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PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY 

 HELD AT PMLADELPMl FOB PROMOTING USEFUL KNOWLEDGE. 



Vol. XL. January, 1901. No. 165. 



CONTENTS. 



PAGE 



Stated Meeting, January 4, 1901 3 



The Osteology of the Cuckoos (with plates). By Dr. R. W. 



Shufeldt •• 4 



Stated Meeting, January IS, 1901 - 51 



Stated Meeting, February 1, 1901 . . . 52 



Stated Meeting, February 15, 1901 '. 53 



Stated Meeting, March 1, 1901 54 



Stated Meeting, March 15, 1901 55 



Stated Meeting, April 12, 1901 56 



Aboriginal Rock Pictures in Queensland. By R. EL Math- 

 ews, L.8 57 



Stated Meeting, April 19, 1901 59 



philadelphia : 

 The American Philosophical Society, 



104 South Fifth Street. 

 1901. 



