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It was thereupon voted, " That the thanks of the Society 

 be rendered to the gentlemen who have so liberally contrib- 

 uted to bestow upon it this valuable donation, and that the 

 Secretary be instructed to notify each of the gentlemen of 

 this vote." 



ADDITIONS TO THE LIBRARY. 



Report on the Geology of Connecticut. By J. G. Percival. 8vo. 

 New Haven. 1842. From the Author. 



Agricultural Address. By Henry Colman. 8vo. pam. Roches- 

 ter. 1842. The Author. 



Annals and Magazine of Nat. History, for March, 1843. Cour- 

 tis Fund. 



March 15, 1843. 

 Regular meeting — the President in the Chair. 



Dr. Wyman was chosen Secretary, pro tern. 



Dr. Gould read a paper on Zoological Nomenclature, 

 founded on the proposition recently made by the British 

 Association for a reformation in Zoological Nomenclature, 

 and upon Agassiz's "Nomenclator Zoologicus." (See Sil- 

 liman's Journal. Vol. XLV. p. 1). 



Dr. Abbot exhibited the following specimens recently 

 added to the Society's collection of mounted birds, viz : 



Strix asio, male, 

 Tringa pectoralis, 

 Cervus cristatus, male, 

 Vireo olivaceus, 

 Vireo flavifrons, 

 Muscicapa Cooperi, 



Muscicapa ruticilla, female, 

 Caprimulgus vociferus, 

 Caprimulgus Virginianus, 

 Pyrrhula frontalis, 

 Fringilla purpurea, male, 

 F. graminea. 



Dr. Binney read a critical notice of the species found in 

 the United States, which, at present, are described as con- 

 stituting the genus Pupa. 



Having examined, with the aid of a microscope, well authenti- 

 cated specimens from most of the public and private collections in 



