96 



The thanks of the Academy were voted for the 

 above donations. 



From Mr. Wm. Stiuipson, a copy, of his work on 

 the Testaceous Mollusks of New England. 



From Dr. Lanszweert, a Catalogue of the Shells of 

 Connecticut ; also Conchology from the Encyclopae- 

 dia Britannica. with plates of American Conchology. 



The Committee ou Publication were appointed a 

 committee to draft a memorial to Congress in favor 

 of the publication of the Scientific Reports of the U. 

 S. Exploring Expedition under Commanders Ringold 

 and Rogers. 



Mr. Mos? presented a prospectus of the Literary 

 and Scientific Association of Valparaiso. 



Mr. T. J. Nevius was elected a Life Member of the 

 Academy. 



Dr. Kellogg exhibited a drawing of a new species 

 of Oak, to which was given the provisional name of 



Quercus T'accinifoha—KtLlsOQQ—or Huckleber- 

 ry-leaf Oak — Leaves annual, coriaceous, small, ob- 

 long ovate, acute, sub mucrouate, somewhat obtuse 

 at base ; glabrous above, reticulate ; fuscous and 

 stellate pubescent beneath ; margin entire, petiole 

 short. Fruit ovate, sub acute, mucrouate, Bub-ses- 

 sile ; cup shallow, margin thin, scales minute ap- 

 pressed, hoary-fuscous lipped with brown, stellate 

 pubetcent. Biennial ? 



This species of oak is abundant on the lofty moun- 

 tains of California The Trinity, Scott and S:skiyou 

 mountains are clothed with extensive thickets oi this 

 shrub. It is rarely found over one inc 1 ) in diameter, 

 and 4 to 6 feet in height The branches are smooth, 

 round and slender, and together with the buds and 

 loliage resemble the Whortleberry. The leaves are 

 about one inch in leugth, dilated at the base on slen- 

 der petioles two to three Hues in linjrfh, lamina 

 about twice that iu width ; the lower surface some- 

 what tan colored. 



The Academy are indebted to M. F. Beardsley for 

 the specimen and fruit. 



The following Standing Committees were elected 

 for the ensuing year : 



Publication— Dr. W. O. Ayres, Dr. J. B. Trask, 

 Col. L. Ransom. Dr. J. N. Eckel. 



Library— Mr. \V. Htffluy, Dr. J. B. Trask, Dr. 

 Eckel. 



Finance— Mr. T. F. Moss, Mr. Vv. Ileffley, Dr. Kel- 

 logg- 



February 23, 1857. 



President in the chair. 



Mr. Jam s Hepburn, Mr. Joseph Briton and Mr. 

 A. A Brauda were elected Resident Members Mr 

 Geo. Frauenfeld. ot Vienna, was elected a Corres- 

 ponding Member. 



Donations to the Cabinet. 



From Mr. Hearn, ol Yrtk::. a Cot 1 ' n Mt 



Shasta, with plants an 1 miuci ale fi o:n the a une lo- 

 cality. 



Trom Dr. Stillman, sj • i Zoopbjtea, Ejtai- 



noderms, Mollusca, Crustacea and 1 

 Armadillo, from Pan mi i an I ii: j vicinity. 



From Mr. S. G. George, specimens of cordage 

 made from the fibres of aspecies of Asclepias by the 

 Indians of the Tulare Valley. 



From Mr. Wm.R. Garrison, specimens of Coal with 

 the accompanying rock, from Central America. 



From Dr. J. M. Brown, specimens of Fish from the 

 Santa Barbara Channel, and of Solen and Helix from 

 the Island of San Clemente. 



The thanks of the Academy were voted for the 

 above donations. 



Fn m Mr. T. G. Gary, specimens of Pumice, from 

 the surface of the ocean, June 25, 1856, in lat. 50° 

 53' N., long. 158° 32' W. 



From Capt. L. J W. Russel, specimens of Anneli- 

 da, Crustacea and Mollusca, from the Gulf of Cali- 

 fornia ; also, of Specular Iron, Seeds and Shells, from 

 Manzanillo. 



From Col. Ransom, various Fossil BoDes, found 

 100 N. E. of Los Angele3. 



From Dr. Eckel, specimens of Neritina, from Ja- 

 pan. 



From Mr. T. F. Moss, a valve of Ostraea, from the 

 Amoor river. 



From Dr Lanszweert, Birds from New Caledonia. 

 Donations to the Library 



Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural His- 

 tory, vol. C, pp. 33-45, from the Society. 



From Lieut. M. F. Maury, Washington Astronom- 

 ical Observations, vol. 6", 1856. 



From Dr. Eckel, Owens' Geological Survey. 



From the E ;sex Institute, a copy of their Proceed- 

 ings. 



American Journal of Science, No. 07, from the 

 Editors. 



Report of the Commissioners of Common Schools, 

 Canada 



From Mr. Htffley, Ancient History of Astronomy, 

 by Waltz. 



From Mr. T. F. Moss, six Nos. of La Science. 



Mr. T. J. Nevius deposited seventeen volumes of 

 the Natural History of New York. 



Mr. T. J. Cary deposited Embryology of the Sal- 

 onidia, and Systeme Glaciaire, by Agassiz. 



The following paper, by W. P. Blake, was read : 



NOTE ON 'ME OCCURRENCE OP TELLURET OF SILVER IN 

 CALIFORNIA : BI WILLIAM T. BLAKE. 



A specimen obtained from Georgetown, California, 

 resembling a fragment of tarnished lead or silver- 

 glance, is found on examination, to be chiefly com- 

 posed of Silver and Tellurium. The mass is about 

 one inch in length and breadth, and is entirely free 

 from gangue, but incloses native gold, which appears 

 Lt several pi iota on its surface. An aggregation of 

 i lis, i sembling galena, is implanted on 

 one Bide, and the other is deeply indented with an- 

 \ ;i!ar c ivine.-s— probably the prints of quartz crys- 



part of the specimen is sectile and 



ol and does not show any traces of crystali- 



i ; it in iy ba cut with n knife, like lead, and 





