52 MINUTES. [Feb. 18, 



Hall. — William A. Ingham, Joseph M. Wilson, Horace 

 Jajne. 



Publication. — Daniel G. Brinton, Persifor Frazer, I. Minis 

 Hays, Frederick Prime, Samuel P. Sadtler. 



Library. — Edwin J. Houston, Frederick Prime, T. Hewson 

 Bache, Albert H. Smyth, Samuel P. Sadtler. 



Michaux Ze^ac?/.— Thomas Meehan, Angelo Heilprin, 

 William Powell Wilson, Burnet Landreth, Henry Trimble. 



Henry M. Phillips Prize Essay Fund. — William Y. 

 McKean, Craig Biddle, Joseph C. Fraley, C. Stuart Patter- 

 son, Mayer Sulzberger, the President, the Treasurer. 



Programme. — William Pepper, Persifor Frazer, William 

 A. Ingham, Joseph C. Fraley, I. Minis Hays. 



The death was announced at Philadelphia, on January 29, 

 1898, of Dr. Theophilus Parvin, aged 69 years. 



Prof. W. B. Scott read by title the following papers in- 

 tended for the Transa^ctions : ' ' The Osteology of Eliothe- 

 rium " and "Notes on the Canidae of the White Eiver 

 Oligocene." 



Prof. W. B. Scott presented a paper on " The Exploration 

 of Patagonia." 



Pending nominations Nos. 1432, 1435 and 1445 to 1450 

 were read. 



The Society was adjourned by the presiding officer. 



Stated Meeting^ February 18, 1898. 

 Vice-President Sellers in the Chair. 

 Present, 20 members. 



The Special Committee on Prof. Scott's papers, entitled 

 ' ' Notes on the Canidte of the White Kiver Oligocene ' ' and 

 " The Osteology of Elotherium," recommended their publi- 

 cation in the Transactions, which was so ordered. 



The Special Committee on Dr. Harrison Allen's papers 

 presented for the Transactions, entitled " The Glossopha- 



