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the well practised geologist and mineralogist. These two places 

 also afford small quantities of a mineral which I consider as new, 

 and which is now under analysis. Ackworth is, I believe, about 

 90 miles N. N. E. from Chesterfield." 



The following persons were elected Corresponding Mem- 

 bers, viz. : 



Dr. J. Lawrence Smith, of Charleston, S. C. 

 Prof. E. Mitchell, of Chapel Hill, N. C. 

 Mr. Tuomey, Esq., of Petersburg, Ya. 

 Dr. J. W. Mighels, of Portland, Me. 



DONATIONS TO THE CABINET. 



Mr. Bouve presented, in behalf of Mr. Nathaniel Brewer, nine 

 silurian fossils, viz. : Asaphus longicaudatus, 3 specimens ; Hy~ 

 panthocrinus ccdatus ; Caryocrinus ornatus ; Calymene — ; Gor- 

 gonia reticulata. 



Dr. Gould presented, in behalf of Dr. WJieatland, of Salem, 

 several specimens of Land Shells ; — and from J. G. Anthony, a 

 specimen of Scorpion, from Little Rock, Arkansas. 



Thanks were voted to the donors. 



ADDITIONS TO THE LIBRARY. 



Annals and Mag. of Natural History, No. 88, for July, 1844. 

 London. Courtis Fund. 



Gray's Genera of Birds, Nos. 2 and 3. London. Audubon 

 Fund. 



Silliman's Amer. Journal of Science and Arts, No. 1, Vol. 

 XL VII, for July, 1844. 8vo. New Haven. Editor. 



Audubon's Quadrupeds of America — Plates 31 to 35. Subscri- 

 bers. (See page 137.) 



Proceedings of Acad, of Nat. Sciences of Philadelphia, No. 1, 

 Vol. II. A. N. Sc. 



Morton, S. G. Inquiry into the distinctive characteristics of the 

 Aboriginal Race of America. 2d Edition. 8vo. pam. Philadel. 

 1844. Author. 



Morton, S. G. Crania jEgyptiaca. 4to. Philadelphia, 1844. 

 Author. 



