24 [April, 1S44. 



Baker, through Dr. Blanding : Anona muricata, Anona 



, Hsematoxylon campechiannm, Bixa orelana, Gua- 



zuma ulmifolia, Cassia bicupularis, Lauras , Ana- 



cardium occidentale. 



Also, from the same donor, a collection, in spirits, of reptilia, 

 fishes, and Crustacea, and the following species of shells: 

 Buccinum leutcostoma, Perna isognomon, Pecten zigzag, 

 Tellina lacunosa, Phasianella angulata, Cerithium nigres- 

 cens, Helix auricoma, Cyclostoma ; from Cuba. 



DONATIONS TO LIBRARY. 



Historian Naturalis de Quadrupedibus libri cum aeneis figuris. 

 Johannes Johnston, M. D. concinnavit. Folio, 1657. 

 From Mr. William Hembel. 



Leonardi Plukenetii Opera ; in 4 Vols. 4to. 2d edition. Lon- 

 don : 1699. From the same. 



Reports on the coal and mineral resources of India. By- 

 John McClelland. Calcutta; 1S41. From Mr. S. J. Oak- 

 ford, through Dr. Morton. 



Mr. Phillips read a portion of a letter from Mr. Couper, of 

 Georgia, expressing some doubt respecting the specific cha- 

 racter of the bird presented by him this evening, and request- 

 ing the attention of the Academy to it. 



The subject was referred to Messrs. Phillips, Cassin, and 

 Draper. 



Prof. Locke exhibited specimens of the plates of the pro- 

 jected work of Mr. Van Cleve, of Dayton, Ohio ; being a 

 translation of that portion of the writings of Dr. Goldfuss, 

 which relates to American organic remains. 



