PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES 



OF PHILADELPHIA. 

 Vol. II. MAY AND JUNE, 1845. No. 9. 



Stated Meeting, May 6, 1S45. 

 Vice President Morton in the Chair. 



DONATIONS TO MUSEUM. 



Three human crania, viz.: An ancient Mexican, a Lenape, 

 and a Congo negro. Deposited by Dr. Morton. 



Specimen of Ammonites placenta, from Lowndes county, 

 Alabama. From Dr. Wm. Blanding. 



DONATIONS TO LIBRARY. 



Third Bulletin of the Proceedings of the National Institute 

 at Washington. Feb. 1S42 to Feb. 1845. From the In- 

 stitute. 



Catalogue of Plants collected by the Botanical department 

 of Providence Franklin Society, principally m Rhode 

 Island, in 1844. From the Society. 



Boston Journal of Natural History. Vol. V, No. 1. Jan., 

 1S45. From the Boston Society of Natural History. 



First Report on Meteorology to the Surgeon General of the 

 U. S. Army. By James P. Espy. From Mr. Samuel 

 Hazard. 



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