132 QUARTERLY JOURNAL 



EXTRACTS 



DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN JOURNALS, 



PROCEEDINGS OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION 

 OF GEOLOGISTS AND NATURALISTS ■ 



At the Annual Convention, held in New- Haven in April, 1845 ; with remarks by 



one of the Editors. n 



The gentlemen composing the Convention, assembled at the old)! 

 dining hall of the boarding house back of the Centre College 

 Building. About forty persons were present, and enrolled theii 

 names. Among them we find the following : 



Dr. Barrett, Middletown ; Dr. Charles T. Jackson, Boston 



Prof. Silliman, New-Haven j Dr. D. Humphrey Storer, do 



J.D.Dana, do Prof. C Dewey, Rochesier,N. Y. 



J. D. Whelpley, do Dr. Stephen Reed. Lantaster ; 



B. Silliman, Jr., do Prof. I. Johnson, Middletown ; 



Prof. Olmsieadj do Prof. J. R. Loomis, Watervillej 



Prof. C. U. Shepard, do Prof. H. D. Rogers, Phil., \ Me. 



Dr. J. Bacon, Boston; Prof. J. W. Bimly, West Point 



J. E. Teschemacher, do Prof. H. H. Haldeman, i'hil. ; 



Francis Alger, do Prof. John H. Redfiekl, N. York 



The time of meeting was named to be half-past two. A Irttl 

 before three, Pi of. Silliman rose and called the meeting to order 

 and expressed his regret at the unavoidable absence of Prof. 

 Rogers ot Virginia, who was to have acted as chairman. H 

 therefore nominal ed Prof. Dewey of Rochester, N. Y., in his place 

 and this was carried, and Mr. Dewey took his seat as President. 



The secretaries of last year weie to liave acted this year, bu 

 Dr. Lawrence Smith of South Carolina bein<j; absent, .Mr. Denni 

 Olmstead, Jr., of Nevv-IIaven, was apj)oin;ed in his place. 



LIST OF PAPERS TO BE READ AT THIS MEETING. 



On ihe Trades of Birls and Animnls founl at iMidllt't- wn. Connecticut ; illu! 

 traled wiih figures of new species: I'.y Jo-eph B.'Mirf.tt, .M. D. , 



Evidence of Conseli'iicii m t'lp led P'UMlsicMf. as exhibited by Regular Tr 

 ansular and Rhombic Marks of Great Distinctness. 



