PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES 



OF PHILADELPHIA. 

 Vol. II. MARCH AND APRIL, 1S44. No. 2. 



Stated Meeting, March 5, 1S44. 

 Dr. Bridges in the Chair. 



DONATIONS TO MUSEUM. 



Forty-seven species of Plants of Missouri, including several 

 species of Cuscuta recently described by Dr. Engelmann, 

 of St. Louis ; and also several of Torrey & Gray's new 

 species of Desmodium, Hedyotis, Ambrosia, &c. From Dr. 

 Engelmann. 



One hundred and ninety specimens of Coleopterous, Hemip- 

 terous, Lepidopterous, and other insects, from the vicinity 

 of Newark, Delaware. Collected and presented by Dr. 

 Thomas B. Wilson, of Newark. 



Mr. T. R. Peale presented a travelling case from the Sand- 

 wich Islands, formed of sections of a gourd of large size. 



Mr. Cassin stated a fact, which he considered as worthy 

 of record: that, during the past winter, the Snow Owl (Strix 

 nyctea, L., Nyctea Candida, Sw.) had been observed in the 

 vicinity of Philadelphia, and in the adjoining states of New 

 Jersey and Delaware, in numbers unusually great for this 

 latitude. At a moderate calculation, he supposed that not less 

 than one hundred specimens had been shot and exposed for 

 sale in the markets, and at a very trifling price. Several of 

 them had been seen for many days successively upon the 



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