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  purpose, 
  and 
  the 
  following 
  gentlemen 
  were 
  elected 
  to 
  serve 
  as 
  said 
  

   committee 
  : 
  Prof. 
  George 
  Davidson, 
  Robert 
  E, 
  C. 
  Stearns, 
  Prof. 
  D. 
  

   C. 
  Gilman, 
  James 
  Blake, 
  M.D., 
  Prof. 
  E. 
  S. 
  Carr, 
  Prof. 
  H. 
  N. 
  

   Bolander, 
  S. 
  C. 
  Hastings, 
  and 
  subsequently 
  Dr. 
  Franz 
  Steindachner 
  

   and 
  W. 
  H. 
  r>all 
  were 
  added 
  to 
  the 
  Committee 
  ; 
  and 
  on 
  motion 
  of 
  

   Dr. 
  Stout, 
  it 
  was 
  

  

  " 
  Resolved^ 
  That 
  to 
  facilitate 
  the 
  action 
  of 
  the 
  Committee 
  on 
  

   the 
  memorial 
  to 
  Professor 
  Agassiz, 
  the 
  Board 
  of 
  Trustees 
  be 
  in- 
  

   vited 
  to 
  co-operate 
  with 
  the 
  said 
  Committee, 
  to 
  fulfil 
  the 
  wish 
  of 
  

   the 
  Academy." 
  

  

  The 
  regular 
  business 
  being 
  resumed, 
  F. 
  Hiller, 
  M. 
  D., 
  P. 
  C. 
  

   Lander, 
  Daniel 
  Swett, 
  John 
  Muir, 
  John 
  Lewis, 
  Jason 
  Springer, 
  

   Gen. 
  B. 
  S. 
  Alexander, 
  U. 
  S. 
  A., 
  were 
  elected 
  resident 
  members, 
  

   and 
  J. 
  H. 
  Stearns 
  life 
  member. 
  

  

  Donations 
  to 
  the 
  Museum 
  : 
  Specimens 
  of 
  Fishes, 
  Piychocheilus 
  

   grandis, 
  Grd., 
  Siboma 
  o'assicauda, 
  Grd., 
  Catostomus 
  occidentalis, 
  

   Ayres, 
  Pogenichthys 
  ina'quilobus, 
  Bd., 
  Grd., 
  all 
  from 
  the 
  Sacra- 
  

   mento 
  River 
  ; 
  also, 
  Metrogaster 
  aggregatus, 
  A. 
  Ag., 
  and 
  Microme- 
  

   trus 
  minimus, 
  A. 
  Ag., 
  from 
  San 
  Francisco 
  Bay. 
  Specimens 
  of 
  

   Humming 
  Birds, 
  Ornismya 
  mesoleuca 
  $, 
  Chrysolampis 
  moschita, 
  

   Gray, 
  from 
  Brazil, 
  and 
  Lesbia 
  ajnaryllis, 
  Rehb., 
  $, 
  Central 
  

   America 
  ; 
  all 
  of 
  the 
  above 
  presented 
  by 
  Dr. 
  Franz 
  Steindachner. 
  

   Specimen 
  of 
  Coal, 
  found 
  at 
  Katmay 
  Bay, 
  Alaska, 
  from 
  Samuel 
  

   Sussman. 
  Whale 
  Lice, 
  from 
  Right 
  whale, 
  taken 
  near 
  Kodlak 
  

   Island 
  ; 
  presented 
  by 
  Capt. 
  C. 
  M. 
  Scammon. 
  Seeds 
  of 
  Nicoti- 
  

   ana 
  quadrivalvis, 
  Gray, 
  from 
  A, 
  W. 
  Chase. 
  Specimens 
  of 
  Plants 
  

   from 
  San 
  Jose 
  del 
  Cabo, 
  Lower 
  California, 
  presented 
  by 
  E. 
  Gil- 
  

   lespie, 
  Esq., 
  U. 
  S. 
  Consul. 
  

  

  Donntioiis 
  to 
  the 
  Library 
  : 
  Narrative 
  of 
  a 
  Voyage 
  to 
  the 
  N. 
  W. 
  Coast 
  of 
  

   America, 
  in 
  the 
  years 
  1811-14, 
  etc., 
  by 
  Gabriel 
  Franchere 
  ; 
  12ino, 
  New 
  York, 
  

   1854. 
  The 
  Little 
  Things 
  of 
  Nature, 
  etc., 
  by 
  Leo 
  Hartley 
  Grindon 
  ; 
  12mo, 
  

   Boston, 
  1866. 
  Hysteria, 
  etc., 
  six 
  Lectures 
  by 
  F. 
  C. 
  Skey, 
  F. 
  R. 
  S. 
  ; 
  12mo, 
  

   New 
  York, 
  1867. 
  Currents 
  and 
  Counter 
  Currents 
  in 
  Medical 
  Science, 
  etc., 
  

   by 
  Oliver 
  "Wendell 
  Holmes 
  ; 
  12mo, 
  Boston, 
  1861. 
  Bee-Keeper's 
  Directory, 
  

   etc., 
  by 
  J. 
  S. 
  Harbison 
  ; 
  12mo, 
  San 
  Francisco, 
  1861. 
  Martyria, 
  or 
  Andcrson- 
  

   ville 
  Prison, 
  by 
  Augustus 
  C. 
  Hamlin; 
  12mo, 
  Boston, 
  1866. 
  The 
  Industrial 
  

   Progress 
  of 
  New 
  South 
  AVales, 
  etc.; 
  8vo, 
  Sydney, 
  1871. 
  History 
  of 
  the 
  U. 
  S. 
  

   Sanitary 
  Commission, 
  etc., 
  by 
  Charles 
  J. 
  Stille 
  ; 
  8vo, 
  Phila., 
  1866. 
  A 
  Journey 
  

  

  Pboc. 
  Cal. 
  Acad. 
  Sci., 
  Vol. 
  V.— 
  14. 
  Jan., 
  1874. 
  

  

  