PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES 



OF PHILADELPHIA. 



Vol. II. MAY AND JUNE, 1S44. No. 3. 



Stated Meeting, May 7, 1S44. 

 Vice President Morton in the Chair. 



DONATIONS TO LIBRARY. 



Fifty-seventh Annual Report of the Regents of the University 



of the State of New York. Albany: 1844. From the 



Regents. 

 A System of Mineralogy. By James D. Dana, A. M. Second 



Edition, pp. 633. Svo. New York and London : 1S44. 



From the Author. 



Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, Vol. IV., 

 No. 29. January to April, 1S44. From the Society. 



Almanach der Kuniglichen bayerischen, Akademie der Wis- 

 senschaften du Munchen. Munich, 1S43. From the 

 Academy. 



A letter was read from the Rev. William Herbert, dated 

 SpofTorth, April 2d, 1844, acknowledging the receipt of his 

 notice of election as a Correspondent. 



The Chairman read a letter from Dr. Edmund Ravenel, 

 dated Charleston, 26th of March, 1S44, in reference to some 

 specimens of fossils from the Cretaceous strata of South Caro- 

 lina, sent by him with descriptions for publication. 



The specimens were exhibited, and the descriptions read ; 



