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Dr. Gay reported on that portion of the Donation of Mr. 

 \\ inthrop which was selected for the Cabinet. 



Of these there were 85 specimens of the Si! icicles, 25 of the Car- 

 bonides, 15 Chlorides, and 80 miscellaneous. Dr. Gay reported 

 at leniith on the most interesting of these. 



Mr. Dillaway reported on the "Address of the President 

 of the Liverpool Society of Natural History'' referred to 

 him at the last meeting. 



Mr. Whittemore presented to the Society the following 

 shells : 



Helix labyrinthica, Say. 



" electrina, Gould. 



" chersina, Say. 



Helix lineata, Say. 



Pupa modesta, Say. 



Planorbis dilatatus, Gould. 



The President announced for the Library : 



Prodromus Systematis Vertebratorum, 12mo. pamph. 



Prodromus Systematis Ornithologise, 12mo. pamph. 



Prodromus Systematis Ichthyologiae, 12mo. pamph. 



Prodromus Systematis Mastozoologiae, 12mo. pamph. 



Presented by the author, Charles Lucien Bonaparte. 



Proceedings of the Academy of Nat. Sciences, Philadelphia, 

 Vol. I. No. 3. From the Academy. 



Annals and Magazine of Nat. History, Nos. 43 and 44. 8vo. 

 Lond. 1841. Courtis Fund. 



On suggestion of the President, the following names were 

 added to the several committees : 



To the Com. on Botany, O. S. Keith. 



" " Ornithology, S. Cabot, Jr. M. S. Scudder. 



" " Conchology, T. J. Whittemore. 



" " Geology, Dr. Gay. 



" " Mineralogy, T. Bulfinch. 



" Books, W. J. Adams. 

 Adjourned, 



F. A. EDDY, Rec. Sec. 



