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ers of tlie Toucan; also two prepared human Leads, greatly 

 reduced in size but retaining their natural form, and orna- 

 ments, all from Indian graves in Ecuador. Donated by the 

 wife of Senator Y. S. Seminario, Guayaquil, Ecuador, 

 through kindness of Dr. Sharkey. 



Specimens of flies which gather in f^reat numbers and die 

 on shores of Mono Lake. Collected by Mr. Wheeler. Do- 

 nated by Dr. Stout. 



Mr. Frank Gushing addressed the meeting on life among 

 the Zuni Indians. 



A vote of thanks was passed to Mr. Gushing. 



November 21, 1887. — Stated Meeting. 



The President in the chair. 



Additions to Museum : — 



Two specimens of glacial clay — one from north face Pro- 

 tection Islands, Straits of Fuca; one from Port Townsend 

 Bluff — specimen of chrome ore from Mocho Ganon, 24 

 miles from Livermore. Collected by Gapt. J. S. Lawson. 



Specimen of gold-bearing quartz, from Stonewall Mine 

 in San Diego Go. Donated by Mrs. Jas. Stockton. 



Two cub bearskins, by J. A. Bauer. 



Pieces of pottery from Bavispe, Mexico, by F. L. Clarke. 



Arctic whalebone, by J. N. Knowles. 



Specimen of Evania, by Carl Precht. 



California Partridge (Callipepla californica), by J. R. 

 Chalker. 



Double Nest of Water Ouzel (Cinclus mex'icanus), by C. 

 H. Edson. 



A special vote of thanks was passed to Dr. McNutt for 

 the donation to the Library of three volumes on "The Re- 

 vision of the Echini," by Alexander Agassiz. 



