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The specimens I send I procured at San Francisco on a hill, 

 the soil of which was fine gravel. I procured it January 10, 

 1850. 



A donation of ^20 was announced, from Mr. G. How- 

 land Shaw, for the department of Comparative Anatomy. 

 The thanks of the Society were voted for the donation. 



A large mass of conglomerated fossil shells from the 

 Richmond tertiary was presented by the President, in the 

 name of Dr. J. V. C. Smith. 



Mr. Charles F. Hovey was elected a member of the 

 Society. 



BOOKS RECEIVED DURING THE QUARTER ENDING MARCH 31. 



Traite de Mineralogie, par Haijy. 5 vols. 8vo. Paris, 1801. 

 From Dr. C. T. Jackson. 



Natural History of New York. 15 vols. 4to. New York, 

 1843. Deposited hy Republican Institution. 



Annals and Magazine of Natural History. No. 24, for De- 

 cember, 1849. 8vo. London. Courtis Fund. 



United States Exploring Expedition. Atlas. Zoophytes, by 

 James D. Dana, A. M. Folio. Philadelphia, 1849. From 

 Francis Alger. 



A Description of two additional Crania of the Enge-ena. By 

 Jeffries Wyman, M. D. 8vo. Pamph. Boston, 1849. From 

 the Author. 



The Western Journal. Edited by M. Tarver and T. F. Fisk. 

 8vo. Pamph. Vol. III. Nos. 1, 2. St. Louis. From the 

 Editors. 



The Family Visitor. Edited by J. P. Kirtland, S. St. John, 

 and C. H. Knapp. 4to. (Newspaper). Cleaveland, Ohio. Vol. I. 

 N. 1. F7^om the Editors. 



Bulletin de la Societe Geologique de France. 2'^™^ serie. 

 Tome 6'^'"^ Feuilles 27 - 34. 2 Avril — 18 Juin, 1849. From 

 the Societe Geologique. 



Bibliotheque Conchyliologique, Chenu. Premiere serie. 

 Vol. L 2^^""^ serie. Vols. L - IV. 8vo. Paris, 1845. Depos- 

 ited hy Mr. Desor. 



