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other two are in the possession of Mr. Jenks, of Middleboro', 

 where they were shot. One was procured in Middletown, Ct. 

 and is in the possession of Dr. J. Barrett of that place. Nuttall 

 says, that they are occasionally exposed for sale in Boston 

 markets ; probably at the time when he made this observation 

 there had been a flight of them into this State, similar to what has 

 occurred this year; for during the past eighteen years (with the 

 exception of three) Dr. Cabot had kept a very close watch upon 

 our markets, with the express purpose of procuring birds for his 

 own and the Society's collection, and during that time he had 

 never seen a single specimen of this bird. 



Mr. Briggs exhibited a specimen of pig iron crystallized 

 in the form of geodes in the run of the metal, taken from 

 an iron furnace in New Jersey. It presented an unusual 

 appearance, and was much larger than any similar specimen 

 he had seen before. 



A letter was read from the President, announcing that he 

 had procured, through the American Minister at the Court 

 of Great Britain, a donation from the Royal East India 

 Company of a complete suite of casts of fossils from the 

 Himalaya mountains. Accompanying it were letters, an- 

 nouncing the gift, from Hon. Abbot Lawrence and the Sec- 

 retary of the East India Company. 



On motion of Mr. Durkee, it was 



Voted, That the sincere thanks of the Boston Society of 

 Natural History be presented to the East India Company 

 for their extremely interesting and valuable donation. Also 



Voted, That the thanks of the Boston Society of Natural 

 History be presented to the Hon. Abbot Lawrence for his 

 good offices in aiding the President in procuring for the 

 Society the valuable donation from the East India Com- 

 pany. 



And it was ordered that these votes be communicated by 

 the Corresponding Secretary to the parties concerned. 



