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Stated Meeting, dug. 5th, 1845. 

 Mr. Cassin in the Chair. 



DONATIONS TO MUSEUM. 



Numerous specimens of the following species of land, fresh 

 water, and marine shells, from New Grenada, viz.: 



Venus flexuosa, Pyrula melongena (young,) Mactra carinata, 

 Avicula atlantica, Chiton piceus, Bulimus undatus, Cera- 

 todes cornu-arietis, Purpura patula, Littorina muricata, 



L. ziezac, Strombus gigas (young,) Ampullaria , Ne- 



ritina , Littorina , and one specimen of Cypraea 



exanthema (young.) 



Also the following, from the Bay of Carthagena: 



Nerita peleronta and var. ; N, tesselata, and Triton macu- 

 latum. Presented by Mr. Horatio S. Stephens. 



Also from the same donor, a collection of about twenty species 

 of plants from San Lucia, New Grenada. 



A large collection of fossils from the Siwalah Hills, lying 

 at the southern foot of the Himalayas, between the Sutlej 

 and Jumra rivers. From Capt. P. T. Cautley, of the Bengal 

 army. 



Two specimens of Modiola plicata, with shells of a species of 

 Ostrea attached; from Cape May. From Mr. Thos. C. 

 Percival. 



Dr. Morton deposited the skulls of two Upsarooka or Crow 

 Indians, two of Assiniboins, and one Cotonay or Blackfoot, 

 procured and presented to him by J. J. Audubon, Esq. 



DONATIONS TO LIBRARY. 



Chart of the U. S. Coast Survey: New York Bay and Har- 

 bor and its environs. From the Treasury Department, 

 through A. D. Bache, Esq., Superintendent of U. S. Coast 

 Survey. 



American Journal of Science and Arts, Vol. 49, No. 1. July, 

 1845. From the Editors. 



