PROCEEDINGS 



ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES 



OF PHILADELPHIA. 



Vol. II. NOV. AND DEC, 1845. No. 12. 



Stated Meeting, Nov. 4, 1S45. 

 Vice President Morton in the Chair. 



DONATIONS TO MUSEUM. 



Eighteen specimens, in skin, of Birds, from Illinois. Pre- 

 sented by Benjamin B. Brown, M. D., of St. Louis, Mis- 

 souri — viz.: 

 Numenius longirostris S and 9 Anas albeola (young) 

 " borealis $ and 9 Fuligula rufitorques $ 



Tetrao cupido $ and 2 $ Limosa fedoa 



Anser hyperboreus % Rallus elegans $ 



Anas clypeata $ Sturnus LudovicianusS 



" Americana % Icterus phoeniceus % and $ 



" streperaS 

 Also, from the same donor, a specimen, in skin, of Sciurus 



fuliginosus? Bachman, from the Rocky Mountains. 

 Mr. Cassin presented the following fine collection of African 

 and S. American Birds: 



African. 

 Scops leucotis, Temm. Coracias Abyssinica, Lath. 



Malaconotus Barbarus, Linn. Eurystomus rubescens, VielL 

 ** chrysogaster, Sw. Scotiornis climaturus, Viell. 



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