(S Cincinnati Sociciy of Natitial Ui story. 



The President, Mr. Skinner, donated to the Society a (:o[)y of 

 Audubon's l>irds of America, on condition of its being properly 

 displayed and cared for. 



Dr. Heighway, Sen., discussed the peculiarities of certain ( rania 

 exhibited on the table. 



Adjourned. 



Donations received during the pre\i()us month were as fol- 

 lows : 



From B. W. Evermann, Terre Haute, Ind., Tamphlets, viz: 

 Hoosier Naturalist, May, 1887; Food Fishes of Indiana ; List of 

 Fishes collected in Harvey and Cowley Counties, Kansas; Descrip- 

 tion of Six New Species of Fishes from the Culf of Mexico; A Revi- 

 sion of the American Species of the Genus Cerres ; Ornithologist 

 and Oologist, June, 1886. From Seceretary of the Treasury, Wash- 

 ington: Report of Commissioner of Navigation for t8S6. From 

 Smithsonian Institution: Pamphlet, Repul)lic of Mexico in 1876. 

 From Samuel (iarman, Cambridge, Pamphlet, On West Indian 

 Reptiles and Batrachians. From A. J. Fvans, City, Ray Fish. 

 From Dr. A. E. Heighway, Jr., S|)ecimens of Talc. From Tenn- 

 essee State Board of Health, Bulletins. 



Adjourned. 



SciKNTiFic Meeting, February "fth, 1888. 



President Skinner in the Chair. Mr. H. P. Smith, Secretary, 

 pro tcni. 



Mr. Skinner opened the meeting witli remarks on the death of 

 Dr. A E. Heighway, Sen., and upon his work for the Society, 

 closing with the suggestion for the appointment of a Con^mittee to 

 prepare a memorial in tribute to his memory. 



Remarks were made by Mr. Dury and Col. A. W. Abert. 



Dr. W. W. Dawson, Dr. R. M. Byrnes and Wm. H. Knight 

 were appointed a committee to draft the memorial. 



The following gentlemen were elected to active membership : 

 Messrs. John Pfaff, Henry Peachy, Jr., Wm. Hochstetler, Dr. O. 

 L. Cameron, Dr. Theo. Potter. 



The following named persons were ])roposed for membersh'p 

 Dr. Geo. B. Orr, Dr. Konn Sayres, Dr. D. D. Bramble. 



Mr. Wm. Hubbell Fisher was appointed to fill the vacancy in 

 the Audubon Fund Committee, created by the death of Dr. A. E. 

 Heighway, Sen. 



