EEI'OET OF COMMITTEE OF PUBLICATION. 71 



BY DR. CYRUS THOMAS: 



A list of OrthoptL-ra collected by J. Duncan Putnam, of Davenport, Iowa, during the sum- 

 mers of 1872, '73, '74, and '75, chiefly in Colorado, Utah and Wyoming Territories. 



BY A. S. TIFFANY: 



1. Discovery of Human Remains in a shell-bed on Rock Island. 



2. On an ancient copper implement donated by E. B. Baldwin. 



3. On a supposed Pre-historic Cremation Furnace. 



4. Report on the results of the excursion to Albany, Ills., Nov. 7th and 8th, 1873. 



5. Mound Explorations in 1875. 



The other matter contained in this volume was prepared by the differ- 

 ent members of the committee. * * * 



In the published Proceedings the details of business matters have been 

 greatly condensed, or even sometimes omitted, while occasionally re- 

 marks on new observations or discussions which were briefly mentioned 

 in the minutes, have been slightly elaborated from notes preserved by the 

 members. It is very unfortunate that many observations of real value 

 have been so briefly recorded. The verbal remarks made before such a 

 society as ours often contain information of both interest and value, and 

 the Eecord of Proceedings would be much more interesting if these 

 loose observations were carefully reported. They should, of course, 

 whenever possible, be revised by the authors before publication. 



It would be impossible in printing such a book for the first time, to 

 avoid having a considerable number of typographical errors. We always 

 found Messrs. Davis & Fluke very obliging and accommodating. Con- 

 sidering the number of vexatious delays and other ditticulties they de- 

 serve great credit. The printing was commenced February 14th, but 

 owing to a variety of causes, for some of which the committee, and tor 

 others the printers themselves were responsible, it was not completed 

 until the first week in August. The binding was done by R. Crampton. 

 of Rock Island. The entire work was completed, and 990 copies of the 

 volume were delivered at the Academy Rooms on and before Decem- 

 ber 1st. Messrs. Davis & Fluke very kindly donated a considerable 

 number of over-sheets, including about sixteen complete volumes, for 

 which there were not a suflicient number of plates. These sheets may 

 hereafter be useful to the Academy, and it was thought best to preserve 

 them. 



illustrations. 



The very considerable number of interesting relics contained in the 

 Archaeological collection of the Acidemy, and described by Dr. Farqu- 

 harson in his paper on the Mound Builders, made it very desirable to 

 have some of the more typical forms figured. When the Ladies un- 

 dertook the work they decided that the book must be handsomely illus- 

 trated, and they would supply the necessary funds. 



After considering the various methods of illustration, lithographs were 

 decided upon as being the cheapest and best adapted for the purposes in 

 view. Plates 1, 2 and 3 were drawn by Mr. W. O. Gronen, under the direc- 

 tion of Dr. Farquharson. They should be regarded as diagrams rather 

 than actual sections. Plates 4-8, illustrating some of the many reliques 



