4o4 [June 19, 



Letters ot acknowledgment for Proceedings No. 119 were 

 read from the Maine, Connecticut, New Hampshire, Khode 

 Island, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, 

 Georgia, Kansas State, "Wisconsin and Chicago Historical 

 Societies; New Bedford Free Public Library; U. S. Surgeon- 

 General's Office ("Washington, D.C.); University of California 

 (Berkeley, Cal.); Philosophical Society of "West Chester (Pa.); 

 Brown University (Providence, R. I.) ; American Antiquarian 

 Society ; Boston Atheuseum ; Astor Library (New York City, 

 N. Y.) ; Essex Institute ; Numismatic and Antiquarian Society 

 of Philadelphia ; "Wyoming Historical and Geological Society 

 (Wilkes-Barre, Pa.) ; Young Men's Library (Buffalo, N. Y.) ; 

 University of the City of New York (New York) ; Entomo- 

 logical Society of Brooklyn (N. Y.); Library U. S. Military 

 Academy (West Point, N. Y.); Library of the State of New 

 York (Albany, N. Y.) ; Cincinnati Observatory ; Eantoul 

 Literary Society ; U. S. Naval Institute (Annapolis, Md.) ; Col- 

 lege of Physicians (Philadelphia) ; Library Company of Phila- 

 delphia ; Smithsonian Institution ; Prof. J. W. Moore (Easton, 

 Pa.); Hemy Phillips, Jr. (Philadelphia); Dr. W. S. W. 

 Euschenberger (Philadelphia) ; Wm. B. Taylor (Washington, 

 D. C.) ; J. J. Stevenson. 



The death of Robert Treat Paine of Brookline, Mass., was 

 announced as having occurred June 3, 1885 (born October 12, 

 1804). 



On motion the President was authorized to appoint, if he saw 

 fit, a proper person to prepare the usual obituary notice. 



The death of Prof. Thos, C. Archer, of Edinburgh, was an- 

 nounced. 



Dr. Harrison Allen presented for the Transactions a paper 

 by Dr. J. Francis Walsh on the anatomy and functions of the 

 muscles of the hand and of the extensor tendons of the thumb, 

 which was upon motion referred to Dr. Brinton, Dr. Euschen- 

 berger and Dr. Leidy to examine and report upon. 



Dr. A. S. Gatschet presented a paper on the Beothuk 

 Indians, with a vocabulary. 



Professor Cope presented a paper entitled " A Second Cor.- 



