THE JOURNAL 



ciniTi icim i iicm iism, 



VOL. 1. 



CINCINNATI, OCTOBER. 



No. 3. 



PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY. 



The Cincinnati Societ}- of Natural History held its regular monthly 

 meeting, Juh' 2, 1878, — President V, T. Chambers in the Chair. The 

 minutes were read and approved. 



The following named persons, having been previousl}' proposed, 

 were unanimoush' elected to regular membership: C. G. Lloyd, Colum- 

 bia Street, Newport, K}'. ; Dr. (.has. S. JMetz, and Charles F. Lowe, 

 Madisonville, Ohio. 



L. S. Cotton, Esq., having briefly called attention to the advantages 

 to be derived from the meetings of scientific bodies in our city, offered 

 the following resolution, which was unanimouslj^ adopted: 



Besolved, That a Committee of three be appointed to confer with 

 other Societies and the authorities of this city, to obtain their co-oper- 

 ation in extending an invitation to the American Association for the 

 Advancement of Science to \io\& lis? annual meeting for 1879 at Cin- 

 cinnati, and to report to this Societ}' at its next meeting. The Chair 

 named the following members as such Committee, L. S. Cotton, R. B. 

 Moore, and Julius Dexter. 



Donations were acknowledged as follows: Flint Arrow heads, from 

 Dr. J, J. Temple; one pair moccasins, one bullet pouch, one bow and 

 one oi'uamented quill, all taken from a Comanche brave killed in New 

 Mexico, from Dr. H. Ludington ; two pamphlets from Hon. M. Saj'ler; a 

 fine stalactite, from a Cave near the C. S. R. R. Bridge over the Ken- 

 tuck}' River, by E. A. Ferguson ; Eggs of Carolina Dove, Lapland Plo- 

 ver, and Carolina Rail, from Charles Dur^' ; Report upon Forrestr}.. 

 1877, bv F. B. Hough, from Department of Agriculture; Report of the 

 Central Park Menagerie, New York, 1877 ; Monthly Weather Reports 

 from War Department. 



