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ELLIOTT SOCIETY. 



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NOVEMBER 14th, 1856. 



President L. R. Gibbes in the chair. 



Contributions to Museum. 



Dr. Geo. Smith presented six specimens Cistuda clausa — 

 Harlan. Three specimens Emys Muhlenbergii. 



Prof. Lewis R. Gibbes : young of Zygaena (foetus). Sulli- 

 van's Island. 



Dr. John P. Chazal: Amadina oryzivora. Java Ricebird. 

 Trichiurus lepturus — Charleston Harbor. 



Dr. Elias Hoiibeck : Eggs of Trionyx ferox. 



Arthur F. Holmes, Esq.: Stick from Tea tree. 



John Hamlin, Esq.: Vidua paridisea — Whydah bird; 

 South Africa. Escaped from a vessel in the Harbor, and 

 killed at Mount Pleasant. 



Tucker: Eggs of Alligator Mississippiensis. 



Edward Horlbeck: Rhinoptera quadriloba (female), with 

 ymmg, born after its capture. Charleston Harbor. 



W. H. Ravenel: Package of Italian Plants. 



Contributions to Library. 



Academy Natural Science. Philadelphia. No. 4, vol. viii. 



Prof. Dana: Science of the Bible. No. 2. (Pamphlet). 



Dr. C. Girard: Contributions to the Ichthyology of the 

 Western Coast of the United States. (Pamphlet). 



Boston Society of Natural History: Proceedings Nos. 22, 

 23, 25, vol. v. No. 1, vol. vi. 



Regents of the University of New York: Ninth Annual 

 Report on Condition of the State Cabinet of Natural History, 

 &c. 



Prof. Joseph Leidy : Descriptions of some remains of Fishes 

 from the Carboniferous and Devonian formations of the United 

 States, and some remains of Extinct Mammalia. 



The Secretary read letters from the following gentlemen, 

 acknowledging their election as Correspondents. 



