﻿ACADEMY 
  OF 
  SCIENCES. 
  305 
  

  

  Dr. 
  Fourgeaud 
  read 
  a 
  continuation 
  of 
  his 
  paper, 
  read 
  at 
  the 
  pre- 
  

   ceding 
  meeting. 
  

  

  Rev. 
  Albert 
  WilUams 
  and 
  Mr. 
  Bloomer 
  took 
  exceptions 
  to 
  some 
  

   assertions 
  in 
  Dr. 
  Fourgeaud's 
  paper, 
  and 
  after 
  some 
  discussion 
  on 
  

   the 
  subject, 
  the 
  Academy 
  adjourned. 
  

  

  Regular 
  Meeting, 
  May 
  18th, 
  1874. 
  

   Vice-President 
  in 
  the 
  Chair. 
  

  

  Fifty-three 
  members 
  present. 
  

  

  Rev. 
  E. 
  L. 
  Greene 
  and 
  Robt. 
  T. 
  Van 
  Norden 
  were 
  elected 
  

   resident 
  members. 
  

  

  Donations 
  to 
  the 
  Museum 
  : 
  Prof. 
  Bolander 
  donated 
  a 
  valuable 
  

   collection, 
  embracing 
  two 
  packages 
  of 
  plants 
  from 
  the 
  Cape 
  of 
  

   Good 
  Hope, 
  and 
  four 
  packages 
  from 
  Europe, 
  all 
  identified 
  and 
  la- 
  

   beled. 
  G. 
  W. 
  Michael, 
  Jr., 
  presented 
  silicious 
  petrifications 
  of 
  roots, 
  

   from 
  San 
  Luis 
  Obispo 
  County. 
  S. 
  R. 
  Throckmorton 
  presented 
  a 
  

   specimen 
  of 
  RTiinohatus 
  productus, 
  caught 
  in 
  the 
  bay 
  off 
  Black 
  

   Point. 
  This 
  fish 
  is 
  described 
  by 
  Dr. 
  Ayres 
  in 
  the 
  second 
  volume 
  

   of 
  the 
  Proceedings 
  of 
  the 
  Academy. 
  Henry 
  Edwards 
  presented 
  

   twenty-six 
  specimens 
  of 
  Crustacea, 
  from 
  the 
  coast 
  of 
  Mexico. 
  A 
  

   specimen 
  of 
  petrified 
  oak, 
  found 
  100 
  feet 
  below 
  the 
  surface, 
  at 
  

   Dutch 
  Flat, 
  was 
  presented 
  by 
  a 
  member. 
  

  

  Donations 
  to 
  the 
  Library 
  : 
  Transactions 
  of 
  the 
  Academy 
  of 
  Sciences 
  of 
  St. 
  

   Louis, 
  Vol. 
  Ill, 
  No. 
  1, 
  1873. 
  Statistisches 
  Jahrbuciv 
  der 
  Stadt 
  Pest 
  Erster 
  

   Jahrgang, 
  Pest. 
  1873. 
  Viehrzenter 
  Bericht 
  der 
  Oberheisischen 
  Gesellchaft 
  

   fier 
  Natur 
  und 
  Heillcunde, 
  Geissen, 
  Apl. 
  1873. 
  The 
  Ancient 
  Vessel 
  found 
  

   in 
  Norway, 
  Christiana, 
  1872. 
  Manuel 
  Elementaire 
  de 
  I'Art 
  Heraldique, 
  par 
  

   Madame 
  M***, 
  Brussels, 
  1840. 
  Notions 
  Elementairesdes 
  Sciences 
  Naturelles, 
  

   etc., 
  in 
  3 
  parts, 
  par 
  Chas. 
  Morren, 
  12mo., 
  Tieze, 
  1822. 
  Palines 
  et 
  Couromnes 
  

   de 
  I'Horticultural 
  de 
  Belgique, 
  etc., 
  par 
  Chas. 
  Morren, 
  Liege, 
  1851. 
  La 
  Mala- 
  

   die 
  Actuelle 
  des 
  Ponimes 
  de 
  Tcrre, 
  etc., 
  par 
  Chas. 
  Morren, 
  Paris, 
  184.'i. 
  No- 
  

  

  