114 PROCEEDINGS OF [Oct. 



Stated Meeting, October 11, 1841. 



Present, twenty-two Members. 



Peter Force, Vice-President, in the Chair. 



The following donations were received : 



For the Cabinet. 

 Box of Bird Skins. — From the Hon. Joel R. Poinsett. 



1 Corvus americanus, 1 Querquedula crecca, 



2 Quiscalus major, 1 Turdus minor, 



1 Quiscalus versicolor, 1 Mergus cucuUatus, 



1 Rallus elcgans, 1 Bombycilla carolinensis, 



1 Rallus crepitans, 1 Tringa semipalmata, 



1 Totanus melanoleucus, 1 Agolaius phoeniceus, 



1 Anas spoQsa, 1 Friugilla pcnnsylvanica, 



1 Picus pileatus, 1 Fringilla savanna. 



1 Cj'anocorax cristatus. 



Cabinet of Minerals and of Geological Specimens, (deposited on a 



former occasion, by Col. Totten.) — From Col. Totten, Chief U. 



S. Engineer Corps. 

 Engraved Portrait of David Rittenhouse, L. L. D,, &;c., &tc. — From 



John F. Webb. 

 Map of South- America. — From Robert B. Fowler. 

 Indian Saddle. — From R. fV. Bates. 

 Indian Stone Axes, and Arrow heads, Sic; found near Washington. — 



From E. Barry. 

 Anas americana. — From J. K. Toivnsend. 

 Picus pileatus. — From Col. Abert, Chief U. S. Top. Engs. 



For the Library. 



Account of Magnetic Observations made at the Observatory of Har- 

 vard University, Cambridge, by Joseph Lovering, Hollis Profes- 

 sor of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy, and W. Cranch 

 Bond, Astronomical Observer to the College : Communicated by 

 J. Lovering. — From the Author. 



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