1887.] 



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The deaths of the following members were announced : 



Gustav Kirchhoff, Berlin, October 17, 1887, set. 63. 



Thomas M. Walter, Ph.D., LL.D., Philadelphia, October 30, 

 1887, set. 83. 



Alfred Mordecai, Philadelpliia, October 23, 1887, set. Si. 



And on motion, tlie President was authorized to appoint 

 suitable persons to prepare the usual obituary notices of Messrs. 

 Walter and Mordecai. [Subsequently the President appointed 

 Dr. Hays for Major Mordecai and Dr. Eothrock for Dr. Ran- 

 dolph,] 



Dr. Brinton read a paper on the "so-called " Alaguilac lan- 

 guage of Guatemala. 



Prof. Cope made an oral communication on the mechanical 

 causes of the structure of teeth in certain mammalia groups. 



New nomination 1171 was read. 



The Society authorized the President, Secretary and Treas- 

 urer to receipt for the legacy of $2000 from the estate of 

 Henry Seybert, deceased, now ready to be paid over. 



The Committee on the Purchase of the Humboldt Portrait 

 reported progress. 



An invitation to attend the lecture on " Rapid Transit in 

 Cities," by Prof. Haupt, at the Franklin Institute, on Friday, 

 November 11, 1887, was given to the Society. 



And the Society was adjourned l>y the President. 



Stated Meeting November 18, 1887. 



Present, 31 members. 



President Fraley in the Chair. 



Messrs. W. F, Norris and G. DeBenneville Keim took their 

 seats. 



Correspondence was submitted as follows : A letter from 

 Prof. Edgar F. Smith, of Springfield, Ohio, accepting mem- 

 bership. 



A circular from the New York Academy of Sciences, asking 



PROC. AMER. I'lIILOS. SOC. XXIV. 126. 3a. PRINTED DEC. 7, 1887. 



