324 CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. 



November 19, 1888. — Stated Meeting. 

 The President in the chair. 



Additions to Museum: — 



Several plants, from the Fish Commission, principally 

 gathered in Alaska and British Columbia. 



Additions to Library: — 



From correspondence 113 



By donation 18 



The following papers were read : — 



Magnesium Oxychloride, or Sorel's White Cement, and 

 Favorable Conditions for its Manufacture in California, by 

 F. Gutzkow. 



The Great Glacier of the Selkirks, by W. K. Bentley. 



December 3, 1888. — Stated Meeting. 



Vice-President Hewston in the chair. 



Additions to Museum : — 



Two specimens whales' eyes, by Pacific Steam Whaling 

 Company. 



Specimen of flounder, by Walter E. Bryant. 



Two sections of wood, by Mrs. S. A. P. Wheeler; pre- 

 pared by H. S. Durden. 



One hundred and twenty-one specimens of birds, by 

 L. Belding. 



Six skins of birds, by W. W. Price. 



Five skins of birds, by A. H. Hawley. 



Additions to Library: — 



From correspondents 191 



By donation 3 



By purchase 3 



