308 PROCEEDINGS OF [1843. 



Stated Meeting, July 10, 1843. 



The Corresponding Secretary announced llie following contribu- 

 tions and deposites : 



For the Cabinet. 



Duck with three Legs, one of which has four Toes. — From Jonathan 

 B. Jones. 



Small African Monkey, (Simia,) living. — From Richard S. Poor. 



Fair of Ladies' JVlitts, (domestic.) — From Miss S. Simmons, Fre- 

 derick City, Maryland. 



Butterfly; small Eijjr, laid by a full grown Hen in Washington City. — 

 From James McClcgett. 



Eleven pieces of Copper Coin. — From Henry Polkinhorn. 



One specimen of Carduelis communis, (Goldfinch,) from Europe. — 

 From Dr. A. Mc Williams. 



Bust of the Hon. John C. Spencer. — From Col. J. J. Abert. 



The Corresponding Secretary read a paper by Lieut. M. F. 

 Maury, U. S. Navy, proposing a plan for collecting information for 

 the purposes of navigation, by means of blank charts furnished to al! 

 vessels. 



Mr. Nicollet, from the committee appointed to examine and report 

 upon the essay on solid meteors and meteoric stones, by P. A. 

 Browne, Esq., of Philadelphia, made a report, which was read to 

 the Institute. 



Dr. Pickering, from the committee appointed to examine and re- 

 port upon the Flora Fluminensis, presented to the Institute by 

 the Government of Brazil, and the resolutions passed upon the sub- 

 ject at the last meeting, made a report. 



The Corresponding Secretary read a letter received from the Rev. 

 F. Wayland, President of Brown University, Providence, Rhode 

 Island, requesting a series of duplicates from the collections brought 

 home by the Exploring Expedition. President Wayland had also 

 written to the President of the United States, to the Hon. Mr. Up- 

 shur, and the Hon. Mr. Spencer, on the same subject, whose letters 

 were referred to the Secretary, to be answered. 



Stated Meeting, October 9, 1843. 



The Corresponding Secretary announced the following contribu- 

 tions and deposites : 



For the Cabinet. 



A Box, containing specimen of the Rock of which the Plymouth 

 Breakwater is built, perforated by Shell-Fish. — From T. W. 

 Fox, United Slates Consul, Plymouth, England. 



