soc. Imp zool. d'Acclimatation, Paris, Tom. VIII., No. 10, 

 Oct. 1861, from the Society. 



January 6, 1S62. 



The President, Dr. Engelmann, in the chair. 



Fourteen members present. 



Letters were read from the Verein fiir vaterl. Naturk., Stuttgart, July 

 1, 1861 ; K. K. Akad. der Wissehsch, Wien, June 25, 1861 ; Naturf. Ge- 

 sellsch. Freiburg i. B , July 10, 1861 ; Naturh. Verein, Augsburg, Aug. 4, 

 1861; Naturf. Gesellschaft, Dorpat, April 17,1860; Naturw. Verein, 

 Hamburg, Oct. 2, 1860 ; Naturf. Gesellschaft, Halle, Aug. 8, 1861 ; Ge- 

 sellsch. zur Befiird. des gesammten Naturw., Marburg, Aug. 14, 1861 ; 

 Naturf. Gesellschaft, Zurich, July 17, 1861,— acknowledging receipt of 

 Transactions of the Academy and announcing publications in exchange. 



Donations to the library were received as follows : 



Jour. Franklin Inst., Philad., Vol. XLII.,No. 6, Dec. 1861, from the In- 

 stitute. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sciences, Philad., Nov. 1861, from the Academy. 

 Notes on Cretaceous Fossils, by W. M Gabb, from the Author. Bull, de 

 la Soc. Geol. de France, serie 2, T. XVI II., Feuill. 1-6, 1860 ; 7 -12, 1861, 

 Paris, fromthe Society. Zeitschrift fiir die gesammten Naturw., Halle, Bd. 

 XIII. -XVI., 1859-60, from the Society. Wiirtemb. naturw. Jahreshefte, 

 Jahrg XVII., Heft 1--3, Stuttaart, 1861, from the Society. Sitzungsb. der 

 K. K.' Akad. des Wissensch., Wien, 1861, I. Abth. 1--2, II. 1--2, Jrom the 

 Academy. Bericht iiber die Verhandl. des naturf. Gesellschaft, Freiburg 

 i. B., Bd. II.. Heft 3, 1861, from the Society. XIV. Bericht des naturh. 

 Vereins, Augsburg, 1861, from the Society. Algemeene Grondtrekken des 

 Volks-huishondkunde vou Dr. Arndt, Kampen, 1858 ; Een Geldersch Reis- 

 je van Amsterdam, Arnheim, 1848 ; Redevoering von Matthys Siegenbeek, 

 Leiden, 1848; Landbouwkolonie Nederlandsch, 1857; Handelingen der 

 Nederl., Bijbelgenootschap, 1857 ; Verslag van der Directie des Overyss. 

 Vereen. tot Outw. van Prov. Welvaart, Kampen, 1860, from the Society. 

 Me'moires de 1'Acad. Imp. des Sciences, Arts, et Belles-lettres de Caen, 

 1861, from the Academy. Mem. de l'Acad. Imp. de Dijon, Ann. I860, Di- 

 jon, 1861, from the Acad. Archiv. fiir Naturk. Liv.-Ehst.-und Kurlands, 

 Bd. II., III., I860, Dorpat, from the Soc. Abhandl. v. d. naturw. Verein, 

 Hamburg, Band IV., Abth.' 2, I860, from the Society. Abhandl. der Na- 

 turf. Gesellschaft, Hall-, Bd. II., Heft 1, 1861, from the Society. Bull, de 

 l'Acad. Imp. des Sciences, St. Petersbourg, T. II. 4-8, T. III. 1--5 ; Me'- 



