THE JOURNAL 



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Cincinnati Society of Natural History. 



Vol,. XIV. • Cincinnati, April, 1891 • No. i. 



PROCEEDINGS. 



Regular Meeting, January 6, 1891. 



President Abert in the chair. 



The minutes of the December meeting read and approved. 



Miss Lida J. Brown, Dr. Chas. T. Phythian, Bert W. Wil- 

 liamson and S. Marcus Fechheimer were elected active 

 members. 



The minutes of the Executive Board for November were 

 read. 



The resignations of Miss Ida Murdoch and Dr. Mary E. 

 Osborn were read and accepted. 



The death of Dr. John Davis was announced. 



Mr. Davis L. James read by title two papers, one on North 

 American Fungi, b}- A. P. Morgan; the other entitled a 

 Manual of the Paleontology of the Cincinnati Group, by Jos. 

 F. James. 



Dr. Henshall read by title a paper on the Birds of Warren 

 County, Ohio, by Raymond W. Smith. 



Col. J. W. Abert, the President, then addressed the Societ}' 

 on (i) The Trend of Mountain Chains; (2) The Torsion of 

 the Earth ; (3) The Theory of Hot Springs. 



Mr. Skinner asked whether the diurnal variation of the 

 magnetic needle was not apparent rather than real, which was 

 discussed by himself and Mr. Eatham Anderson. 



