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A paper by Dr. Joseph Leidy was read, entitled " Observa- 

 tions on the Extinct Peccary of North America;" and another, 

 by the same author, entitled " Remarks on Saurocephalus and 

 its allies," — which were referred to a committee consisting of 

 Dr. Le Conte, Mr. Lea and Prof. Frazer. 



Stated Meetings December 5. 

 Present, eighteen members. 

 Judge Kane, Vice-President, in the Chair. 



Letters were read :— 



From the Royal Society of Sciences, at Upsal, dated Nov. 

 6, 1855: — from the Imperial Geological Institute at Vienna, 

 dated March 20, 1856: — from the Imperial Academy of Sci- 

 ences at Vienna, dated July 16, 1856:— and from the Secreta- 

 ry of I'Ecole des Mines, Paris, dated July 2, 1856, — severally 

 announcing donations for the library: — 



From the Royal Prussian Society of Sciences, dated Berlin, 

 March 20, 1856, announcing a donation, and acknowledging 

 the receipt of Transactions and Proceedings of this Society: 

 and — 



From the Imperial Geological Institute, dated Vienna, Dec! 

 21, 1855, acknowledging the receipt of Nos. 51, 52 of the 

 Proceedings. 



The following donations were announced: — 



FOR THE LIBRARY. 



Abhandlungen der K. Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, aus 

 dem Jahre 1854. Erster Supplement Band. Berlin, 1856. Fo- 

 lio. — From the Academy. 



Monatsbericht der K. Akad. der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, July — 

 Dec. 1855. Berlin. Svo. — From the same. 



Sitzungsberichte der K. Akademie der Wissenschaften : Phil. Hist. 

 Classe, XIX. Band, 2 Heft, XX. Band, 1 Heftr—Math. Nat. 

 Classe, XX. Band, 1 Heft. Wien, 1856. Svo.— From the Aca- 

 demy, 



