234 [May, 1S45. 



and referred to him by the Academy for that purpose. A part 

 of the apparatus which he employed in conducting the analysis 

 was exhibited, and the mode of operating with it fully ex- 

 plained. 



A letter was read from Mr. Benjamin Silliman, Jr., Secre- 

 tary of the Association of American Geologists and Natural- 

 ists, recently convened at New Haven, Conn., dated Yale 

 College Cabinet, May 6th, 1S45, transmitting a copy in ma- 

 nuscript of a Report made by a Committee of the Association, 

 appointed for the purpose "of taking into consideration the 

 adoption of the rules of the British Association regarding 

 the subject of Zoological and Botanical Nomenclature, with 

 such changes as may be deemed expedient." 



The design of the Association in transmitting a copy of 

 this Report being, to ascertain the views of the Academy on 

 the subject referred to, in connexion with those of other sci- 

 entific bodies in the United States, the documents were on 

 motion referred to a committee, as follows: Mr. Phillips, 

 Dr. Bridges and Dr. Morton. 



A letter was rqad from Mr. J. D. Dana, Chairman of the 

 committee of the Association, dated New Haven, May 6th. 

 1845, in relation to the same subject. 



On motion of Prof. Johnson: Resolved, That the Library 

 Committee be directed to inquire what measures can be 

 adopted to place the Academy in possession of a copy of the 

 highly valuable work of Mr. Audubon on the quadrupeds of 

 the United States, now in course of publication. 



Meeting for Business, May 27, 1845. 



Vice President Morton in the Chair. 



The committee to whom was referred a communication 

 from Mr. Edward Harris, read April 1st, 1S45, on the 

 Geology of the Upper Missouri, reported in favor of publi- 

 cation. 



