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exhibited anatomically, he described as surpassing, in extent 

 and value, any of a similar kind in this country, or even in 

 Europe, with the exception of that at Berlin. It was then 



Voted, That the specimens be deposited with tlie Society 

 of Medical Improvement, in the name and as the donation 

 of Dr. Cragin, and that Dr. Cragin be informed of the dis- 

 position thus made of them. 



Dr. Wyman made some observations upon a specimen of 

 Simla pit hecia received from Dr. Cragin. 



Edward Winslow, Jacob Sleeper, Joseph M. Wightman, 

 Paschal P. Pope, and Samuel Austin, Jun., were elected 

 members of the Society. 



ADDITIONS TO THE LIBRARY. 



Gray, G. R. Genera of Birds. 4to. Part. xiv. Audubon 

 Fund. 



Hooker, W. I. Genera Fiticum. Parts x, xi, xii. Courtis 

 Fund. 



Annals and Magazine of Natural History. No. 100. June, 

 1845. The same. 



Report of Commmissioner of Patents for 1844. Svo. Wash- 

 ington, 1845. From Charles Slodder. 



July 2, 1845. 

 The President in the Chair. 



Dr. D. H. Storer read a description of a hitherto un- 

 described species of fish, received from Mr. S. C. Clark, of 

 Chicago, with drawings taken from the living fish. 



Etheostoma c^rulea. Body oblong. Head slightly gibbous 

 anterior to the eyes, which are prominent. When alive, reddish 



