222 DAVENPORT ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES. 



Publication — Mrs. C. E. Putnam, W. H. Barris, W. H. Pratt, C. C. 

 Parry, C. H. Preston. 



Library — Dr. Jennie McCowen, H. St. Clair Putnam, J. M. De 

 Armond. 



Museuffi — W. H. Pratt, W. H. Barris, William Reipe, Miss Julia 

 E. Sanders. 



January 26, 188 j. — Regular Meeting. 



Vice-President Fulton in the chair; eleven members present. 



Mr. Tyler McWhorter, of Aledo, Illinois, and Mr. G. H. Hinrichs, 

 of Davenport, Iowa, were elected to regular membership. 



In consequence of his removal from the city, Rev. Mr. Gass sent 

 in his resignation as Trustee. 



February 2j, 188 j. — Regular Meeting. 



President Lynch in the chair; fifteen members present. 



Mrs. Putnam, chairman of the PubUcation Committee, re])orted the 

 printing of Part III. of Volume III. of Proceedings very nearly com- 

 pleted, all bills therefor paid as presented thus far, and only about 

 $125 needed to complete the volume. 



The Curator reported a magnificent collection of mound-builders' 

 pipes, thirteen in number, received from Rev. Mr. Gass, which were 

 collected in Muscatine, Rock Island, and Mercer Counties during the 

 past year by his brother and himself. The Curator further reported 

 that the Academy had also received, during the i)ast week, a collection 

 of marine invertebrates, numbering over one hundred species, pre- 

 served in alcohol, and designated as "Educational Series No. 31," 

 which are put ujj by the Smithsonian Institution for the use of such 

 scientific institutions as will give satisfactory assurance that the speci- 

 mens will be properly preserved and used. 



Miss Cornelia McCarn, of Iowa, and Mr. Charles Bendix, of Frank- 

 lin, California, were elected corresponding members. 



Mr. J. B. Phelps was elected to fill the vacancy on the Board of 

 Trustees occasioned by the resignation of Rev. J. Gass, removed from 

 the city. 



The resignation of H. St. Clair Putnam, as Treasurer of the .Xcad- 

 emy, was acce])ted, and Charles E. Harrison elected to temporarily fill 

 the vacancy until next meeting. 



