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Dr. Storer read a Report on the following Fishes pre- 

 sented by the Rev. Zadoc Thompson of Vermont : 



Lepisosteus oxyurus ; Acipenser oxyrinchus ; Centrarchus reneus ; 

 Lota maculosa ; Esox reticulatus ; Coregonus albus ; Catostomus 

 oblongus and teres ; Lucio-perca Americana ; Corvina oscula ; 

 Leuciscus pulchellus ; Hiodon elodulus ; Pimelodus nebulosus. 



The thanks of the Society were presented to Mr. Thomp- 

 son for his donation. 



Dr. Storer laid on the table the lower jaw of a rare and 

 remarkable species of Galeus, sent by C. W. Dabney, Esq., 

 U. S. Consul at Fayal, to Messrs. A. & C. Cunningham, 

 and by them presented to the Society. The thanks of the 

 Society were voted to the Messrs. Cunningham for their 

 donation. 



A communication was received from a committee appoint- 

 ed at a public meeting in this city held in furtherance of 

 Mr. Vattemare's project, requesting the concurrence of the 

 Society in his plan. A motion to have the communication 

 read was not sustained, and the subject was referred to a 

 committee, consisting of the President, Mr. Teschemacher, 

 and Mr. Sherwin. 



Dr. Storer stated that Mr. Ayres of Long Island had sent 

 a collection of Fishes to the society ; — among which were 

 Prionotus strigatus ; Umbrina nebvlosa ; Tetraodon turgi- 

 dus ; and Temnodon saltator ; — and he desired an addi- 

 tional case for their reception. Referred to the Board of 

 Curators. 



Dr. Gould presented from Mr. Couthouy some shells, 

 which he observed were " rare shells from rare localities.*' 



DONATIONS. 



Nest and Eggs of the Hirundo riparia — from H. J. Bryant. 



Tetraodon mathematicus — taken forty miles off the Leeward 

 Islands. From Mr. G. L. Perkins, of Plymouth. 



The Entomologist, Nos. 1,2, 3, edited by Edward Newman. 

 8vo. London. 1840. From the Editor. 



