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The President exhibited the skeleton of a young South 

 American Ostrich belonging to the Society, and pointed 

 out some interesting anatomical features in the bones of 

 the neck and leg. 



The President also exhibited the Cranium of a Digger 

 Indian, brought by Mr. Samuels from California. Its 

 internal capacity was about seventy-six cubic inches, 

 nearly the same as that of the Australian and Hottentot. 

 The forehead was very narrow, and the posterior part of 

 the head very broad. 



The President likewise exhibited and pointed out the 

 homologies of the cranial bones of a Python, the entire 

 skeleton of which serpent belongs to the Society. 



Dr. J. P. Reynolds presented, in the name of Rev. Louis 

 B. Schwarz, a Bulbous Root, from Africa (15° or 18° 

 S. L.) together with a gum found in the sandy soil. In 

 the rainy season these roots throw out a leaf a foot in 

 length, and produce a most beautiful flower. A resinous 

 substance exudes from the bulbs when cut, and probably 

 this resin, found in the soil, comes from the plant. 



The thanks of the Society were voted to Mr. Schwarz 

 for the donation. The plant was referred to Mr. Sprague, 

 and the resin to Dr. Hayes, for examination. 



Messrs. L. M. Dornbach, B. C. Ward, Charles Kess- 

 rnann, and Edward Habicht, were elected Resident Mem- 

 bers. 



February 4, 1857. 



The President in the Chair. 



The Corresponding Secretary presented a communica- 

 tion from Mr. Charles Whittlesey, of Cleveland, Ohio, 



