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thony, Esq. of Cincinnati, a fine series of the following spe- 

 cies from Tennessee : lo spinosa, 1. fluviatilis, I. tenebrosOy 

 Anculosa genicula ; Melania robulina. 



Dr. Cabot announced the donation of a case of mounted 

 birds from Dr. William R. Lawrence, two specimens of 

 Richardson's Jager, obtained at Chatham from Mr. Horatio 

 R. Storer ; a Black Guillemot, from Dr. T. M. Brewer ; a 

 Red-tailed Hawk from himself. He also exhibited three 

 mounted specimens of birds recently presented by Dr. 

 Cragin. 



Mr. Storer presented, in the name of Mr. C. C. Hayes, 

 of S. Berwick, Maine, a jar of Reptiles containing the fol- 

 lowing species : Coluber eximius, C. vernalis, 0. occipi- 

 tomaculatus, Tropidonotus sirtalis, Salamandra symmetrica. 

 He also presented a living specimen of Coluber punctatus, 

 obtained at Hingham, Mass., in the name of Dr. T. M. 

 Brewer. 



The thanks of the Society were voted to Mr. Hayes for 

 his donation. 



Dr. Josiah C. Nott, of Mobile, was elected a Correspond- 

 ing Member. 



November 5, 1851. 



The President in the Chair. 



The President remarked that this was the first opportu- 

 nity he had had, since his return from Europe, to be present 

 at a meeting of the Society, and he gladly availed himself 

 of it to acknowledge his sense of their kindness expressed 

 in the vote which he had received from the hands of the 

 Secretary. A few days since he had met a friend, a mem- 



