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The Corresponding Secretary announced the reception 

 of the following letters, viz : — 



From Die K. Preussische Akademie der Wissenschaf- 

 ten, March 20th ; Zoologisch-Botanischer Verein, Vienna, 

 May 10th ; Kaiserliche Akademie der Wissenschaften, 

 Vienna, May 25th ; the same, July 16th ; Dublin Uni- 

 versity Zoological and Botanical Association, November 

 2Sth, presenting their various publications; Societe" de 

 Physique et d'Histoire Naturelle de GeneVe, March 11th, 

 acknowledging the receipt of the Journal and Proceed- 

 ings of the Society, and presenting its own publications; 

 Kaiserliche Akademie der Wissenschaften, April 15th, 

 and the Trustees of the New York State Library, Nov. 

 21st, acknowledging the receipt of the publications of 

 the Society ; Dr. Charles Martin, U. S. N., Nov. 22d, in 

 acknowledgment of a letter from the Secretary ; Win- 

 throp Sargent, Philadelphia, Nov. 18th, in acknowledg- 

 ment of his election as Corresponding Member ; Dr. 

 Lewis R. Gibbes, Charleston, Nov. 15th, asking for miss- 

 ing numbers of Proceedings, &c. ; Stephen Calonby, New 

 York, Nov. 25th, the same ; George N. Lawrence, New 

 York, Dec. 10th, in acknowledgment of his election as 

 Corresponding Member; William Stimpson, Washing- 

 ton, Dec. 11th, concerning the publication of the results 

 of his labors on the Behring's Straits Expedition ; Robert 

 Clarke, Cincinnati, Oct. 29th, asking for missing numbers 

 of the Proceedings. 



Captain N. E. Atwood was elected Curator of Ichthy- 

 ology. 



DONATIONS TO THE MUSEUM. 



Oct. 1st. A very valuable collection of Fossil Bones from the Brazos Biver, 

 Texas, belonging to Mastodon, Elephant, and Megatherium; by Dr. Charles 

 Martin, Surgeon, U. S. Navy. Specimens of Tubipora, and Coral, and the 

 Cranium of an Albatross; by Capt. George E. Tyler, of Dorchester. Two eggs 



