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stance to be the agent of the heat of meteors, is the difficulty of 

 accounting for the products of combustion. We find no per-oxide 

 of iron in meteorites." 



Mr. B. A. Gould. Jr.. in connection with the subject of me- 

 teorites, and with the supposed periodical display of falling 

 stars, on the night of the 13th November, annually, re- 

 marked, 



"That he had, for several successive years, kept watch on that 

 night, from twilight until day-break, and especially on the night of 

 the 13th of the current month. He had not perceived any unusual 

 frequency of falling stars, having been able to notice only six in an 

 hour on the last occasion, a number smaller than the average ob- 

 servable on most clear nights of the year." 



James B. Richards and Thomas Daniel were elected 

 members of the Society. 



ADDITIONS TO THE LIBRARY. 



Mantell, G. A. Medals of Creation, or First Lessons in Geol- 

 ogy. 2 vols. 12mo. London, 18-14. Audubon Fund. 



Gray, G. R. Genera of Birds. Part 7. London, 1844, Au- 

 dubon Fund. 



Annals and Magazine of Natural History, for November, 1844. 

 Courtis Fund. 



Morton, S. G., M. D. On a supposed new species of Hippopo- 

 tamus. Author. 



Report of Committee to visit Missions in the Levant. By Rufus 

 Anderson. 8vo. pam. 1844. 



Thirty-first Annual Report of the American Board of Commis- 

 sioners for Foreign Missions. 8vo. pam. 1844. The Board. 



December 4, 1844. 



Dr. C. T. Jackson, Vice President, in the Chair. 



Mr. Kmerson read the introduction of a paper communi- 

 cated by John Lewis Russell, Corresponding Member of 

 the Society, entitled " Musci of Eastern Massachusetts." 



PROCEEDINGS B. S. N. H. 22* MARCH, 1845. 



