THE JOURNAL 



OF THK 



Cincinnati Society of Natural History. 



VOL. X. CINCINNATI, APRIL, 1887. No. i. 



PROCEEDINGS. 



Business Meeting, January 4, 1887. 



Mr. Wm. H. Knight, president pro fern. Twelve members 

 present. 



The minutes for October were approved. 



Members were proposed as follows : Mr. Chas. Phipps, Mr- 

 Chas. Harrison. 



Minutes of the Executive Board for August, September, Oc- 

 tober and November were read. 



The resolutions regarding communication, presented at the 

 November meeting were laid over for discussion at a future 

 meeting. 



Dr. M. B. Ricketts read a paper on " the Relation of the size 

 of the Red Blood corpuscles to the Weight, Size and Activity of 

 Animals," with tables substantiating the position taken by the 

 writer. 



A paper on a " Worm-like marking found in the Shale of the 

 Cincinnati Group, near Oxford, Ohio, by Prof. Joseph F. James, 

 was read by the Secretary. 



A letter was read from Rev. J. W. Shorten, noting the 

 observation of a large flock of the Snow Bunting {Pledrophanes 

 nivalis) near Ross, Butler County, Ohio. 



Mr. Smith gave notice that circulars had been sent out an- 

 nouncing the organization of a Lyceum of Natural History, to hold 

 meetings in the Society Rooms. The first meeting would be held 

 on the 8th inst. 



Mr. Knight said the course of Free Lectures would be held 

 during the months of January, February and March, beginning on 

 the 14th of January. He desired to say that the labor of corres- 



