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VOL. 1. 



CINCINNATI, JANUARY. 



No. 4. 



PBOCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY. 



The Cincinnati Society of Natural History held its regular monthly 

 meeting, September, 3, 1878, — President Chambers in the Chair. The 

 minutes were read and approved. 



The following named persons, having been favorably reported upon, 

 were elected to regular membership : R. H. Holbrook, S. S. L'Homme- 

 dieu, N. W. Lord and J. A. Thacker. 



F. W. Laugdon read, by title, a " Eevised List of Cincinnati Birds." 

 Prof. Stone made a verbal report on the late solar eclipse. 



Donations were received as follows : From W. B. Foster, a valuable 

 collection of fossils and minerals ; J. R. P. Brown, quartz crystals ; 

 Chas. Dury, two eggs of Bullock's Oriole ; J. A. Hughes, three speci- 

 mens of Orthoptera ; J. V\^. Shorten, eight coleopterous insects; Hon. 

 M. Sayler, The Mineral Besources of the West ; Dr. O. D. Norton, a 

 pipe. 



A motion was made, and unanimously adopted, thanking Mr. W. B. 

 Foster for the valuable collection he had just donated. 



Society met, October 1, 1878, — the President in the Chair. The 

 minutes were read and adopted. 



Prof. Wetherb}'^ made a verbal report of his examination of the rocks 

 along the Cincinnati Suuthern Railroad, near the Kentucky River, and 

 in the vicinity of the Mammoth Cave, especially directing attention to 

 the fossils he had found, and to the geological position of the strata. 

 An animated discussion followed, in which the following persons took 

 part : V. T. Chambers, Dr. Young, F. Braun, and J. Mickleborough. 



Donations were announced as follows : From J. W. Hall, Jr., twenty 

 specimen fossils of the "Waverly Group ; Dr. Chas. Reed, an eight- 



