TPHK JOURNAL 



OF THK 



Cincinnati oociety of Natural History. 



VOL. IX. CINCINNATI, OCTOBER 1886. No. 3. 



PROCEEDINGS CINCINNATI SOCIETY OF NATURAL 

 . HISTORY. 



June 16, 1886. 



Special meeting under the direction of the Lecture Committee 

 to hear papers on the Destruction of Native Birds. 



Vice-President Sl<inner occupied the chair. Papers were read 

 by Messrs. Chas. Dury and VVm. Hubbell Fisher, and Prof. Jos. 

 F. James replying to Dr. Langdon's remarks at the regular meet- 

 ing of June ist.; Dr. Langdon followed with remarks and Messrs. 

 Dury and Fisher responded. 



After a prolonged discussion the meeting adjourned at about 

 1 1 p. m. 



Business Meeting, Tuesday, July 6, 1886. 



President Dun in the Chair. Sixteen members present. 



The reading of the minutes of Executive Board was dispensed 

 with. 



H. F. Farny and Prof. T. H. Norton were proposed for active 

 membership. Prof. R. W. McFarlane, of Oxford, Ohio, was rec- 

 ommended for honorary membership by the Executive Board. 



Messrs. H. P. Piper and H. M. Brown were elected active 

 members. 



The Committee on the Destruction of Native Birds submitted 

 the following report : 



To the Cincinnati Society of Natural History : 



Your Committee report that they have carefully investigated 

 the subject of the destruction of our Native Birds. Several papers 



