PROCEEDINGS. 567 



Additions to the Library: 



From correspondents « 186 



By purchase 38 



By donation 1 



Professor John C. Merriam delivered a lecture on " Human Bemains of 

 the Later Geological Periods." 



June 15, 1896. —Stated Meeting. 

 Vice-President Behr in the chair. 



P. W. Nathan, George W. Dickie, Irving Stringham, and John Eich- 

 ards were proposed for membership. 



July 6, 1896. — Stated Meeting. 



Vice-President Bitter in the chair. 



H. W. Fairbanks, Beverly Letcher, C. E. Grunsky, and W. L. Jepson 

 were elected resident members. 



Donations to the Museum were reported from J. H. Henderson, George 

 A. Treadwell, Gustav Eisen, D. Van Denburgh, C. A. Purpus, M. Braver- 

 man, Maurice Chaper, and F. Billa. 



Donations to the Department of Ornithology: 



Specimen of Great Northern Diver ( Urinator imber), from San Francisco 

 Bay. 



Additions to the Herbarium were reported from E. O. Wooten, of the 

 Agricultural College, Las Cruces, New Mexico, Dr. Lorini, and C. H. 

 Thompson; also, in exchange, 298 specimens collected in Missouri, from 

 J. W. Blankinship, of Harvard Botanical Garden. 



Additions to the Library: 



From correspondents 346 



By purchase 85 



By donation 7 



The following message of congratulation, sent on the occasion of the 

 celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of the professorship of Lord Kelvin, 

 of the University of Glasgow, Scotland, was read by the Secretary; also 

 the reply to the message by Lord Provost of the city: 



" The California Academy of Sciences sends greetings to your noble 

 city; congratulations to your great University; and tribute of respect to 

 Scotland's most distinguished citizen, Lord Kelvin. 



"David Starr Jordan, President, 

 "James O'B. Gtjnn, Corresponding Secretary. 

 " To Lord Provost of Glasgow, Scotland." 



