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Mr. Samuel II. Scudder, of Cambridge, Mass. 



Rev. William Rudder, D.D., of Philadelphia. 



Dr. Morris Lougstreth, of Philadelphia. 



Prof. Houston gave notice of his intention to move at the 

 next meeting of the Society, certain corrections in the last 

 page of the printed proceedings (p. 728), being the records 

 of the meeting held June 21, 1878. 



And the meeting was adjourned. 



Stated Meeting, October 4, 1878. 



Present, 13 members. 



Vice-President, Mr. Fraley, in the Chair. 



Letters accepting membership were received from the 

 Rev. W. Rudder, D.D., dated Media, October 1 ; the Hon. 

 Secretary of the Interior, Carl Schurz, dated Department 

 of the Interior, Washington, October 2 ; the Rev. F. A. 

 Muhlenberg, D.D., dated 4307 Walnut street, Philadelphia, 

 October 2 ; Mr. J. A. Allen, dated Museum of Comparative 

 Zoology, Cambridge, Mass. October 2 ; Dr. Elliott Coues, of 

 the U. S. Geological and Geographical Surveys of the Ter- 

 ritories, dated Washington, October 2 ; and Prof. James C. 

 Watson, of the Observatory of the University of Michigan, 

 dated Ann Arbor, September 18, 1878. 



Photographs for the album were received from Mr. A. R. 

 Wallace, dated Waldron Edge, Duppas Hill, Croydon, Eng- 

 land, and from William II. Flower, F.R.S., of the College 

 of Surgeons, London. 



A letter was received from Mr. A. M. Fox, dated Penjer- 

 rich, Falmouth, September 4, 1878, respecting the decease of 

 his father, Mr. R. W. Fox (July 25, 1877, aged 88), and the 

 disposition of publications forwarded to him. 



Letters of acknowledgment for publications of the Society 



