PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES 



OF PHILADELPHIA. 



Vol. II. JULY AND AUGUST, 1844. No. 4, 



Stated Meeting, July 2, 1S44. 

 Vice President Morton in the Chair. 



DONATIONS TO MUSEUM. 



Head of a fossil Crocodile found in the cretaceous limestone 

 overlying the green sand on the farm of General Irick, near 

 Vincentown, New Jersey. From General Irick, through 

 Wm. E. Whitman, Esq., of Philadelphia. 



A model, in clay, of a head taken from the mountains of 

 Huana Capac, Peru, said to be the only one as yet found 

 in the tombs of the Peruvian Kings. Presented by the 

 Hon. Benjamin Tappan of Ohio. 



Specimen of fibrous Plumbago, from India. Presented by 

 Professor Johnson. 



Skin of Plotus melanogaster, from Africa. From Dr. Wil- 

 liam Blanding. 



A collection, in spirits, of Reptilia, Insects, &c, from the 

 Island of Trinidad. From Dr. Watson. 



Dr. Morton deposited in the Hall of the Society an additional 

 series of his collection of Crania. 



DONATIONS TO LIBRARY. 



Catologo Metodico degli Ucelli Europei, di Carlo L. Bona- 

 parte, Principe di Canino. Bologna, 1842. From the 



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