110 TRANSACTIONS OF THE [pec. 11, 
December 4th, 1893. 
REGULAR BusINEsSS MEETING. 
Pror. H. F. Ossorn in the chair and twenty-two persons 
present. 
SECTION OF BroLoey. 
1e following ps “ ; res : 
The foll @ papers were presented 
‘Restorations of the Lower Miocene Mammals,” by Prof. H. 
F. Osborn. 
‘““An Improvement of the Golgi Staining Method,” by O. 8. 
Strong. 
“Pror. E. B. Winson gave an account of his method of pre- 
paring sections of the testis of the common lobster. 
The following papers were read by title: 
“A Revision of the North American Cichlid,” by Carl H. 
Eigenmann and William L. Bray. 
‘* Notes on some South American Fishes,” by Carl H. Eigen- 
mann. 
December 11th, 1893. 
STATED MEETING. 
Pror. O. P. Huspparp in the chair and twenty-four persons 
present. 
The following paper was read by title: 
The Gross Anatomy of the Kidney of Elephas Indicus.* 
By Gro. 8. Huntineton. 
The specimen recently dissected at the anatomical laboratory 
of the College of Physicians and Surgeons was a young female, 
about five feet high, affording excellent opportunity for com- 
parison with the specimen dissected by Miall and Greenwood, 
* First presented before Section of Biology, May 8, 1893. 
