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Dr. Cooper exhibited a specimen of a rare reptile, received by 

 Col. Warren, editor of the California Farmer, from Santa Barbara, 

 the Anniella pulchra Gray, a lizard without feet, hke the " glass 

 snake " and " slow worm." 



Donations to the Library : 1st An. Rept. Amer. Museum of 

 Nat. Hist'y, N. Y., 1870, pam. 8vo. 52d An. Rept. Trustees N. 

 Y. State Library, Albany, 1869, pam. 8vo. 



Dr. Gibbons remarked on the unusual and abnormal disturbances 

 lately observed in the climate entirely across the continent. 



Prof. Davidson exhibited a skull of a sea-lion killed near Punta 

 Arenas, Cal., with its flippers, and a stone as large as a child's 

 head, which he said was one of several found in the animal's stomach. 

 The hunters of these animals state that in the breeding season the 

 male of this species eats no food, but swallows these stones instead, 

 and is consequently very thin afterwards, furnishing very little oil. 

 The Aleutians confirm this statement respecting the fur-seal, which 

 is allied to the species here shown. 



Dr. Stout asked whether basalt had been found within the city 

 limits, as he had a specimen supposed to be that of rock found in a 

 well, 128 feet deep. 



Regular Meeting, June 20th, 1870. 

 President in the Chair. 



T. C. Banks, J. B. McChesney and Chas. B. Turrell were 

 elected resident members. 



Donations to the Library : A lamp for burning petroleum, in- 

 vented and presented by Mr. J. Hucks. Anew map of California, 

 and also a pocket map, made in 1852 by C. D. Gibbes, presented 



by the author. Third An. Rept. Peabody Institute of Baltimore, 

 Md., 1870, pam. 8vo. 



Dr. Stout remarked on the process of preserving specimens with 

 carbolic acid — such as birds, which may be preserved entire by in- 

 jection of that fluid. 



Dr. Cooper stated that the specimens were hable to be spoiled by 

 shrinking out of shape. 



