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Regular Meeting, July 17th, 1865. 

 President in the chair. 

 Ten members present. 



Regular Meeting, August 7th, 1865, 

 President in the chair. 



Nine members present : Dr. C. T. Jackson, visitor. 



Donations to the Cabinet : Three boxes of shells ; Duplicate 

 fossils of the U. S. Exploring Expedition ; Types of Dana's 

 Geology ; Fossils from the Upper Missouri ; Miscellaneous 

 fossils of the United States, received from the Smithsonian 

 Institution; Trachytic porphyry from the "Basalt" Cliff, 

 three miles from the Big Tree Grove, Calaveras, presented 

 by Dr. Jackson. 



Donations to the Library : Annual Report of the Museum 

 of Comparative Zoology of Cambridge, 1864; Proceedings of 

 the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, for January, 

 February and March, 1S65 ; Proceedings of the American 

 Academy of Arts and Sciences, June-September, 1864; Re- 

 view of American Birds, by Prof. S. F. Baird ; Proceedings 

 of Albany Institute ; The Law of Increase and the Structure 

 of Man, by F. A. Liharyik ; Oration and Poem delivered at 

 the Commencement of the College of California ; Proceedings 

 of the Royal Horticultural Society of London ; Meteorologi- 

 cal Results, Toronto, 1860-2 ; Magnetical Abstracts, Toronto, 

 1854-50, 1856-62. 



Dr. Ayres remarked the appearance of a species of Barra- 

 couta, (Sphyrena Argentea,) on the coast of California, off 

 Point Conception. 



