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bling the humerus of Orycteropus Capensis. There is a tooth 

 which Dr. P. regards as a tooth of the Mylodon of Prof. Owen. 

 A notice of these bones had been given in a recent number of 

 Silliman's Journal. Dr. P. was not aware that any bones of Me- 

 gatherium had been previously found in this country, except per- 

 haps one noticed by Dr. Mitchill as found upon an island on the 

 coast of Georgia. There were found, at the same locality on Co- 

 lumbia River, cervical vertebra?, tusks and teeth of a fossil elephant. 



Dr. J. B. S. Jackson mentioned that a Porpoise had been 

 taken in Chelsea, which he thought would be a valuable 

 acquisition to the Cabinet. He was authorized to procure 

 it. 



The Recording Secretary announced that he purposed to 

 publish a Catalogue of the Plants belonging to New Eng- 

 land, and solicited any information which members might 

 afford him in aid of his purpose. 



On motion of Mr. Teschemacher, Voted, that the Journal 

 of the Society be sent to Dr. Shortt of Kentucky, in acknow- 

 ledgment of contributions of Botanical Specimens received 

 from him. 



The following donations were then announced, viz. 



The skin of a Dove from Manilla, subsequently found to be the 

 Columba cruenta. Lath. From Lewis Ashman, Esq. 

 Unio intermedins, from S. S. Haldeman. 

 Tellina Spengleri, from Prof. C. B. Adams. 



The thanks of the Society were voted for the several 

 donations, and the Society adjourned. 



February 2, 1842. 



Regular meeting — the President in the Chair. 



Dr. S. L. Abbot read a Report on a Specimen of Syrnium 

 cinereum — the great Cinereous Owl. 



The specimen is a very perfect one, and differs somewhat from 

 those described and figured by Nuttall and Audubon. It is rarely 

 found in our latitude, but is common in the woody districts lying 



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