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VOL. III. CINCINNATI, JULY, 1880. No. 2. 



PROCEJ^DII^GS OF THE SOCIETY. 



Tuesday Evening, May 4, 1880. 



Dr. R. M. B3n'nes, President, in the chair. Present, about 30 mem- 

 bers. 



Mr. Davis L. James read an exceeding!}' interesting paper on the 

 fertilization of the common wild flower, the " Spring Beauty, " and ex- 

 hibited specimens of the insect through whose agency the fertilization 

 is accomplished. 



The following officers were elected to fill vacancies, viz : 



J. W. Hall, Jr., Curator of Mineralogy. 



E. M, Cooper, Curator of Conchology. 



J. W. Hill and E. D. Huntington were elected to regular member- 

 ship in the societ}^ 



Donations were received as .follows: 



From Mr. Charles F. Low, a large collection of pre-historic speci- 

 mens from the Ancient Cemetery near Madisonville, cornprising up- 

 wards of 200 pieces of pottery, stone, bone, shell and copper imple- 

 ments and ornaments, pipes, flints, etc. Part of which were illustrated 

 in the last number of this Journal. 



From Dr. A. E. Heighway, skeletons of an eagle, pelican, wildcat, 

 and an American marmot, or woodchuck. 



