352 PROCEEDINGS OP THE CALIFORNIA 



Mr. Falkenau read a communication " On the Spirit of the Age 

 and its Influence in the Department of the Natural Sciences." 



Mr. Bolander exhibited specimens of the Apocynum found in 

 Round Valley, on moist land subject to overflow. The Indians 

 make extensive use of it for fish-lines and other purposes. The 

 specimens presented were collected by Mr. J. S. Silver, of Hum- 

 boldt Valley, Nevada. 



A field excursion of the Academy was made, on Saturday, April 

 20th, to the hills near the Twelve-Mile House, on the San Jose* 

 Railroad. By the courtesy of Richard P. Hammond, Esq., Gen- 

 eral Superintendent of the road, free passes to go and return were 

 furnished to the members participating in this excursion. 



Regular Meeting, May 6th, 1867. 

 President in the Chair. 



Thirty-two members present. 



Messrs. F. F. Thomas, Silas A. White, B. Smith, M. J. Mc- 

 Donald, Wm. Patten and Philip Prior, were elected Resident Mem- 

 bers, and Dr. C. L. Anderson, of Santa Cruz, Cal., Henry Walter 

 Bates, Assistant Secretary Royal Geographical Society of London, 

 Prof. J. H. Balfour, of Edinburgh University, Dr. John Alexander 

 Smith, F.R.S., of Edinburgh, James Haswell, M.A., of the Geo- 

 logical Society of Edinburgh, Capt. J. B. Caldbeck, F.R.G.S., 

 of Singapore, and Sir Roderick I. Murchison, President of the 

 Royal Geographical Society of London, were elected Correspond- 

 ing Members. 



Donations to the Library : Gold and Silver Tables, by L. Gar- 

 nett ; Catalogue of Casts of Fossils for sale by Prof. H. A. Ward, 

 of Rochester University. 



The Committee on. Field Meetings reported on that of April 

 20th, near the Twelve-Mile House. Specimens of the fossils col- 

 lected at the locality visited were exhibited by Mr. Yale, and 

 remarks were made on the position and age of the strata there 

 exposed, by Prof. Whitney, Dr. Cooper and Mr. Stearns. Mr. 

 Lorcjuin mentioned the species of birds seen and collected during 

 the excursion. 



