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and seemed to show clearly, that the cones in question 

 were none other than fossil Balani. 



Mr. Milton D. Whipple of Lowell was elected a member 

 of the Society. 



ADDITIONS TO THE CABINET. 



Stalactites from Gen. H. A. S. Dearborn. 



December 18, 1844. 



J. E. Teschemachei'j Esq., in the Chair. 



Mr. B. A. Gould, Jr., read an extended notice of the con- 

 tents of recent numbers of the Memoires de la Societe de 

 Physique et d'Histoire Naturelle de Geneve with a synop- 

 sis of the biographies of Messrs. Huber and Decandolle. 



ADDITIONS TO THE LIBRARY. 



Forbes, J. D. Travels through the Alps of Savoy, &c. 8vo. 

 Edinburgh, 1843. 



Gray, G. R. Genera of Birds. Part 8. Audubon Fund. 



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

 Courtis Fund. 



Erratum.— Page 151, 11th line from the bottom, for " Under the tail-coverts," read 

 "Under tail-coverts." Page 155, 20th line, for "Tail 1£ inches," read "Tail 7£ 

 inches." 9th line from bottom, for " lighter than the male," read " lighter than in the 

 male." Page 156, 10th line, for " 3-8 inches," read « 3-8 of an inch." 22d line, for 

 '•' 1st primary longest ; 4th shortest," read "4th primary longest; 1st shortest". 



