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Directors. 



Hon. Levi Woodbury, 

 Hon. R. J. Walker, 

 Col. J. J. Abert, 

 Col. J. G. Totten, 

 A. O. Dayton, 

 Lieut. M. F. Maury. 



Stated Meeting, February 13, 1843. 



The committee to which was referred the report of the Treasurer 

 for 1842, reported the same, examined and found correct. 



Adjourned Meeting, February 20, 1843. 

 The following donations were announced: 



For the Cabinet., 



Sturnella ludoviciana, from Washington. — From Francis Turner. 

 Didelphus virginiana, (Opossum,) from Maryland; two specimens of 



Procyon lotor, (Racoons,) from Maryland. — From Peter Force. 

 Strix asio, from Washington. — From R. G. Campbell. 

 Two specimens of Lead Ore, from Tellville, Arkansas; Sulphuret 



of Lime, from Pike County, Arkansas, — From Edward Cross. 

 Gerbillus canadensis, Mus leucopus, fifty Insects, from Pennsylva- 

 nia. — From Samuel W. Woodhouse, Philadelphia. 

 Coral, from Long Island. — From William Carpenter. 

 Emberiza nivalis, (Snow Bunting, living.) — From Mrs. Lenox. 

 Felis rufa, (Wild Cat,) from Carlisle, Pennsylvania. — From TV. M, 



and S. F. Baird. 

 Specimen of fine Writing, the Lord's Prayer in a circle of quarter of 



an inch diameter. — From Benjamin B. Davis. 

 Two Continental Notes. — From John T. Towers. 

 One Continental Note of Rhode Island. — From Joseph M. Lyon. 

 Five Shells. — From Edward Smith. 

 Palate of a Fish. — From Wm. Owen. 

 Copper Coin. — From Master Kendall. 



One Cornelian, and one Topaz. — From Dinwiddle B. Philips. 

 One three cent Note of the State Bank of New York. — From H. 



L. Ellsworth. 

 One specimen Troglodytes ludovicianus. — From Peter Naylor. 

 Large Glass Ship. — Deposited by Wm. A. Grijith. 

 One English Copper Coin of 1738. — From Joseph S. Hedges. 

 Skin of a Gar Fish, from the Potomac River. — From T. Purring- 



ton, M. D. 



