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Prof. Rogers had recently revisited the Anthracite Coal 

 deposites in Rhode Island, and confirmed his previous 

 opinion, that they are of the same geological epoch as the 

 Anthracite Coal-fields in other parts of the United States. 

 In fact, he was satisfied, from the identity of the Fossils 

 in this formation and the adjacent Slate, both in Europe and 

 America, that the age of these deposites must be the same 

 everywhere ; and any theory to account for their existence 

 must be " world-wide.'' 



Dr. Gould presented several specimens of rocks from 

 Burmah ; also, six or eight Shells, among them Auricula 

 vulpina, from St. Helena, interesting from the fact that this 

 species has become extinct within a few years. 



Dr. Gould read a note from Mrs. Binney, offering as a 

 donation to the Society's Collection a large number of 

 Shells and Fossils from the Southern region of the United 

 States, and of native Fishes beautifully preserved in large 

 jars, which had been collected for her husband, the lamented 

 Dr. Amos Binney, the late President of the Society. On 

 motion of the President, it was voted that the thanks of the 

 Society be presented to Mrs. Binney, for this manifestation 

 of her interest in our welfare ; with the assurance that the 

 Society will endeavor to dispose of them for the best inte- 

 rests of science, according to Dr. B.'s well-known desire. 



* A very minute remnant of vitelline duct found at I83 inches from vent. 



