54. SECRETARY'S ANNUAL REPORT. 
1885. 
November 10. ‘* Interpretations of Nature.” 
Wm. G. Stevenson, M.D., president of the Institute. 
December 1. ‘‘The Quakers and Their Doctrines.” 
James M. DeGarmo, Ph.D. 
1886. 
January 5. ‘Ancient Sculpture.”.......... Prof. Henry Van Ingen. 
February 2. ‘‘ The Social Status of Women in Japan.” 
D. B. Simmons, M.D. 
March 2. ‘* Aerial Navigation.”....... Prof. W. LeConte Stevens. 
April 9. ‘*The Battle of Long Island.”.Truman J. Backus, LL.D. 
Volume III of the Transactions of the Institute and its 
Scientific Section, containing two hundred sixteen pages, 
has been issued, and distributed among the various scien- 
tific and philosophical societies with which we exchange. 
The following papers are contained therein : 
Sa Riervolutonmobesclen Ces mene ara LeRoy C. Cooley, Ph.D. 
“The Just Claims of Natural Science.”............ Prof. W. B. Dwight. 
*“ The Genealogy of the Vertebrata, as learned from 
Puecnee t Prof. E. D. Cope. 
‘““ Some changes in the Habits of Birds.”....James M. De Garmo, Ph.D. 
‘* Note on the Downy Woodpecker.”.......:.....- Mr. George Tremper. 
‘*Sand and Kaolin from Decaying Quartzite.”..... Prof. W. B. Dwight. 
ee Uae Molla AIS RNNGES™ GoguaccosuopbocascsudsHos LeRoy C. Cooley, Ph.D. 
*“The Peculiar Structure of Clark’s Clay Beds.” ...Prof. W. B. Dwight. 
‘An Empirical Study of Gyrating Bodies.”...... C. B. Warring, Ph.D. 
S kecent) Celestialsehenomenancsss pean eee ceneee Prof. Maria Mitchell. 
PPIDAUUOS) CONSE AREY Med eta ga ee Ce PRE SU Ae Miss Mary W. Whitney. 
‘Chairman’s Annual Report S/o ayeheene els valkie amet eee Prof. W. B. Dwight. 
WaneDuzerandylownsendsliness. se see e eee eee Corrigenda. 
We have received contributions for our library during 
the past year from the following sources, viz: 
Anthropological Society, Washington, D. C. 
American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia. 
Albany Institute, Albany, N. Y. 
American Geographical Society, New York. 
American Monthly Microscopical Journal. 
Academy of Sciences of St. Louis, Mo. 
Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 
American Museum of Natural History, New York. 
Boston Society of Natural History, Boston, Mass. 
