PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



ACADEMYOF NATURAL SCIENCES 



OF 



PHILADELPHIA. 



1883. 



January 2, 1883. 



The President, Dr. Leidy, in the chair. 



Thirty persons present. 



The deaths of J.T. Reinhardt, of Copenhagen, a correspondent, 

 and of Edmund Draper, a member, were announced. 



January 9. 



The President, Dr. Leidy, in the chair. 



Twenty-nine persons present. 



A paper, entitled "Notes on the Geographical Distribution of 

 Batrachia and Reptilia of Western North America," by Edw. D. 

 Cope, was presented for publication. 



January 16. 



Rev. Henry C. McCook, D. D., Vice-President, in the chair. 



Twenty-one persons present. 



A paper, entitled "On Quercus Durandii," by S. B. Buckley, 

 was presented for publication. 



The following was ordered to be printed :— 



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