1887.] ^0"^ 



Elliott Society and Art, Charleston; Wm. Harden, Savannah ; 

 Cincinnati Society of Natural History, 



A paper for the Transactions by Joseph L. Hancock, of 

 Chicago, on the Datames Magna, was presented and referred to 

 a committee to be appointed by the President. 



The following communications were offered (through the 

 Secretaries) for the Proceedings : " On the medical mythology 

 of Ireland," by Mr, James Mooney, Bureau of Ethnology, 

 Washington, D.C.; "On the relation of Aerolites to Shooting 

 Stars," by Prof Daniel Kirkwood, Bloomington, Indiana; 

 " On the Triassic mammals Dromatherium and Microconodon," 

 by Prof. H. Osborn, Princeton, N. J. 



Prof. Cope made a communication " On the Vertebrata of 

 the Trias of New Mexico," which he illustrated by specimens. 



Pending nominations Nos. 1154-1166, and new nominations 

 Nos. 1167, 1168, were read. 



The Trustees of Building Fund presented their annual 

 report. 



A communication was presented from Dr. Brinton, Chair- 

 man of the Special Committee, appointed at the last meeting, 

 reporting progress, and on motion the committee was con- 

 tinued. 



And the Society was adjourned by the presiding member. 



iStated Meeting^ May 6th, 1887. 



Present, 13 members. 



President, Mr. Fraley, in the Chair. 



Correspondence was submitted as follows : Letters of envoy 

 from Department of Mines, Wellington, New Zealand; Hong 

 Kong Observatory ; Institut Me-tcorologique de Eoumanie, 

 Bucharest ; Maatschappij der Nederlandsche Letterkunde te 

 Leiden ; Bureau des Longitudes, Paris ; Meteorological Office, 

 London ; Literary and Philosophical Society of Liverpool. 



Letters of acknowledgment from The Eoyal Society of New 

 South Wales (122) ; Comitc Geologique de la Eassie, St. 

 Petersburg (124); Prof Serge Nikitin, St. Petersburg (124); 



