Proceedings of the Society. xv. 



it was agreed, that the specimen of Fossil Bones, in the So- 

 ciety's possession, which are believed to be referable to the 

 extinct Birds, be sent to Mr. Strickland, and directions 

 were given to the Curator of the Museum to prepare and 

 deliver them to Mr. Cuninghame, for transmission. 



{Thursday, 6th May 1847. ) 



Mr. n -()j«>r, Vice-President, in the Chair. 



Present: — Mr. Bouton, Secretary, and ei„hf ordinary 

 mi'inhers. 



Dr. Henri Burguet, Curator of the Museum of Bor- 

 deaux, was without ballot elected a Corresponding Member, 

 nice M. Gachet, of Bordeaux, deceased. 



Mr. E. Geffroy, was proposed by the Secretary, and se- 

 conded by Mr. Corsane Cuningbame. 



Mr. V. Singery was proposed by Mr. Hart, and seconded 

 by Dr. Bouchor. 



The Secretary intimated to the Society the death uf Mr. le 

 Baron Benjamin Delessert, one of its Honorary Members, 

 as having taken place at Patis in March last. 



Mr. Rawson, Chairman of the Agricultural Committee, 

 laid before the Society the Report of the Exhibitions of Oc- 

 tober and November 1846. 



The Secretary read to the Society a paper addressed to 

 him by Mr. Bousquet, containing Observations, on the track 

 of the Hurricanes which took place in these Seas in January 

 and February last. These observations, which are formed on 

 Mr. Piddington's theory, are accompanied by a Chart, show- 

 ing the course of the Hurricanes, and the position of several 

 vessels which, mote or less, experienced its effects. These 



