1891. ] NEW YORK ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. 109 
March 16th, 1891. 
StaTED MEETING. 
About one hundred and twenty-five persons present. 
In the absence of any of the officers, Mr. P. H. DUDLEY was 
called to the chair. 
The minutes of March 9th were read and approved. 
Mr. Duptey then introduced PRror. CHARLES SPRAGUE 
SmirH, of Columbia College, who delivered a lecture entitled 
THE ORKNEYS AND SHETLAND, 
illustrated by lantern slides from photographs taken by the lec- 
turer. 
At the close of the discourse a vote of thanks was extended to 
Pror. SMITH, and the meeting adjourned. 
March 23d, 1891. 
STATED MEETING. 
VicE-PRESIDENT Dr. HUBBARD in the chair. 
About fifty persons present. 
Dr. Hussarp announced that the meeting was called to form 
provisionally a Section of Ethnology, and asked for nominations 
for chairman and secretary. 
Dr. FREDERICK STARR and W. B. ScHOONMAKER were chosen; 
also a Committee on Permanent Organization, consisting of 
Drs. HupparpD and Starr, and Pror. MARTIN. 
Dr. Starr then read a paper entitled 
THE MAN OF THE STONE AGE, 
(Abstract. ) 
What is meant by the Stone Age? Notice that it is a term 
descriptive of a stage of culture, not of a definite ¢ime, In 
Western Europe the Stone Age is easily distinguished into pa- 
