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Donations to the library were received as follows : Salifer- 

 ons Rocks and Salt Springs of Michigan, by Alex. Winchell, 

 State Geologist ; Descriptions of Fossils frdfn the Marshall 

 and Huron Groups of Michigan, by Alex. Winchell, from the 

 Author. Amer. Jour. Sci. & Arts, Nos. 97-1UU, f>urchased. 



January 5, 1863. 



The President, Dr. Engelmann, in the chair. 



Eleven members present. 



Letters were read from the Royal. Soc. London, Oct. 8, acknowledging 

 receipt of Trans. No. 4 ; Smithsonian Institution, Oct. 31, 1862, notifying 

 the transmission of packages. 



The following publications were received : 



Proc. Amer. Antic]. Soc, Worcester, 1862, from the Society. Bull, de 

 la Soc. Imp. zool. d'Acclimatation, T. IX., No. 10, Oct. 1862, Paris, from 

 the Society. Proc. Amer. Acad, of Arts & Sciences, concluding pages of 

 Vol. V., 1862, from the Academy. Letter to M. Joachim Barrande on the 

 Taconic Rocks of Vermont and Canada, by Jules Marcou, Cambridge, 

 1862; Ob*, on the terms " Pene'en," " Permian," and " Dyas," by Jules 

 Marcou, Boston, 1862; De'fense des Colonies, par J. Barrande, Prag & 

 Paris, 1861-2, Pts. I. &. II., from Prof. Jules Marcou. 



Mr. Holmes offered the following resolution, which was 

 adopted : 



Resolved, That the thanks of the Academy are due to Major General 

 Curtis, as also to the members of the Western Sanitary Commission, for 

 the interest taken by them in the preservation of what remained of the 

 McDowell Museum of Natural History when it fell under their control ; 

 and that Captain Curry, of the Tenth Missouri C ivalry, and the men 

 under his command, are entitled to our special acknowledgments for the 

 zeal anil fidelity with which the order of General Curis, for the removal 

 of the Collection to the Hall of the Academy was executed by them. 



Dr. Pope presented hair balls from the stomach of a cow; 

 also a collection of about one hundred and thirty species of 

 fossils from the Palaeozoic rocks of the United States, deter- 

 mined and labelled by Prof. Hall, and a specimen of Scaph- 

 ites Conradi from the Cretaceous rocks of Nebraska. 



Mr. Gast presented a lithographic portrait of Fred, von 

 Hagenow and a chart of New Vospommern. 



Dr. Wislizenus gave an account of his observations on At- 

 mospheric Electricity during the year 180:2, and illustrated 

 his remarks by diagrams. On motion, Dr. Wislizenus was 

 requested to prepare a paper on the same for publication in 

 the Transactions, as an appendix to his published paper on 

 that subject. 



The Annual Report of the Corresponding Secretary was 

 read and accepted. 



The Annual Iteport of the Treasurer was read, examined, 

 and accepted. 

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