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Votedy That a complete set of the Journal of this Society 

 be presented to the Portland Society of Natural History. 



On motion of Dr. Gould, it was also 



Voted, That a series of duplicate shells belonging to this 

 Society be presented to the Portland Natural History So- 

 ciety, whenever they are prepared to select and receive 

 them. 



Mr. Bouve remarked that probably it was not generally 

 known that perhaps the next best specimens of the Ornith- 

 ichnites of the Connecticut Ptiver Sandstone, after those in 

 Boston, belonged to the Portland Society, and were de- 

 stroyed when its Museum was burned. 



Dr. Cornehus Kolloch, of Cheraw, S. C, and Dr. A. S. 

 Baldwin, of Jacksonville, Fla., were elected Corresponding 

 Members. 



Rev. David G. Haskins, of Boston, and Mr. Robert M. 

 Copeland, of Pvoxbury, were elected President Members. 



DONATIONS TO THE MUSEUM. 

 A Sturgeon, from Minnesota ; from Dr. Kneeland. 



BOOKS RECEIVED DURING THE QUARTER ENDING MARCH 31, 1854. 



Annals of Science. Nos. 22, 23, 24, 25, 26. Cleveland, 1853-4. Received in 

 Exchange. 



American Journal of Science and Arts. Vol. 17, Nos. 49, 50. Received in 

 Exchange. 



Farmer's Companion. Kos. 1, 2, 3. Vol. 3. 8vo. Pamph. Detroit, March, 

 1854. Received in Exchange. 



New York Journal of Medicine. Nos. 1, 2. Vol. XII. New Series. 8vo. 

 Pamph. New York, 1854. Received in Exchange. 



Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences^ of Philadelphia. Vol. VT. 

 No. 12. Index and Title page to Vol. VI. ; and No. 1, Vol. VH. 8vo. Pamph. 

 1854. Philadelphia. Received in Exchange. 



Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Vols. 4, 5. 4to. 

 Jahresbericht des Wissenschaftlichen Vereins in HaUe. Fiiufter Jahrgang, 1852. 

 3 und 4 Hefte. 8vo. Berlin, 1853. Received in Exchange. 



