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the politeness of Dr. Wheatland, of Salem, the specimen of 

 Batistes, belonging to the Salem Natural History Society, 

 which was taken there in August, of the present year. It 

 proves to be the Batistes awantiacus, Mitchill. Dr. S. 

 had never known a specimen to be taken before in the 

 waters of Massachusetts. He exhibited a drawing of a 

 specimen taken by Dr. Bates in Portland harbor, Me., and, 

 of course, knew that it must have passed through our waters, 

 it being a southern species. He also exhibited a drawing of 

 this specimen (taken at Salem). 



J. C. Fremont, Esq., U. S. Army, was elected a cor- 

 responding member. 



DONATIONS TO THE CABINET. 



Marl fossils, viz., Planorhis 'parvus^ campan7ilahis, and hicari- 

 Jiatus, Physa ancillaria^ Limnea galbana, Paludina decisa, and 

 limosa, all of Say ; and Vahata bicarinata, Lea, with a Cyclas^ 

 from White Pond, Warren Co., N. J. From /. Leidy, M. D. 



Numcnius liudsonicas. From Dr. Cabot. 



Corvus picus, L., from N. W. of ]\Iichigan, and Bombycivora 

 gan'ulus, from Cleveland. From W. Case, Esq. of Cleveland, 

 Ohio. 



Lymnea emarginata. Say, and L. jiigidaris, Say, Paludina 

 ponderosa., Say, Unio IcEvissima, triangularis, and formosa, 

 Alasmidonta corrugata. From Lake Superior. From the same. 



ADDITIONS TO THE LIBRARY. 



Adams, C. B. First Annual Report on the Geology of the 

 State of Vermont. 8vo, pp. 90. Burlington, 1845. From the 

 Author. 



Phillips, John. A Treatise on Geology. 12mo. Edinburg, 

 1837. Courtis Fund. 



De La Beche, H. T. A Geological Manual. 8vo. Phila- 

 delphia, 1832. Courtis Fund. 



Gray, G. R. Genera of Birds. No. 18. Folio. Courtis Fund. 



Annals and Magazine of Natural History. No. 105, Oct., 

 1845. Same. 



