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Baltimore; War Department, Department of the Interior, 

 Washington, D. C; Rev. Stephen D. Peet, Mendon, 111.; 

 State Historical Society of Wisconsin, Madison; State Uni- 

 versity of Iowa, Iowa City. 



Prof. John A. Ryder presented his photograph for the Soci- 

 ety's Album. 



Prof. Lesley read an obituary notice of the late Charles A. 

 Ashburner, D.Sc. 



The Proceedings of the Board of Officers and Council were 

 submitted. 



Pending nominations, Nos. 1203, 1201, 1205, 1206, 1207 

 and 1208 were read, spoken to and balloted for. 



Prof. E. D. Cope made some observations on the gigantic 

 chincilla of North America, Casteroides ohioensis. 



The annual report of the Trustees of the Building Fund 

 was presented. 



Prof. Cope offered the following resolution, which, he stated, 

 was intended to supersede the one presented by him to Coun- 

 cil at its meeting last week, and by it deferred until its next 

 stated meeting : 



Resolved, That the Proceedings of the Society be issued whenever an 

 amount of matter is ready for press which will make seventy-five pages 

 of text. 



On motion, the resolution was referred to the next regular 

 meeting of the Board of Officers and Council. 



The Committee on Accommodations reported progress and 

 was continued. 



All other business of the meeting having been finished, the 

 Tellers reported the result of the poll to the President, who 

 thereupon declared that the following gentlemen had been 

 duly elected members of the Society: 



No. 2175. Hon. James T. Mitchell, Philadelphia. 



No. 2176. Samuel Timmins, Arley near Coventry, England. 



No. 2177. Prof. Robert W. Rogers, Haverford College, Pa. 



No. 2178. Prof. Henry Willis, Philadelphia. 



And the Society was adjourned by the President. 



PROC. AMER. PHILOS. SOC. XXVIII. 132. L. PRINTED MAY 27, 1890. 



