COMPLIMENTARY NOTICE. 13 



meeting be adjourned till such times as a quorum can be 

 collected, or till the day of , 185- 



[Here occurs another hiatus in the record.] 



CLEVELAND ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCE. 



During the winter months, upon each alternate Tues- 

 day, for a number of years, a series of public lectures 

 have been given upon some subject connected with Nat- 

 ural Science. At the regular meetings between the 

 lectures, written papers, upon various subjects, have been 

 presented and read, and a general discussion held upon 

 any scientific subject that might be offered. It is to these 

 conversational meetings, especially, we are to look for 

 valuable contributions in the various branches of Natural 

 Science, and, for the purpose of rendering the labors of the 

 Academy more generally useful, it has been determined 

 to print the record of their transactions in this journal 

 from time to time, and the first contribution of this kind 

 will be found in the present number. 



The collection of specimens of natural history, particu- 

 larly in the departments of ornithology and conchology, 

 belonging to the Academy, is undoubtedly one of the best 

 in the country. Not only does it contain the fine cabinet 

 of Dr. Kirtland, which was generously donated by him to 

 the Academy, but also the exceedingly beautiful speci- 

 mens of the Sylvias and water birds donated by Mr. R. K. 

 Winslow. In addition to these valuable contributions of 

 birds, at home, which have been increased, from time to 

 time, through the kind offices of the gentlemen named, 

 and the Hon. William Case, Capt. B. A. Stanard and others^ 

 large and most valuable donations of foreign birds, chiefly 

 through the assiduous attention of the Hon. Elisha Whit- 

 tlesey, have been received from time to time. The latest 

 donation of this kind was from Lieut. S. L. Phelps, U. S. N., 



