152 Miscellanies. 



The President read a communication from Jno. E. Holbrook, M.D. 

 Prof, of Anatomy and Physiology in the Medical College of Charles- 

 ton, (S.C.) stating that he proposes publishing a work on the Her- 

 petology of S. Carolina and Georgia. 



December. — Dr. Feuchtwanger read a paper, entitled " Observa- 

 tions on Nickel, and its application in the preparation of the new 

 metal Argentine or JVew Silver,^' in which he described most of the 

 ores of Nickel, and the various modes of reducing them. 



Dr. Dekay presented a suite of specimens illustrative of the geology 

 of the island of Mytilene, the Dardanelles, the Bosphorus, the neigh- 

 borhood of Smyrna, and the Asiatic shores of the Black Sea, accom- 

 panied with observations. 



Numerous donations in nearly all the branches of Natural History 

 have been received from members and correspondents. 



The following gentlemen have been elected as members during the 

 present year : — 



Resident. — Dr. Wm. Baxter, Dr. R. P. Tanner, Dr. J. C. Jay, 

 Wm. F. Denning, Dr. /. M, Leon, Fred'k. Prime. 



Correspondent. — Alonzo Clarice, Williamstown, Mass. ; Dr. H. 

 Perrine, Campeachy ; Counsellor Dr. Keugg, Berlin ; Capt. F. A. 

 Fokkes, Hamburg ; Geo. Gibbs, jr. Turks Island ; Prof. JVaccari, 

 Chioggia, Venet. Terr'y j Col. Ed. Clarke, Saugerties, N.Y. 



Abstract for 1833. 



January. — Dr. Dekay read a paper on the Gavial of New-Jersey, 

 of which he exhibited to the Society a considerable portion of a lower 

 jaw discovered there by Lieut. W. W. Mather, of West Point, from 

 whom he also read a letter communicating some geological observa- 

 tions on this region. 



Mr. Cooper read a report on the specimens of Megalonyx referred 

 to by him at a previous meeting. They consisted of several pha- 

 langes of the fore foot> and there is reason to presume that they 

 formed part of the original specimen made known by Mr. Jefferson. 



February. — At the anniversary meeting, held on the 25th instant, 

 the following gentlemen were elected officers for 1833. 



President, Jos. Delajield; 1st V. President, Abm. Halsey ; 2d 

 V. President, Jno. Torrey ; Corresponding Secretary, Dr. Jeremiah 

 Van Rensselaer ', Recording Secretary, Dr. Jas. E. Dekay ; Trea- 

 surer, Wm. Cooper ; Librarian, Dr. /. C. Jay. 



