﻿ACADEMY 
  OF 
  SCIENCES. 
  291 
  

  

  TREES 
  FOUND 
  OVER 
  SIXTY 
  MILES 
  TO 
  SOUTH 
  AND 
  FAST. 
  

  

  Cupressus 
  Goveniana, 
  Harho. 
  Goven's 
  Cypress. 
  

   Picea 
  bracteata. 
  Leafy-cone 
  Fir. 
  

   Quercus 
  crassipocula. 
  Thick-cup 
  Oak. 
  

  

  Proposed 
  amendments 
  to 
  the 
  Constitution, 
  submitted 
  by 
  Dr. 
  

   Blake, 
  were 
  referred 
  to 
  the 
  Trustees. 
  

  

  Regular 
  Meeting, 
  April 
  7th, 
  1874. 
  

   President 
  in 
  the 
  Chair. 
  

  

  Fifty 
  members 
  present. 
  

  

  Manuel 
  Aspiroz, 
  Rev. 
  Frederick 
  E. 
  Shearer, 
  William 
  C. 
  Gibbs, 
  

   Ferdinand 
  Lantern, 
  and 
  George 
  W. 
  Dietzler 
  were 
  elected 
  resident 
  

   members. 
  

  

  Donations 
  to 
  the 
  Museum 
  : 
  Dr. 
  D. 
  E. 
  Hungerford 
  presented 
  a 
  

   large 
  collection, 
  mostly 
  from 
  Lower 
  CaUfornia, 
  consisting 
  of 
  about 
  

   sixty 
  species 
  of 
  shells, 
  with 
  many 
  duplicates 
  ; 
  specimens 
  of 
  Grorgo- 
  

   nia 
  ; 
  two 
  specimens 
  of 
  Coral, 
  one 
  form 
  new 
  to 
  the 
  Academy's 
  col- 
  

   lection. 
  Nine 
  Star-fish, 
  with 
  several 
  duplicates. 
  Three 
  specimens 
  

   of 
  fish 
  (skeletons). 
  Skull 
  of 
  wild 
  cat 
  (?). 
  Two 
  specimens 
  of 
  

   Crustacea 
  ((7a?aj?pa). 
  Vertebrae 
  of 
  Shark. 
  Six 
  fine 
  specimens 
  of 
  

   tortoise 
  shell 
  (Caretta 
  fimbriata). 
  Copper 
  ore 
  fro;ii 
  near 
  Lore 
  to, 
  

   Lower 
  CaUfornia. 
  Steatite, 
  from 
  La 
  Paz, 
  Lower 
  California. 
  Fish- 
  

   hooks 
  vised 
  by 
  Sandwich 
  Islanders. 
  Curious 
  moUuscan 
  Egg-cases, 
  

   with 
  seven 
  cigar 
  boxes 
  of 
  duplicate 
  shells. 
  Dr. 
  Marshall 
  presented 
  

   the 
  cast 
  of 
  a 
  Mastodon's 
  tooth, 
  from 
  San 
  Mateo. 
  Captain 
  D. 
  C. 
  

   Woods 
  presented 
  the 
  snout 
  of 
  a 
  Saw-fish, 
  caught 
  off" 
  the 
  coast 
  of 
  

   Mexico, 
  and 
  a 
  pair 
  of 
  Cow- 
  Walrus 
  tusks, 
  taken 
  from 
  the 
  animal 
  

   at 
  Cape 
  East, 
  Behring's 
  Strait. 
  Mr. 
  W. 
  G. 
  Blunt 
  presented 
  a 
  

   case 
  of 
  twenty-five 
  species 
  of 
  eggs, 
  named, 
  with 
  the 
  localities. 
  

   From 
  F. 
  Gruber, 
  specimens 
  of 
  mounted 
  birds, 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  Psit- 
  

   taeula 
  passerina, 
  or 
  little 
  green 
  paroquet 
  ; 
  Cistotharus 
  palustris, 
  

  

  Pkoc. 
  Cal. 
  Acad. 
  Sci., 
  Vol. 
  V.— 
  19. 
  December, 
  1874. 
  

  

  