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would give the Academy an account of some subjects of interest 
connected with the expedition. 
Dr. Norturop stated that he had returned from the Bahama 
Islands during the summer, where he had spent several months 
studying their geological features, and had made collections of 
their flora and fauna of considerable interest. In a short time 
he intended reading a paper before the Academy, giving the re- 
sults of his studies in this interesting group of islands. Inci- 
dentally Dr. NortHrop remarked that he had lately seen a 
turkey buzzard at Cornwall-on-the-Hudson, N. Y., and stated 
that this bird is rarely, if ever, seen so far North. 
Dr. Botton, who had lately returned from a trip to the 
Hawaiian Islands and California, after an absence of nearly seven 
months, stated that he had been remarkably successful in his 
search for sonorous sand, and had enjoyed a very pleasant trip, 
going and coming. He gave a brief description of the places vis- 
ited, and excused his brevity on the score of presenting details 
to the Academy during the coming winter. 
Dr. NEWBERRY said that the summer had been a busy one. 
Early in the vacation he made a visit to Silver Cliff, Colorado, 
on his return finishing his Monographs on the Laramie Flora 
and the Amboy Clays. He had also studied the flora of the 
coal basin of the Great Falls of the Missouri. At first no fossils 
were found ; finally, in a railroad cut in the vicinity, remains of 
ferns and conifers were discovered; these belong to the Potomac 
Group of the Lower Cretaceous. 
Dr. Brirron said that he had been closely engaged in bo- 
tanical work, but found leisure to visit Indianapolis, being 
present at the meeting of the American Association for the Ad- 
vancement of Science, where he had a very pleasant time. 
