206 Miscellanies. 
October 13.—The cabinet received donations from Mr. Minifie 
and Dr. Coale-—Charles Cramer, Esq. of New York, presented a 
catalogue of plants growing in the vicinity of Troy ; and the Report 
of the Geological Society of Brussels.—Dr. Edmondson reported a 
table of Meteorological Observations for August, 1836.—Dr. J. W. 
Greétham reported a table of observations made at Mt. Vernon, Illi- 
nois, for June and July, 1836, both of which were referred to the 
section of Physics.—The chairman of the section cf Botany re- 
ported progress in the arrangement of plants referred to that sec- 
tion.—Dr. Aikin was appointed to lecture at the sitting of the 27th 
inst. 
October 20.—Dr. Coale presented the skeleton of a wren.—The 
section of Physics reported upon the tables referred at the last sit- 
ting, embracing in the report, suggestions of some modifications, 
which were approved by the Academy.—The section of Mineralogy 
reported the receipt of a suite of geological specimens from Heidel- 
burg, and that they had been placed in the cabinet. 
October 27.—Donations for the cabinet, from Mr. Quinby, Dr. 
Coale, Dr. Zollickhoffer, and the Maryland Colonization Society — 
The remainder of the session was occupied by an interesting lecture 
from Mr. Quinby, on the mineralogy of the ancients, which was lis- 
tened to with much attention, and a copy requested from the author 
for preservation in the library. 
November 3.—Dr. Coale -presented for the cabinet the skin of a 
monkey, tanned by the natives of Cape Palmas.—Donations for the 
library from Prof. Ducatel, Dr. Dunbar, Prof. W. R. Johnson, of 
Philadelphia, and Com. Figaniere.—Dr. Aikin delivered a lecture 
on the anatomy of plants.—Dr. Henry P. Sartwell, of Penn Yan, 
N. Y., was elected a corresponding member.—Mr. Fisher informed 
the Academy that the arseniate of baryta, recommended by him at @ 
former meeting, he had since ascertained should be employed only 
when the use of powdered arsenic was impossible—hence its use 
should be confined to the preservation of the plumage of birds.— 
Mr. Fisher was appointed to read a paper at the following. sittings 
and Prof. Ducatel at the succeeding one. 
. November 10.—Dr. Coale presented the prepared skeleton of a 
“ Corvus crestata.”—-Mr. Fisher read a paper on the present state of 
Pharmacy in the United States.—J. J. Audubon was elected an 
honorary member of the Academy. 
