JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS. “ay 
Mr. Charles P. Chouteau stated that he would place the collec- 
tion of fossil remains, obtained by Dr. Hayden from the Mau- 
vaises Terres and other parts of Nebraska, now in his possession, 
in the Museum of the Academy, : as soon as a place was fitted to 
receive it. His own interest in the collection, amounting to’ about 
one-fourth of the whole, he presented as a donation to the Insti- 
tution. 
This liberality. on the part of Mr. Chouteau- -places the Acade- 
my in possession of an extensive and beautiful collection of 
Mammalian 
together with a lege sa of elegantly preserved fossils from the 
Cretaceous Formation of Nebraska, Among the former may be 
eeunasamen, ih Oreodon » Sabetent, O. gracilis, oe 
ihe lager are Ammonites, Scaphites, Baculites, 
. 
‘eeramus, Arca, Rostellaria, etc. | a 
- On motion, the thanks of the Society were _—— to Mr. 
. Chouteau for his munificent donation. 
