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  the 
  hills 
  and 
  valleys 
  of 
  the 
  adjacent 
  mountains 
  ; 
  said 
  aroma 
  being 
  

   carried 
  up 
  by 
  the 
  rarified 
  atmosphere, 
  and 
  condensed 
  in 
  the 
  fall 
  by 
  

   the 
  evening 
  dews 
  ; 
  the 
  manna 
  they 
  think 
  may 
  be 
  the 
  pollen 
  of 
  

   flowers, 
  and 
  carried 
  to 
  the 
  localities 
  where 
  it 
  is 
  found 
  by 
  the 
  wind 
  ; 
  

   not 
  considering 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  the 
  manna 
  occurs 
  whether 
  there 
  is 
  

   wind 
  or 
  not 
  ; 
  and 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  altogether 
  different 
  in 
  its 
  essential 
  fea- 
  

   tures, 
  such 
  as 
  weight, 
  solubility, 
  etc. 
  It 
  seems 
  impossible, 
  when 
  its 
  

   abundance 
  is 
  considered, 
  and 
  the 
  wide 
  area 
  over 
  which 
  it 
  is 
  spread, 
  

   that 
  it 
  could 
  be 
  deposited 
  or 
  caused 
  by 
  insects, 
  as 
  is 
  generally 
  be- 
  

   lieved. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Lorquin 
  gave 
  a 
  description 
  of 
  a 
  species 
  of 
  CaUfornia 
  vulture, 
  

   recently 
  captured 
  by 
  him. 
  It 
  differs 
  from 
  those 
  described 
  in 
  the 
  

   Pacific 
  Railroad 
  Reports 
  and 
  other 
  works, 
  having 
  down 
  upon 
  its 
  neck, 
  

   instead 
  of 
  the 
  neck 
  being 
  bare. 
  The 
  specimen 
  measured 
  nine 
  feet 
  

   ten 
  inches, 
  from 
  tip 
  to 
  tip. 
  

  

  Regular 
  Meeting, 
  March 
  17th, 
  1873. 
  

   Vice-President 
  in 
  the 
  Chair. 
  

  

  Thirty 
  members 
  present. 
  

  

  R. 
  B. 
  Irwin, 
  J. 
  H. 
  Blumenberg, 
  John 
  J. 
  Haley, 
  A. 
  B. 
  Forbes, 
  

   John 
  F. 
  Miller, 
  J. 
  A. 
  W. 
  Lundborg, 
  M. 
  D., 
  I. 
  C. 
  Woods, 
  S. 
  D. 
  

   Field, 
  J. 
  H. 
  Smyth, 
  0. 
  P. 
  Evans, 
  W. 
  A. 
  Aldrich, 
  Jacob 
  Best, 
  

   Michael 
  Deering, 
  A. 
  W. 
  Von 
  Schmidt, 
  Jourdan 
  W. 
  Roper, 
  J. 
  D. 
  

   Howell 
  and 
  Laurence 
  Kilgour 
  were 
  elected 
  resident 
  members. 
  

  

  James 
  T. 
  Boyd, 
  Richard 
  H. 
  McDonald, 
  M. 
  D,, 
  Louis 
  Sloss, 
  

   William 
  B. 
  Hooper, 
  F. 
  Locan, 
  F. 
  E. 
  Wilke, 
  E. 
  E. 
  Eyre, 
  Mark 
  L. 
  

   McDonald, 
  Coll 
  Dean, 
  Horace 
  L. 
  Hill 
  and 
  E. 
  J. 
  De 
  Sta. 
  Marina 
  

   were 
  elected 
  life 
  members. 
  

  

  W. 
  Lindeman, 
  Phil. 
  D., 
  Otto 
  Finsch, 
  Phil. 
  D. 
  of 
  Bremen, 
  

   Germany, 
  and 
  Alexander 
  Willard, 
  U. 
  S. 
  Consul, 
  Guaymas, 
  Mexico, 
  

   were 
  elected 
  corresponding 
  members. 
  

  

  Donations 
  to 
  Museum 
  : 
  Egg 
  of 
  Emeu, 
  from 
  Australia, 
  by 
  W. 
  N. 
  

  

  