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by Professor Johnson for publication in a future number of 

 the Proceedings. 



Mr. Gilpin exhibited a recent rib-bone of a cetaceous animal, 

 Which had been found by Dr. Morris, in the middle of a 

 forest in the State of Delaware, at a distance of about six 

 miles from the Bay shore. Instances had occurred within 

 the recollection of some of the members present, of small 

 individuals of this family having been thrown upon the 

 shores of the Delaware even as high up the river as Bur- 

 lington. 



Slated Meeting, December 17, 1S44. 

 Vice President Morton in the Chair. 



DONATIONS TO MUSEUM. 



Two specimens of Strix nebulosa, (one mounted.) Presented 



by Mr. Samuel W. Woodhouse. 

 The Curators announced the following additions to the 



Museum, received in exchange, from Dr. Kinberg, of 



Lund, in Sweden, viz: 

 Eighty six Bird skins, of which the following are new to the 



Collection of the Academy : 



Falco islandicus, Lath.; Aquila fulva, Linn.; Pandion haliajetus, 

 Linn.; Milvus regalis, Briss.; Circus rufus, Briss.; Asio bubo, 

 Linn.; Scotophilus Tengmalmii, Selby ; Surnia funerea, Linn.; 

 Merula viscivora, Linn.; Cinclus aquaticus, Briss.; Phoenicura 

 tithys, Scopoli; Salicaria phragmites, Bcchstein; Budytes flava, 

 Linn.; Accentor modularis, Gm.; Regulus ignicapillus, Brehrn; 

 Paius palustris, Linn.; Parus ater, Linn.; Muscicapa luctuosa, 

 Scopoli; Pastor roseus, Linn.; Emberiza miliaria, Linn.; Fringilla 

 montifringilla, Linn.; Linaria cannabina, Linn.; Alanda cristata, 



