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August 17, 1842. 



Regular meeting — Dr. Binney, Vice President, in the Chair. 



Dr. Wyman enumerated the characteristics of a Batra- 

 chian Reptile of the genus Trachycephalus, sent by Dr. 

 Cragin from Surinam. 



He also noticed a specimen of Mygale, and exhibited a sketch 

 representing the operculum which the animal is said to use for 

 closing the aperture of its dwelling. Dr. Binney asked if Dr. W. 

 had seen this operculum, as doubt of its existence had been ex- 

 pressed by Professor Hentz in his paper in the last number of the 

 Society's Journal. Dr. W. replied that he had seen a specimen 

 in the Museum of the Garden of Plants labelled " Nest of the My- 

 gale," and from this his sketch had been taken. 



Dr. Cabot made some remarks upon a volume of the 

 Naturalist's Library respecting Gallinaceous Birds. 



It is there stated that the Wild Turkey is to be found from the 

 North West Territory to Darien. Dr. C. thinks it does not go so 

 far south as Darien, and is not found west of the Rocky Mountains, 

 and but rarely west of the Mississippi. The Mandan Indians who 

 visited Washington, carried home a stuffed skin of the Turkey as 

 a curiosity. The Turkey is stated to be extinct in the north-east- 



