272 CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. 



The following papers were read:— 7 



Botanical Explorations on the Island of Santa Cruz, by 

 Edward Lee Greene. 



Certain Changes in the Flora and Fauna of Califor- 

 nia, which have taken place since 1850, by H. H. Behr. 



February 7, 1887. — Stated Meeting, 



The President in the chair. 



The following were proposed for membership: — 

 Frank Soule, F. V. Hopkins. 



Dr. Behr called attention to the donation by Capt. Lucas 

 of two volumes on Reptiles. 



The following papers were read : — 



Ocean Currents and their Influence on the Climate of 

 California, by C. M. Eichter. , 



New Species of Fungi, by H. W. Harkness. 



Dr. Behr read the following obituary notice of Dr. Isaac 

 Lea, the first honorary member of the Academy. 



The eminent scientist Isaac Lea, -whom we now are called upon to mourn, 

 was the Hrst honorary member of our society, having been elected to that 

 position on the proposition of L. W. Sloat, one of our founders, as long 

 ago as July 15, 1853. 



Born in Wilmington Delaware, of Quaker parents, in 1792, he had reached 

 the advanced age of 94 at the time of his death, retaining his faculties and 

 capacity for work almost to the last. 



His long and active life was devoted in great to scientific pursuits, and his 

 attention was early directed to mineralogy, in the study of which he became 

 familiar with fossil moUusks. His studies of the land and fresh water 

 shells with the literature of which his name is indissolubly linked, began iu 

 1825, and continued almost to the time of his death, in December 8th, 1886, 

 and his industry was such that the bibliography of his works published iu 

 1885, as Bulletin No. 23, of the U. S. National Museum, fills 27S pages. A 

 large number of these writings are iu our librarj', either occurring in the 

 proceedings of societies or presented by himself. He was a member of 

 many scientific societies both American and foreign. He presided over the 

 Philadelphia Academy of Sciences for several terms, was President of the 

 American Association for the Advancement of Science, in 1860, and filled 



