4o0 [May 15^ 



Wales, Sydney (112-115) ; U. S. Naval Observatory, Washing- 

 ton (116); Ratcliffe Observatory (116); K. Baier.Akad. der 

 Wissenschaften (114, 115). 



Letters were read from Mr. William Sellers accepting tlie 

 appointment to prepare an obituary notice of tbe late George 

 Whitney ; from Dr. Da Costa requesting to be excused from 

 preparing an obituary notice of the late Dr. Ellerslie Wallace! 

 on motion the Society excused Dr. Da Costa. 



Mr. Philip H. Law read by appointment an obituary notice 

 of the late William S. Vaux. 



Dr. Harrison Allen made a communication on the construc- 

 tion of the foot in mammals, more especially in relation to the 

 tarsus of the bat, as observed by himself under the micro- 

 scope. 



Pending nomi nations ISTos. 1049 to 1054, and new nomina- 

 tions Nos. 1055, 1056 and 1057 were read. 



The rough minutes were read and the Society was adjourned 

 by the presiding member. 



Stated Meeting^ May 15, 1885. 

 Present, 10 members. 



President, Mr. Fraley, in the Chair. 



Dr. James C. Wilson, a newly elected member, was pre- 

 sented to the Chair and took his seat. 



Donations for the Library were received from the Imperial 

 Academy of Sciences at St. Petersburg ; Dr. Hugo Von 

 Meltzel of Kolozsvar ; Prof. Dr. G. D. E. Weyer of Kiel ; the 

 Reale Accademia dei Lincei at Rome ; the Academic Eoyale 

 des Sciences de Belgique ; the Societe de Geographic and 

 L' Alliance Scientifique Universelle at Paris ; the Meteorologi- 

 cal Ofl&ce, the Journal of Forestry, Nature, Dr. John Evansj 

 Dr. William Huggins and Dr. Benjamin Ward Richard- 

 son, of London ; the Boston Society of Natural History ; the 



