262 PROCEEDINGS OF [1842. 



Stated Meeting, November 14, 1842. 



The Corresponding Secretary announced the following contribu- 

 tions and deposites : 



For the Cabinet. 



Iron Sand Conglomerate, from the alluvial banks of the Connecticut 



River. — From Dr. Samuel Webber. 

 Box, containing Fresh- Water Bivalves of the River of Plate. — From 



George Broivn, Beverley, Mass. 

 Box of Minerals, &c., illustrating the Onondaga Saliferous Group. — 



From O. Root, Syracuse, New York. 

 Indian Tomahawk of Stone, from North Carolina ; 3,289 Dollars 

 Continental Money, (including counterfeits.) — From H. H. Syl- 

 vester. 

 Collection of Fossils, from Blossburg, Pennsylvania. — From Dr. 



Lewis Saynisch. 

 Bust (a cast) of the late John Vaughan, of Philadelphia. — From 



James H. Causten, for Jacob Snyder, Jr. 

 Portrait of Sultan Mahmond I. — From Mrs. Commodore Rogers. 

 Twenty-two Ancient Roman Coins. — From IV. B. Hodgson. 

 Wood bored by Shells; Coral, piece of the rock of which the Castle 

 of St. Juan de Ulloa is constructed. — From Lieut. John Rogers, 

 U. S. N. 

 Corythus enucleator, from New York ; Columba ; Ardea, from 

 South America ; Capriraulgus europeus ? from Europe ; Columba 

 migratoria, from Virginia. — From W. M. and S. F. Baird, Car- 

 lisle, Pennsylvania. 

 Accipter fuscus, Buteo pennsylvanica, from Washington. — From 



Thomas Tonge. 

 Phalacrocorax graculus, from Potomac River. — From B. O. She- 



kell. 

 Picus varius, from Carlisle, Pennsylvania. — From W. M. and S. F. 



Baird. 

 Strix pratincola, (young,) from Washington. — From Dr. A. McWil- 



liams. 

 Two specimens Fuligula glacialis, from Potomac River. — From Col. 



P. Force. 

 Picus pubcscens, from Washington. — From Thomas Tonge. 

 Ulula nebulosa, from Washington. — From John L. fVard. 

 Otus americanus, from Washington. — From Gideon Brook. 

 Turdus migratorius, (albino variety,) from Maryland. — From fV. D. 



Addison. 

 Castania nut, from Brazil. — Frotn James W. McCulloch. 

 Box, made from the fragments of a Turkish 74 Gun Ship, blown up 

 by the Greeks, on the 19th June, 1822; one hundred and forty- 



