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Stated Meeting, rfpril 23, 1S44. 

 Vice President Morton in the Chair. 



DONATIONS TO LIBRARY. 



An Essay on solid Meteors and Aerolites, or meteoric stones. 



By Peter A. Browne, L. L. D. Philadelphia: 1844. From 



the Author. 

 The Birds of Long Island. By J. P. Giraud, Jr. Svo. New 



York: 1S44. From the Author. 

 Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society. Vol. 4. 



No. 28. June to December, 1S43. From the Society. 



A letter was read from Capt. P. T. Cautley, Correspondent 

 of the Academy, dated Serampore, October 30, 1S43, an- 

 nouncing that he had forwarded for the Museum a donation 

 of fossils obtained from the Siwalih Hills, lying at the south- 

 ern foot of the Himalayas. 



The Chairman read a letter from Colonel Abert, dated 

 April 18, 1S44, transmitting drawings of a species of Palu- 

 dina, which he regards as new, and requesting the attention 

 of the members to it. 



Referred to a Committee, consisting of Mr. Phillips, Dr. 

 Morton, and Mr. Conrad. 



A communication was read from the Secretary of the 

 American Philosophical Society, dated April 15, 1S44, ac- 

 knowledging the receipt of No. 1, Vol. 2, of the Proceedings 

 of the Academy. 



The Committee, to whom were referred, on the 26th of 

 March and 2d of April last, papers by Dr. F. E. Mel- 

 sheimer, the Rev. Mr. Zeigler, and Mr. J. L. Le Conte, de- 

 scribing new species of North American Coleoptera, reported 

 in favour of publication. 



