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Dr. C. T. Jackson presented, in the name of Mr. John R. 

 Robbins, of Lawrence, a specimen of rock salt from the Petit 

 Anse salt mines of Louisiana, and read an account of the dis- 

 covery and character of these mines. 



Dr. J. C. White, in behalf of Dr. Ilemy Bryant, announced 

 the donation of three hundred and forty-six specimens of two 

 hundred and ninety-six species of mounted birds from the 

 Smithsonian Institution, collected on various government ex- 

 peditions ; also a donation from Dr. Bryant of three hundred 

 specimens of mounted foreign birds from his own collection. 



The Subscription Committee announced subscriptions to 

 the working fund to the amount of $4425. 



The Secretary announced that he should be absent during 

 the remaining meetings of the official year and requested 

 that a Secretary pro tempore be chosen. Dr. J. C. White 

 was unanimously elected. 



February 17, 1864. 

 T. T. Bouve, Esq., in the chair. 



Present, seventeen members. 



The Chairman announced the donation of a very valuable 

 collection of fossil Echinoderms from James M. Barnard, Esq. 

 This collection was made by Dr. A. Krantz of Bonn, and is 

 second only to that in the Museum of Comparative Zoology 

 in Cambridge in the country, and presents good types of near- 

 ly every group in the class of Echinoderms in which the 

 American Museums are deficient, embracing specimens from 

 all the formations from the Silurian upwards. The identifica- 

 tions of the names and localities are complete. The donation 

 included also a small collection of living Echinodemis, dry and 

 in spirits, named by Mr. Alex. Agassiz, a full series of the 

 casts of the Echini in the Museum of Neufchatel, some corals, 

 Mollusca and fifty volumes of works on Natural History. 

 The Echinoderms, fossil and living, number one thousand six 



PROCEEDINGS B. 8. N. H.— VOL. X. 2 OCTOBER, 1865. 



