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SUMMER MEETING. 



The summer meeting of the Academy was held in 

 connection with the meeting at Columbus of the 

 American Association for the Advancement of Science. 



The onh' session was in Orton Hall, Friday, 

 August 25th at 9 A. M. Twenty-three new members 

 were elected. Remarks were made favoring Cleveland 

 as the place of winter meeting. Rev. Herzer addressed 

 the Academy on the so-called fossil genus, Sigillaria. 



OCCASIONAL ABUNDANCE OF CERTAIN BIRDS 

 ON OR NEAR LAKE ERIE. 



BY E. L. MOSELEY, SANDUSKY, OHIO. 



On the Saturday before last Thanksgiving citizens 

 of Sandusky whose places of business overlook the 

 Bay saw wild swans in such numbers as most of them 

 had never seen before. From the shore near the 

 western limit of the city more than a thousand could 

 be seen at one time resting on the water. The night 

 watchman at the Short Hine dock said they arrived 

 during the night, though another observer saw fifty- 

 six flying in one string the day before. 



This fall was marked by the absence of cold rains 

 and high winds. From the 14th of November the 

 weather had been warmer every day than usual at 

 that time of year, — on the 14th only three degrees 

 warmer but from the 15th to the 24th on an average 

 nine degrees warmer than the normal. This caused the 

 swans to remain rather late in Canada. From Nov. 

 22nd to Nov. 25th the wind blew from the north and 

 north-east and so they moved down to the most 

 southerly feeding ground to be found before starting 



