CORRESPONDENCE. 1857. 1 



The following letters have been received. 



Jan. Qth. From the Trustees of the New York State Library, dated Albany, 

 Dec. 27th, 185G, acknowledginp; the receipt of the Proceedings, vol. viii. No. 5. 



IZlh. From the Smithsonian Institution, dated Washington, March 28th, 1856, 

 acknowledging the receipt of Proceedings, vol. viii. No. 1, and Index to vol. vii. 



From the American Antiquarian Society, dated Worcester, Mass., Jan. 7th, 

 1857, acknowledging the receipt of .Journal, New Series, vol. iii. part 3. 



20ih. From Prosper Tarbe, dated Paris, Oct. 7th, 1856, transmitting specimens 

 of fossils, and desiring exchanges. 



From Dr. W. S. W. Ruschenberger, U. S. N., dated Panama, Sept. 3d, 1856, 

 transmitting a donation of marine animals. 



Feb. M. From S. D. Gross, M. D., dated Philadelphia Jan. 30th, 1857, acknow- 

 ledging election as member. 



From Sandwith Drinker, dated Hong Kong, Nov. 12th, 185G, acknowledging 

 receipt of Proceedings of Academy, and expressing desire to contribute to the 

 Museum. 



From Rev. E. I. Lowe, dated Nottingham, England, January 7th, 1857, de- 

 siring exchanges. 



From the K. L. C. Akad. der Naturforscher, dated Breslau, Oct. 31st, 1856, 

 accompanying their publications presented this evening. 



From the Academic Royale des Sciences de Stockholm, dated August Ist, 

 1856, accompanying donation presented this evening. 



From the same, of same date, acknowledging receipt of the Proceedings, vol. 

 vii., Nos. 2 — 7, and of the Journal, new series, vol. iii. part 1. 



From the Smithsonian Institution, dated Washington, Jan. 29th, 1857, ac- 

 knowledging receipt of Journal, new series, vol. iii. part 3. 



lOth. From James Ross Snowden, dated Philadelphia, Jan. 27th, 1857, ac- 

 companying a mastodon bone from New Jersey, presented at the last meeting. 



From Edward Schlossberger, dated New York, Feb. 6th, 1857, tran.smitting a 

 donation from Prof. Schlossberger of Tubingen, and desiring exchange. 



2Uh. From Senkenberg. Naturf. Gesellschaft, Frankfurt-a-M., Feb. 4, 1857, 

 acknowledging publications. 



March 3d. From tUe American Antiquarian Society, dated Worcester, Mass., 

 Feb. 26th, 1857. 



From the Entomological Society of London, dated Dec. 3d, 1856. 



From the Trustees of the British Museum, dated London, Dec. 31st, 1856. 



From the British Association, dated Oxford, Dec. 6th, 1856. 



From the Asiatic Society, dated Calcutta, Oct. 18th, 1856. 



From the Natural History Society of Northumberland, dated New Castle-upon 

 Tyne, Dec. 13th, 1856, — severally acknowledging the receipt of publications ol 

 the Academy. 



11th. From the Naturforschende Gesellschaft in Emden, dated Oct. 2d, 1856, 

 accompanying a donation presented this evening. 



From the Linnean Society of London, dated Nov. 10th, and Nov. 25th, 1856, 

 acknowledging the receipt of the Journal, new series vol. ii. part 4, vol. iii. parts 

 1 and 2 ; and Proceedings vol. ii. No. 2 ; vol. vi. Nos. 7 — 12 ; vol. vii. Nos. 1 — 1 2 

 and vol. viii. Nos. 1 and 2. 



2i(h. A letter from Hon. J. K. Kane, acknowledging receipt of the resolutions 

 adopted by the Academy upon the death of Dr. E. K. Kane, U. S. N. 



3lst. A letter from Louis de Vesey, dated Philadelphia, March 29th, 1857 

 acknowledging his election as a member of the Academy. 



April I4ith. From W. Cleburne, Cincinnati, 0., April 8, 1857, acknowledging 

 his election. 



From Acad, of Sciences, St. Louis, Mo., April 6, 1857, transmitting publica- 

 tions. 



From K.-K. Geol. Reichsanstalt, Wien, Nov. 29, 1856, transmitting publica- 

 tions. 



