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THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA. 



Tenth Winter Meeting, Montreal, Canada, 1897. 



The Geological Society of America, which counts nearly forty Fel- 

 lows from Canada, met in Montreal, Canada, Dec. 28th, 29th and 30th, 

 1897, for the reading of papers and the transaction of regular annual 

 business. It was the Tenth Winter Meeting. This is the third time 

 that the Society has met in Canada, the two former meetings having 

 been held in Toronto in 1890, and in Ottawa in 1892. 



There were some thirty visitors from south of the international 

 boundary, prominent among whom were : The President, Dr. E. Orton, 

 Ohio ; Prof B. K. Emerson, Amherst, Maps. ; Prof. J. J. Stevenson, New 

 York City, President-elect for 1898 ; Dr. I. C. White, Virginia ; Prof. 

 David White, U. S. National Museum, Washington, D.C. ; Prof. W. M. 

 Davis, Cambridge, Mass. ; Prof Whitman Cross, U. S. Geol. Survey, 

 Washington, D.C. ; Profs. Quereau, W. N. Rice, J. F. Kemp, H. D. 

 Campbell, H. P. Gushing, J. P. Iddings, W. B. Scott, of Princeton, N.J. 



Of the Canadian geologists present, there were: Dr. G. M. Dawson, 

 Director of the Geological Survey of Canada ; Prof. A. P. Coleman, 

 Toronto University ; Dr Robert Bell, Dr. R. W. Ells, Prof. F. D. 

 Adams, Mr. Chalmers, Mr. J. B, Tyrrell, Mr. R. G. McConnell, Mr. 

 A. E. Barlow, Mr. R. W. Brock, Mr. A. A. Cole, Mr. N. N. Evans, 

 Mr. W. F. Ferrier and the writer. 



An address of welcome to the members of the Geological Society 

 was read by George Hague, Esq., on behalf of the Governors of McGill 

 University. Prof. E. Orton, President of the Society replied, acknow- 

 ledging in gracious terms the kindness of the University in throwing its 

 buildings and treasures open to the visiting geologists. The reports of 

 the Council and Auditors were then submitted, and the new Fellows 

 elected. The Editor was, according to the vote taken by ballot, elected 

 an officer of the Society. 



Prof. W. B. Scott then gave a very comprehensive and instructive 

 biographical sketch of the late lamented Fellows in the person of Prof. 

 E. D. Cope. Cope's work in the Oligocene or White River beds, in 

 the Eocene as known in the Unita and Bridger or Wind River and 



