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During a bright aurora the children especially sing to it, some- 

 times nearly all night, performing a stamping dance, with the fists 

 clenched. The song has many verses, with the same refrain. The 

 first verse, as follows : 



"Kiolyiike! Kiolyake! 

 A yana, yana, ya! 

 Hwi, hwi, hwi, hwi!" 



Eighty-Seventh Regular Meeting, Dec. i6, 1884. 



Major J. W. Powell, President, in the Chair. 



The Secretary of the Council announced the election of Admiral 

 Thornton A. Jenkins, U. S. N. , Mr. John Murdock, and Mr. Lucien 

 M. Turner as active members of the Society. 



The Curator presented a report showing the receipt of seventy- 

 three gifts, comprising books, papers, and pamphlets, as follows : 



GIFTS. 



From the Director. — Second Annual Report of the Bureau of Eth- 

 nology. 1880-81. Major J. W. Powell. Washington. 

 1883. Pp. 487. 8°. Illustrations and plates. 



From Mr. Geo. F. Black. — British Antiquities; their present 

 treatment and their real claim. By A. Henry Rhind. 

 Edinburgh. 1885. Pp. 47. 8°. 



Notice of a collection of flint implements found in the neigh- 

 borhood of Fordoun, Cincardineshire. Rev. James Brodie. 

 Pp. 5- 



On certain beliefs and phrases of Shetland Fishermen. Arthur 



Laurenson. Pp. 6. 



Did the Northmen extirpate the Celtic inhabitants of the 



Hebrides in the 9th century ? Capt. F. W. L. Thomas, R. 

 N. Pp.35. 



Notice of a collection of flint arrow-heads and bronze and 



iron relics from the site of an ancient settlement, recently 

 discovered in the Culbin Islands, near Findhorn, Morayshire. 

 Hercules Linton. Pp. 4. 



Notes respecting two bronze shields recently purchased for the 



museum of the Society, and other bronze shields. Wm. T. 

 McCulloch. Pp. 4. 



