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  PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  CALIFORNIA 
  

  

  specimens 
  of 
  Algce 
  ; 
  presented 
  by 
  C. 
  D. 
  Gibbes. 
  A 
  pair 
  of 
  Jap- 
  

   anese 
  Vases, 
  also 
  a 
  specimen 
  of 
  Rupicola 
  Peruviana, 
  Dumont, 
  or 
  

   " 
  Cock 
  of 
  the 
  Rock 
  ; 
  " 
  from 
  Dr. 
  F. 
  Steindachner. 
  Specimen 
  of 
  

   Ceryle 
  alci/on, 
  Boie., 
  or 
  Belted 
  Kingfisher; 
  presented 
  by 
  H. 
  G. 
  

   Bloomer. 
  (This 
  last 
  specimen 
  is 
  preserved 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Crane's 
  em- 
  

   balming 
  process, 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Gruber.) 
  Specimem 
  of 
  Cloth, 
  being 
  a 
  

   piece 
  of 
  a 
  garment 
  found 
  around 
  an 
  Indian 
  skeleton, 
  on 
  Santa 
  Rosa 
  

   Island 
  ; 
  presented 
  by 
  W. 
  G. 
  Blunt. 
  Specimens 
  of 
  Fimelodus 
  

   Wagnerii, 
  Gunth, 
  also 
  Basiliscus 
  mitratus, 
  from 
  the 
  Isthmus 
  of 
  

   Darien 
  ; 
  presented 
  by 
  S. 
  A. 
  L. 
  Brannan, 
  Specimens 
  of 
  fresh- 
  

   water 
  Alg(s, 
  from 
  Mammoth 
  Springs, 
  Lassen 
  County, 
  Cal., 
  per- 
  

   sented 
  by 
  S. 
  V. 
  Blakeslee. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Bloomer 
  remarked, 
  that 
  the 
  specimens 
  of 
  Algce 
  presented 
  

   had 
  been 
  found 
  growing 
  twelve 
  feet 
  under 
  the 
  surface 
  of 
  clear 
  

   spring 
  water. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Stearns, 
  referring 
  to 
  the 
  fossils 
  presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Hemphill, 
  

   stated 
  that 
  the 
  collection 
  was 
  exceedingly 
  interesting, 
  and 
  num- 
  

   bered 
  about 
  sixty 
  species, 
  some 
  of 
  which 
  are 
  still 
  living 
  along 
  the 
  

   coast, 
  while 
  others 
  are 
  extinct. 
  In 
  a 
  letter 
  recently 
  received 
  from 
  

   Mr. 
  Hemphill, 
  he 
  says 
  : 
  " 
  The 
  new 
  Water 
  Company 
  here 
  has 
  been 
  

   sinking 
  a 
  well, 
  twelve 
  feet 
  in 
  diameter. 
  At 
  the 
  depth 
  of 
  100 
  feet 
  

   they 
  came 
  upon 
  a 
  compact 
  sedimentary 
  deposit, 
  such 
  as 
  is 
  found 
  on 
  

   the 
  bars 
  in 
  the 
  bay 
  at 
  the 
  present 
  time 
  ; 
  at 
  the 
  depth 
  of 
  120 
  to 
  140 
  

   feet, 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  fine 
  fossil 
  shells 
  were 
  found, 
  and 
  my 
  attention 
  was 
  

   called 
  to 
  them 
  by 
  Mr. 
  D. 
  0. 
  McCarthy, 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  parties 
  con- 
  

   nected 
  with 
  the 
  Water 
  Company. 
  I 
  immediately 
  began 
  to 
  pros- 
  

   pect 
  the 
  dirt 
  two 
  or 
  three 
  hours 
  each 
  day, 
  until 
  a 
  depth 
  of 
  165 
  feet 
  

   was 
  reached 
  by 
  the 
  diggers. 
  The 
  result 
  has 
  been 
  58 
  species. 
  The 
  

   collection 
  shows 
  the 
  forms 
  which 
  existed 
  in 
  the 
  bay 
  when, 
  very 
  

   probably, 
  its 
  area 
  was 
  much 
  greater 
  than 
  at 
  the 
  present 
  time. 
  The 
  

   well 
  is 
  situated 
  in 
  a 
  gulch 
  about 
  one 
  mile 
  from 
  the 
  bay, 
  and 
  back 
  

   from 
  the 
  city." 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Stearns 
  remarked 
  that 
  no 
  opportunity 
  had 
  occurred, 
  since 
  the 
  

   receipt 
  of 
  the 
  parcel 
  on 
  Friday 
  last, 
  to 
  make 
  a 
  critical 
  examination 
  of 
  

   the 
  fossils 
  presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Hemphill. 
  A 
  partial 
  inspection 
  

   shows 
  that 
  they 
  belong 
  to 
  the 
  post-pliocene 
  subdivision 
  of 
  the 
  ter- 
  

  

  