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PROCEEDINGS OP THE CALIFORNIA 



PRKSIDENT. 



Dr. JAMES BLAKE. 



TICK PREglDKNT. 



Dr. J. G. COOPER. 



CORRESPOSDISG SECRETARY. 



LEO ELOESSER. 



RECORDING SECRETARY. 



THEO. A. MUDGE. 



TREASURER. 



ELISHA BROOKS. 



LIBRARIAN. 



Dr. a. KELLOGG. 



DIRECTOR OF MUSEUM. 



H. G. BLOOMER. 



Prof. J. D. Whitney was unanimously elected an honorary 

 member. 



G. W. Dunn, elected a corresponding member, was, at his own 

 request, placed on the list of resident members. 



Donations to the Cabinet : An Ammonite from Shasta County, 

 found by the donor, Capt. Feshet, in the bed of a creek. Rattles 

 of a snake eight feet long, and containing thirty rings, from Arizona, 

 presented by Dr. P. W. Randle through Dr. Gibbons. 



Donations to the Library : Expose des Formations Quaternaries 

 de la Suede, par A. Erdmann, Stockholm, 1868, text 8vo. and 

 Atlas 4to. Proces-verbal van de Gemoner vergad., 1866-7, Jaar- 

 boek, 1866-7, Verslag. en Mededeel., 1866, der Koningk. Akad. 

 von Wetenschap. Amsterdam. Archives du Mus^e Teyler, vol. 1, 

 1866-8, large 8vo. Path of the total Phase of the Solar Eclipse of 

 August 17th-18th, 1868, from Aden to Torres' Straits. Report 

 of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin, vol. 5, parts 1-3, 8vo. 

 Four Geological Maps and descriptive pamphlets relating to Swe- 

 den. Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society of London, 

 witfi anniversary address. Catalogue of Birds of Costa Rica, by 

 G. N. Lawrence, 8vo. pamph., N. Y., 1868. The West India 

 Cyclone, of October, 1867, by Prof. J. R. Eastman, U. S. N., 

 8vo. pamph.. Wash., 1868, from the various societies and authors. 

 London Quarterly Review, July, 1868, from G. Yale. 



Col. Williamson, U. S. Eng. Corps, exhibited a stone, apparently 

 agate, containing a large drop of water. It was found at the bot- 

 tom of the Willamette River, Oregon, by dredging. 



