102 PROCEEDINGS OF [Sept. 



From T. G. La Lau, Secretary of the Society of Netherlands 

 Literature, of Leyden : Conveying the thanks of those Societies for 

 documents sent ; transmitting documents in return ; and accepting 

 the correspondence of the National Institution. 



From Mr. James Banks, of Honduras: Enclosing a copy of a 

 letter from Colonel Galindo, respecting the Ruins of Palenque, in 

 Central America, and four plates representing figures taken from the 

 Ruins. 



Stated Meeting, September 13, 184 L 



Present, forty-one Members. 



Peter Force, Vice-President, in the Chair. 



The following donations were received : 



For the Cabinet. 



Hirundo Serripensis. — From W. M. T. Baird, Carlisle, Pennsylva- 

 nia. 



Hirundo Riparia. — From W. M. T. Baird, Carlisle, Pennsylvania. 



Muscicapa Pusilla. — From W. M. T. Baird, Carlisle, Pennsylvania. 



Fossil Ostrese, from Potomac Creek. — From Mr. John H. King. 



One hundred and twenty-one specimens of Birds, from North and 

 South America, East Indies, and the Sandwich Islands ; four spe- 

 cimens of Quadrupeds and Reptiles; twenty-two specimens of 

 Shells, Unios, See, from the American waters ; twenty-nine speci- 

 mens of Shells from the Sandwich Islands, Columbia River, &c. — 

 From John K. Townsend. 

 List of specimens presented to the National Institution, by John 



K. Townsend : 



1 Falco borcalis, New Caledonia. 3 Trochilus rubinous, Brazil. 



1 Strix nyctea, A'etc Ca/frfofita . 1 " glaucopus, jBro2i7. 



3 Trochilus praoina, Brazil. 1 " amcthystinus, Brazil. 



1 " cyanous, Brazil. 3 " sophanoidos, CAi7i. 



4 " albicollis, Brazil. 1 '• rufus, Columbia River. 



2 " siuamo6Us, Brazil. 4 " colubris, Washington. 



