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ADDITIONS TO THE LIBRARY. 



Transactions of Amer. Philos. Society, Part I., Vol. IX. 4to. 

 Philadelphia. A. P. Soc. 



Annals and Mag. of Nat. History, No. 85, for May, 1844. 

 Courtis Fund. 



Gray's (G. R.) Genera of Birds, No. 1. Long 4to. London, 

 1844. Audubon Fund. 



June 5, 1844. 



Dr. D. H. Storer, Vice President, in the Chair. 



Dr. Cabot announced the addition of the following speci- 

 mens of birds, new to the collection, viz. : Caculus Amer- 

 icanus, female ; Sylvia coronata, male and female ; Trog- 

 lodytes brevirostris, male ; Fringilla 'palustris ; Sylvia 

 Americana : — also the following duplicate specimens, viz. : 

 Sylvia parus, S. coronata, (male and female,) S. varia, 

 (male,) S. icterocephala, (male,) & marilandica, (male,) 

 Vireo olivaceus, (two males,) Troglodytes brevirostris, 

 (male,) Tanagra rubra, (male.) Tardus Wilso?iii, (male,) 

 Picus auratus, (male.) 



On motion of Dr. Cabot, Voted, that it be recommended 

 to the Curators to publish, from time to time, in the Pro- 

 ceedings, lists of duplicate specimens, which it may be 

 considered expedient to offer in exchange. 



Dr. Cabot exhibited a specimen of Colurnba Trudeauii, 

 Audubon, which he had procured in Yucatan. He had 

 exhibited this dove to Mr. Audubon, in the summer of 1842, 

 and had been informed by Mr. A. that the species was 

 already described. He saw, therefore, with surprise, Mr. 

 A.'s descriptions and figure in his late number of the 

 " Birds of America," where it is announced as a new spe- 

 cies. 



Dr. Gould reported on Part I., Vol. IX., of the Transac- 

 tions of the Philosophical Society. A paper by Mr. I. Lea, 

 describing shells supposed to be new, was particularly no- 

 ticed. The descriptions are brief, and drawn from the 



