PROCEEDINGS. 



January 20, 1896. — Stated Meeting. 



The President in the chair. 



Babbi Jacob Voorsanger and Eufus L. Green were proposed for mem- 

 bership. 



Leverett M. Loomis, Curator of the Department of Ornithology, de- 

 livered a lecture on "Alexander Wilson, the Poet Naturalist, the Father 

 of American Ornithology." 



February 3, 1896.— Stated Meeting. 



The President in the chair. 



A. C. Lawson and M. W. Haskell were proposed for membership. 



Donations to the Museum were reported from Joseph Mailliard, F. Kano, 

 and J. D. Galloway. 



Additions to the Herbarium were reported from T. S. Brandegee, O. T. 

 Baron, and Carl Purdy; also 1, 100 plants from Utah, by purchase from 

 Marcus E. Jones. 



Additions to the library: 



From correspondents 199 



By purchase 523 



By donation 13 



By exchange j 



Professor Joseph Le Conte read a "Memoir of James Dwight Dana, 

 the Great Geologist." 



February 17, 1S96.— Stated Meeting. 

 The President in the chair. 



Babbi Jacob Voorsanger and Eufus L. Green were elected resident 

 members. 



Julius Callandreau, C. L. Cory, W. G. Curtis, W. E. Eckart, J. N. Le 

 Conte, and F. W. Scaife were proposed for membership. 



Mr. E. J. Molera delivered a lecture "On the Sources of Information 

 of the History of the Aztecs, and the Latest Discovered Aztec Codex," 

 illustrated with stereopticon views. 



