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male and female. Hemlock Warbler, {M. parus, Wils.) 

 male and female ; spring plumage. Canada Flycatcher, 

 ( Setophag-a Canadensis, Linn.) male. Yellow-bird, [Frin- 

 gilla tristis, Linn.) Wilson's Thrush, ( Turdus Wilsonii, 

 Pr. Bonap.) female. The thanks of the Society were 

 voted for this valuable donation. 



The Corresponding Secretary read the following let- 

 ters, viz : — 



From the Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society, December 

 8, 1857 ; Societe de Geographie, Paris, November 27, 1857 ; 

 Linna^an Society, London, January 8, 1858, acknowledging the 

 receipt of the Society's Pubhcations. Societe des Arts et des 

 Sciences de Batavia, February 12, 1858 ; K. Bayerische Akad- 

 emie, Miinchen, December 12, 1857 ; K. Preussische Akademie, 

 Berlin, December 24, 1857, acknowledging the same, and asking 

 that missing numbers may be supplied. K. Akademie der Wis- 

 senschaften, Wien, September 17, 1857 ; Real Academia de 

 Ciencias de Madrid, August 18, 1856; Societe d'Histoire Natu- 

 relle du Departement de la Moselle, Januaiy 4, 1858, presenting 

 their various publications. Verein fiir Vaterliindische Natur- 

 kunde, &c., Stuttgart, September 6, 1857 ; the same, December 

 28, 1857, presenting its publications, and acknowledging the re- 

 ceipt of those of this Society. Societe Royale de Zoologie, Am- 

 sterdam, November, 1857, proposing an exchange of publications. 

 From H. Davis, Whitewater, Wisconsin, June 1 and 11, concern- 

 ing specimens sent to the Society, &c. ; Simeon ShurtlefF, M. D., 

 Westfield, Mass., June 9, accepting membership ; Robert Howell, 

 Nicholl, N. Y., June 4, proposing to exchange fossils for books ; 

 W. G. Binney, Burlington, N. J., June 11, concerning a paper on 

 Helices. 



The President announced the death of Dr. James 

 Deane, of Greenfield, Mass., well known for his researches 

 in fossil Ichnology. He was a Corresponding Member 

 of the Society, and Mr. Bouve was requested to draw 

 up a sketch of his labors, and a series of resolutions 

 expressing the Society's sense of their loss by his 

 decease. 



