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PROCEEDINGS OF 
[Sept. 
From T. G. La Lau, Secretary of the Society of Netherlands 
Literature, of Leyden: Conveying the thanks of those Societies for 
documents sent; transmitting documents in return ; and accepting 
the correspondence of the National Institution. 
From Mr. James Banks, of Honduras: Enclosing a copy of a 
letter from Colonel Galindo, respecting the Ruins of Palenque, in 
Central America, and four plates representing figures taken from the 
Ruins. 
Stated Meeting , September 13, 1841, 
Present, forty-one Members. 
Peter Force, Vice-President, in the Chair. 
The following donations were received : 
For the Cabinet . 
Hirundo Serripensis .—From W* Mo T, Baird, Carlisle , Pennsylm - 
nia. 
Hirundo Riparia .-—From W„ Mo T. Baird , Carlisle , Pennsylvania . 
Muscicapa Pusilla .—From W. M. T. Baird, Carlisle , Pennsylvania <. 
Fossil Ostrese, from Potomac Creek .—From Mr. John H, King. 
One hundred and twenty-one specimens of Birds, from North and 
South America, East Indies, and the Sandwich Islands; four spe¬ 
cimens of Quadrupeds and Reptiles; twenty-two specimens of 
Shells, Unios, &tc., from the American waters; twenty-nine speci¬ 
mens of Shells from the Sandwich Islands, Columbia River, &c.—- 
From John K. Townsend . 
List of specimens presented to the National Institution, by John 
K. Townsend: 
1 Falco borealis, New Caledonia . 
1 Strix nyctea, New Caledonia. 
3 Troehiius prasina, Brazil . 
1. " cyaneus, Brazil . 
4 “ albicollis, Brazil. 
2 “ squamosus, Brazil 
3 Troehiius rubineus, Brazil. 
I “ glaucopus, Brazil . 
I “ amethystinus, Brazil. 
3 sephanoides, Chili. 
I. “ rufus, Columbia River. 
4 “ colubris, Washington. 
