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Territory," is a splendid and enduring monument to the persistent 

 and excellent work of the Botanical Section and to the editors of the 

 list. 



The three papers by Dr. Charles E, Fairman, of Lyndonville, on 

 the Fungi of Orleans county and of Western New York have added 

 to the reputation of the Academy in botanical lines. The same should 

 be said of the paper by Mr. Charles W. Seelye on the local Ferns, 

 and also of the short papers by Miss Florence Beckwith, Professor 

 C. W. Dodge and Dr. Anna H. Searing. 



Zoology. The paper on " Birds of Western New York," by Mr. 

 Elon H. Eaton, forming pages 1-64 of volume 4, is a piece of excel- 

 lent work on the fauna of this region. And as much should be said 

 of the article on " The Mollusca of Monroe County, N. Y. ," by Mr. 

 John Walton, which forms pages 3-18 of volume 2, and is illustrated 

 by eight elegant plates of his own drawing. 



Ethnology. Two papers by the late George H, Harris are the 

 beginning of what should be a series of papers on the life and customs 

 of the aborigines of this territory. 



Meteorology. The interesting" paper by Mr. Orrin Parker on the 

 " Climatology of Rochester," proves the fact of peculiar and favorable 

 climatic conditions in this city. 



Geology. Considerable work has been done in the study of the 

 geology and physiography of the region, and several papers have 

 been printed. The longest paper is by Professor Charles S. Prosser, 

 giving the section of strata on the Genesee meridian from Lake 

 Ontario south to Pennsylvania. Other papers are by Mr. Albert L. 

 Arey, Mr. Warren Upham and by the writer. Most of the studies of 

 the writer having been described in other journals, as the Academy was 

 financially unable to give them publication. 



Our Proceedings have not been confined to papers of local bear- 

 ing. It is impossible to refer to all the papers of broader reference. 

 Mention should be made of the many descriptions and analyses of new 

 meteorites, by Mr. J. M. Davison, Mr. E. E. Howell, Mr. H. L. Pres- 

 ton and Dr. Henry A. Ward, which have given our publication an 

 eminent place in the literature of meteorites. In this connection may 

 be mentioned the several theoretic papers on meteorology by Dr. 

 M. A. Veeder. The papers by Professor Arthur L. Baker in the new 

 mathematics, with illustrations, are of a high order. Some papers by 

 Mr. Frank C. Baker deal with the mollusca. 



