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Stated Meeting, Jipril 15, 1845. 

 Vice President Morton in the Chair. 



DONATIONS TO MUSEUM. 



The following bird skins were presented by Mr. John 



Cassin. 



Procnias hirundinaceus, Sw. Loxia torrida, L. 



Pitylus Cayenensis, Bris. Loxia minuta, L 



Drymophila atra, Sw. Aglaia chrysoptera, Sw. 



From South America. 



Halcyon Senegalensis, L. From Western Africa. 



Trichus Philadelphia, Wi!son. From vicinity of Philadelphia. 



A collection of fossils from the vicinity of Seneca Lake, N. Y., 

 comprising numerous specimens of the following genera, 

 viz. : 



Delthyris, Dipleura, Cypricarditis, Nuculites, Orthonota, 

 Strombodes, Orthoceras, Strophomene, Calymene, Orthis, 

 Cyathophyllum, Atrypa, Favosites, and others. Collected 

 and presented by Mr. J. Tremper, of New York. 



DONATIONS TO LIBRARY. 



Annales des mines : 4 Iue - Serie. Livs. II, III and IV de 1844. 

 In exchange. 



Prof. Rogers called the attention of the Society to a paper 

 by M. Durocher, in ;he Annales des mines, Tome 6, IV 

 Liv. de 1844, on the geology of the Pyrenees, containing 

 facts confirmatory of his and his brother's views with regard 

 to the structure of mountainous chains. 



