﻿108 
  proceedings 
  of 
  the 
  california 
  

  

  Regular 
  Meeting, 
  July 
  7th, 
  1873. 
  

   President 
  in 
  the 
  Chair. 
  

  

  Twentj-nine 
  members 
  present. 
  

  

  F. 
  A. 
  Bishop, 
  John 
  C. 
  Robinson, 
  George 
  H. 
  Mendell, 
  F. 
  A. 
  

   Miller, 
  and 
  0. 
  Button, 
  were 
  elected 
  resident 
  members 
  ; 
  William 
  

   S. 
  Chapman 
  was 
  elected 
  a 
  life 
  member 
  ; 
  and 
  J. 
  W. 
  Glass, 
  of 
  Den- 
  

   ver 
  City, 
  Colorado, 
  a 
  corresponding 
  member. 
  

  

  Donations 
  to 
  the 
  Library 
  : 
  Washington 
  Catalogue 
  of 
  Stars, 
  1845-71, 
  from 
  

   U. 
  S. 
  Naval 
  Observatory. 
  Smithsonian 
  Contributions 
  to 
  Knowledge, 
  Vol. 
  

   XVIII. 
  Compendium 
  of 
  the 
  Ninth 
  Census 
  of 
  the 
  U. 
  S., 
  1870. 
  Engineering 
  

   and 
  Mining 
  Journal. 
  Odd 
  Fellows' 
  Lib. 
  Assoc, 
  17th 
  and 
  18th 
  Ann. 
  Rep's. 
  

   Monatsbericht 
  der 
  Kbaigl. 
  Preuss. 
  Akad. 
  der 
  Wissenschaften 
  zu 
  Berlin, 
  Jan., 
  

   1873. 
  Proceedings 
  Acad. 
  Nat. 
  Sci. 
  of 
  Phila., 
  Jan. 
  and 
  Feb., 
  1873 
  ; 
  also 
  pp. 
  

   233-248, 
  1873, 
  of 
  same 
  Proceedings. 
  Am. 
  Jour, 
  of 
  Science 
  and 
  Arts, 
  June, 
  

   1873. 
  Am. 
  Naturalist, 
  June, 
  1873. 
  Quarterly 
  Journal 
  of 
  Geolog. 
  Society 
  of 
  

   London, 
  Vol. 
  XXIX, 
  No. 
  114. 
  Cal. 
  Horticulturist, 
  June, 
  1873. 
  Annalen 
  

   der 
  Physik 
  und 
  Chemie, 
  No. 
  3, 
  Leipzig. 
  1873. 
  Overland 
  Monthly, 
  July, 
  1873. 
  

  

  Additions 
  to 
  Library 
  by 
  Purchase 
  : 
  Cosmos 
  di 
  Guido 
  Cora, 
  II, 
  Turin, 
  1873. 
  

   Nature, 
  Vol. 
  8, 
  Nos. 
  184-189. 
  Annals 
  and 
  Mag. 
  Nat. 
  Hist., 
  London, 
  June, 
  

   1873. 
  Astronomical 
  Register, 
  London, 
  June, 
  1873. 
  Weigmann's 
  Archive 
  

   fiir 
  Naturgeschicbte, 
  Berlin, 
  1873. 
  The 
  Journal 
  of 
  Botany, 
  London, 
  May 
  

   and 
  June, 
  1873. 
  Popular 
  Science 
  Monthly, 
  July, 
  1873. 
  

  

  Donations 
  to 
  Museum 
  : 
  Specimens 
  of 
  a 
  species 
  of 
  Virgularia 
  

   from 
  San 
  Diego, 
  by 
  Henry 
  Hemphill. 
  Specimens 
  of 
  rocks 
  from 
  

   near 
  San 
  Francisco, 
  presented 
  by 
  C. 
  B. 
  Turrill. 
  Egg 
  case 
  of 
  a 
  

   species 
  of 
  Skate, 
  from 
  J. 
  P. 
  Dameron. 
  Tarantula 
  and 
  Tarantula 
  

   nest 
  from 
  Mexico, 
  presented 
  by 
  W. 
  J. 
  Fisher. 
  Specimen 
  of 
  Duck 
  

   (^Harelda 
  glacialis 
  Leach) 
  from 
  Arctic 
  America, 
  presented 
  by 
  W. 
  

   G. 
  Blunt. 
  Specimens 
  of 
  mounted 
  birds: 
  Sharp-shinned 
  Hawk 
  

   (Accipiterfuscus), 
  Blue-winged 
  Teal 
  (Querquedula 
  discors), 
  Avoset 
  

   (^Recurvirostra 
  Americana)^ 
  Green 
  black-cap 
  Flycatcher 
  (^Myio- 
  

   dioctes 
  pusillus), 
  and 
  a 
  species 
  of 
  Graculus 
  ((x. 
  Carlo) 
  ^ 
  presented 
  

   by 
  E. 
  F. 
  Lorquin. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Stearns 
  remarked 
  that 
  he 
  had 
  not 
  determined 
  whether 
  the 
  

   species 
  of 
  Virgularia 
  presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Hemphill 
  was 
  new, 
  or 
  the 
  

   same 
  as 
  previously 
  described 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Gabb. 
  

  

  