UNITED STATES 



Annual report of the board of managers for the year 1884-1898 and 

 the society proceedings. Buffalo, 1885-99. 8. 



Discontinued until 1903, when it begins to appear as an appendix to the 



Publications, v. 6 ff. 



For list of miscellaneous pamphlets, see Griffin, Bibl. Amer. hist. soc. 

 Distribution. Exchange. On sale by the Secretary. 



Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences. 



Address. Public Library Building, Buffalo, N. Y. Director of the 

 Museum: Elizabeth J. Letson. 



History. Organized Dec. 5, 1861 ; incorporated Jan. 27, 1863. Main- 

 tains a library (6,400 volumes and pamphlets) and a museum with 

 paleontological, mineralogical, geological, zoological, botanical and 

 ethnological collections (63,000 specimens). 



Object. Promotion and study of the natural sciences, through the formation of a 

 museum and library, lectures, etc. 



Meetings. 2d and 4th Fridays of each month in the museum lecture hall. 



Membership. 169 annual (dues, $5) ; 54 life ($50) ; 372 corresponding; 3 honorary. 



Publications. 



BULLETIN . . . v. I-VI, Apr. i8;3-Sept. 1899. Buffalo, 1874-1898/99. 

 8. 



v. 6, issued in 2 parts, each with special title : Geology and palaeontology of 

 Eighteen Mile Creek and the Lake Shore sections of Erie county, New 

 York. A handbook for the use of students and amateurs. By A. W. 

 Grabau. 



v. 7 and 8 in progress: v. 7, no. I. Guide to geology and paleontology of 

 Niagara Falls and vicinity. By A. W. Grabau. Albany, 1901. 8. (Also 

 issued as Bulletin of the New York State Museum, no. 45). v. 8, no. 

 1-4 published 1903-06. Table of contents of v. 1-8 in v. 8, no. 4. 

 Price: $i per part. v. i, pt. 1-2, o. p. 

 Distribution. Exchange. On sale at the museum. 



Central Railway Club. 



Address. Buffalo, N. Y. Secretary: Harry D. Vought, 62 Liberty 

 Street, New York City, N. Y. 



History. Organized in 1887. 



Object. Advancement and promulgation of knowledge concerning the construc- 

 tion, operation and maintenance of railroads and railroad equipment, and the 

 cultivation of sociability among its members. 



Meetings. 2d Friday of Jan., Mar., May, Sept. and Nov., at the Hotel Iroquois, 

 Buffalo, N. Y., unless otherwise ordered by the Executive Committee. 



Membership. 376 active (entrance fee, $2; annual dues, $2); 10 honorary. 



