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PROCEEDINGS OF 
[1842, 
Stated Meeting , November 14 , 1842. 
The Corresponding Secretary announced the following contribtv 
tions and deposites: 
For the Cabinet. 
Iron Sand Conglomerate, from the alluvial banks of the Connecticut 
River. —From Dr. Samuel Webber. 
Box, containing Fresh-Water Bivalves of the River of Plate.—-Fro/n 
George Broivn, Beverley, Mass. 
Box of Minerals, he., illustrating the Onondaga Saliferous Group. — 
From O. Boot , Syracuse, New York. 
Indian Tomahawk of Stone, from North Carolina; 3,289 Dollars 
Continental Money, (including counterfeits.)— From H. H. Syl¬ 
vester. 
Collection of Fossils, from Blossburg, Pennsylvania.— From Dr. 
Lewis Saynisch. 
Bust (a cast) of the late John Vaughan, of Philadelphia. —From 
James H. Causten, for Jacob Snyder , Jr. 
Portrait of Sultan Mahmond I.-— From Mrs. Commodore Rogers. 
Twenty-two Ancient Roman Coins.— • From W. B. Hodgson. 
Wood bored by Shells; Coral, piece of the rock of which the Castle 
of St. Juan de Ulloa is constructed.— From Lieut. John Rogers , 
U.S.N. ^ 
Corythus enucleator, from New York; Columba; Ardea, from 
South America; Caprimulgus europeus? from Europe; Columba 
migratoria, from Virginia.— From W. M. and S. F. Baird , Car¬ 
lisle , Pennsylvania. 
Accipter fuscus, Buteo pennsylvanica, from Washington.— From 
Thomas Tange. 
Phalacrocorax graculus, from Potomac River.— From B. O. She- 
kell. 
Picus varius, from Carlisle, Pennsylvania.— From W. M. and S. F. 
Baird. 
Strix pratincola, (young,) from Washington.— From Dr. A . McWil¬ 
liams. 
Two specimens Fuligula glacialis, from Potomac River.— From Col, 
P. Force. 
Picus pubescens, from Washington.— From Thomas Tonge. 
Ulula nebulosa, from Washington.— From John L . Ward. 
Otus americanus, from Washington.— From Gideon Brook. 
Turdus migratorius, (albino variety,) from Maryland.— From W* D. 
Addison. 
Castania nut, from Brazil.— From James W. McCulloch. 
Box, made from the fragments of a Turkish 74 Gun Ship, blown up 
by the Greeks, on the 19th June, 1822; one hundred and forty- 
