316 CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. 



June 4, 1888, — Stated Meeting. 

 The President in the chair. 



Additions to Museum : — 



Two skins of Valley Partridge {Callipepla calif ornica val- 

 licola), male and female; one skin of Gambel's Partridge 

 (Callipepla gamheli), by H. C. Thayer. 



Four eggs of California Partridge (Callipepla calif ornica) , 

 by M. S. Hurd. 



Specimen of coral (Astrcea), by Capt. H. Kleinhammer. 



Additions to Library : — 



From correspondents 82 



By donation 8 



The following paper was read: — 



On the Measurement of Frustrums of Cones and Cylin- 

 ders, by Josiah Keep. 



Prof. L. A. Lee addressed the meeting on the work per- 

 formed by the Albatross, U. S. Fish Commission steamship, 

 during her voyage to San Francisco. 



June 18, 1888. — Stated Meeting. 



The President in the chair. 



Wm. T. Baggett was elected a resident member. 



Additions to Museum : — 



Eighty-four specimens of Birds, prepared by Walter E. 

 Bryant; collected during the year 1887. 



Specimen of Coyote (Canis latrans), by R. E. Rowland. 



A vote of thanks was passed to Mrs. Eliza Baum for the 

 donation to the Library of a valuable Atlas of Charts, in 

 the Eussian Language, of the North Pacific, particularly of 

 Alaska and adjacent islands. 



