158 PROCEEDINGS OF [Feb. 



From J. H. B. Latrobe, Baltimore. 



From Richard Harlan, M. D., Philadelphia: Enclosing descrip- 

 tion of fossil head of Delphinus calvertensis. 



From Lieut. J. ^I. Gilliss, U. S. Navy: Enclosing magnetic and 

 meteorological notice. 



FromW. A. Irvine, Warren county, Pennsylvania: With a large 

 and valuable collection of Fossils from Pennsylvania, and a descrip- 

 tion of the locality. 



From Giles F. Yates, Schenectady : Enclosing strictures on Green- 

 houch's Statue of Washintrton. 



From Capt. W. H. Swift, Topographical Engineers: Describing 

 two models of timber Bridges which he has deposited in the Cabinet 

 of the Institution. 



From Robert W. Gibbes, M. D., Columbia, South-Carolina: Re- 

 specting the Spagnoletto picture presented by him to the Institu- 

 tion. 



From James IM. Allen, M. D., Albany: Promising as soon as 

 spring navigation opens, to send on certain Geological speci- 

 mens, &;c. 



From Hon. Walter Forward; Enclosing a letter from Mr. Allen, 

 respecting Statuary Marbles of the United States. 



From Stephen Taylor, Wisconsin: Stating that he had shipped 

 in September last, a box of Unios, &c., Sic, for the Institution. 



From Joseph Brano, Philadelphia : Offering series of Fossil casts 

 for sale, and applying for employment in the National Institu- 

 tion. 



From Captain A. Canficld, Topographical Engineers: Suggesting 

 an explanation of the geological phenomena of Drift, &ic. 



From A. H. Palmer, New- York: Proposing that the Sociedad de 

 Industrial Nacional, of Rio Janeiro ; and the Sociedad Economica de 

 Arrigos del Pais, of Caraccas, should be enrolled among the corres- 

 pondents of the National Institution. 



From Samuel G. Morton, M. D., Philadelphia: Relative to the 

 fossil head of Delphinus calvertensis, submitted to him for examina- 

 tion. 



From H. Falconer, M. I)., Scramporr, East Indies. 



