36 Cmcinnati Society of Natural Histoiy. 



The following were proposed for membership : 



Dr. E. Williams, Mrs. Dr. E. Williams, 



J. O. Shiras, Allen Collier, 



Chas. L. Mills, L. M. Petididier, 



W. Snowdon Smith, Dr. David DeBeck, 



Geo. E. Card, Dr. .Sheridan C. Heighway. 



The following were elected to regular membership : 

 Dr. Erank Hunter, John E. Bruce, 



Miss Elsie Field, Miss Fannie Field, 



Miss M. C. Collins, Miss Helen M. Herron, 



Howard Barney, Dr. W. VV. Dawson. 



The Constitution, as amended and reported by the Committee 

 on Revision, was read, section by section, and, with amendments, 

 adopted. As by the rules it must be adopted by a two-thirds' vote 

 at two consecutive meetings before its final adoption, the second 

 reading was deferred till the March meeting, when the consideration 

 of the By-Laws was also in order. As amended and adopted, it 

 is printed at the end of this number of the Journ.al. 



The Donations for the month were announced as follows : 

 From S. S. Bassler, "Constitution of Meteorological Society," and 

 "Weather Bulletin" for December i, 1869; from D. L. James, 

 Seeds of Mcnispernniin Canadensc, and "American Journal of For- 

 estry," Vol. 1.; from U. P. James, Burrow of Carpenter Bee; 

 from Dr. O. D, Norton, Tooth of Elephant ; from Jos. E. James, 

 five pamphkts, viz. : "Affinities of Dioiice,'' "Cephalopoda of 

 Cincinnati Group," "Progress of Vegetation m Ohio Valley," 

 "Revision of Genus Clematis," and "Remarks on Fossil Fungus, 

 etc."; from T, H. Aldrich, "Notes on Tertiary Fossils in Ala- 

 bama and Mississippi"; from the Publisher, "Hoosier Naturalist," 

 Vol. L, No. 5; from the Smithsonian Institution Bulletins, Nos. 

 23, 28, 29 of U. S. National Museum, "Check List of Publica- 

 tions," and Nos. 39, 40 of Vol. VHL, "Proceedings of U. S. 

 National Museum"; from Ward & Howell, Catalogues of "Casts 

 of Fossils," "Mammals, Birds, etc.," "Comparative Osteology," 

 "Rocks of New York System," "Minerals," and "Natural Science 

 Bulletin," Vols. L, H. and HL, No. i ; from Cincinnati Public 

 Library, "Finding List of Books"; from John B. Clunet, Portrait 

 of Chas. Bodman; from John H. Warder, Specimen of Albutite ; 

 from John Fulton, Johnstown, Penn., through J. H. Warder, Spec- 



