1896.] *^ 



Kunst und Alterthum, Ulra, Germany (143, 146, 147) ; R. Acca- 

 demiadi Scienze Lett. Arti, Modena, Italy (147); Texas Acad- 

 emy of Science, Austin (149) ; Kansas State Historical Society, 

 Topeka (148) ; Observatorio Estado de Vera Cruz, Jalapa 

 (144, 147, 149) ; Don Mariana Barcena, Observatorio Meteoro- 

 logico, Mexico, Mex. (149). 



Accessions to the Library were reported from the Genoot 

 schap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen, Batavia, Java ; Neder 

 landsche Maatschappij ter bevordering, etc., Amsterdam 

 Netherlands; K. Universitetet, Lund, Sweden; Roemer Mu 

 seum, Hildesheira, Prussia ; Deutsche Geologische Gesell 

 schaft, Berlin, Prussia ; Academic des Sciences, Paris, France 

 Prof, Henry Wilde, Manchester, Eng.; Hon. J. M. LeMoine 

 Quebec, Canada ; Amer. Antiquarian Society, Worcester 

 Mass.; Academy of Natural Sciences, Mr. A. E. Outerbridge 

 Philadelphia; U. S. Senate, U. S. Dep't of Agriculture 

 Washington, D. C; California Academy of Sciences, San 

 Francisco. 



On behalf of the special committee in charge of the quar- 

 terly meetings. Dr. Pepper reported the details of that to occur 

 May 1. 



Dr. Brinton then read an obituary of the late Henry Hazle- 

 hurst. 



Prof. Cope gave a brief account of his investigation of the 

 remains found at Port Kennedy, the result so far being mam- 

 malia, 38 ; birds, 3 ; reptiles, 6. 



In reply to Dr. Brinton, Prof Cope stated that the general 

 term Plistocene is applied to the age of the deposit. It is 

 part of Cenozoic times, beginning with a depression of probably 

 2200 feet, its middle corresponding with an elevation which 

 had much to do with the preservation of the continental ice- 

 cap. After this was a period of subsidence leaving but little 

 land above the water. 



In reply to Prof. Prime, Prof. Cope stated that Prof, 

 Spencer had observed the depression along the New England 

 coast. 



Prof. Prime thought that no great depression could have 



