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Journal Asiatique. Quatrieme Serie. Tome XV. Paris, 1850. 8vo. 

 From the Asiatic Society of Paris. 



Annales des Mines. Quatrieme Serie. Tome XVII. Livraisons 1, 

 2, 3, de 1850. Paris. 8vo. — From the Engineers of the Ecole 

 des Mines. 



Memoire sur la Constitution Mineralogique et Chimique des Roches 

 des Vosges. Sur le Pouvoir Magnetique des Roches Vitrifiees. 

 Sur le Porphyre de Lessines et de Quenast (Belgique). Sur la 

 Variolite de la Durance. Par M. A. Delesse, Ingenieur des 

 Mines. (4 Pamphlets, Svo.) — From the Author. 



The History of the Boston Athenaeum, with Biographical Notices of 

 its deceased Founders. By Josiah Quincy. Cambridge, Mass., 

 1851. SvQ.^^From the Author. 



Report of the Select Committee of the Senate of Pennsylvania, in re- 

 lation to the Colonial Records of this Commonwealth. Harris- 

 burg, 1851. 8vo. — From Benjamin Matthias, Esq. 



A Catalogue of the Shells, arranged according to the Lamarckian 

 System, contained in the Collection of John C. Jay, M.D. &c. 

 &c. Fourth Edition. New York, 1850. 4to.— From John C. 

 Jay, M.D. 



The Medical News and Library. Vol. IX. No. 98. Feb. 1851. 

 Philadelphia. 8vo. — From Lea ^ Blanchard. 



The Plough, the Loom, and the Anvil. Vol. III. No. 8. Feb. 1851. 

 Philadelphia. Svo.-^From the Editor, J. S. Skinner, Esq. 



Morse's Patent. Full Exposure of Dr. Charles T. Jackson's Preten- 

 sions to the Invention of the American Electro-Magnetic Tele- 

 graph. 8vo. — From an anonymous Donor. 



The Committee, to whom was referred Dr. Leidy's paper 

 on Nematoidea imperfecta, reported, recommending its pub- 

 lication in the Transactions of the Society, which was ordered 

 accordingly. 



Prof. P^'azer announced the death of John James Audubon, 

 a member of this Society, on the 27th of January, 1851, aged 

 76 years. 



On motion, Prol". Kendall was requested to prepare for the 

 Society a notice of the labours of Mr. Schumacher; and Dr. 

 Ruschenberger was requested to prepare a necrological notice 

 of Mr. Audubon. 



On motion, the resolution of 19th April, 1850, ordering the 



