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Stated Meeting^ June. 18, 1869. 



Present, ten members. 



Mr. Fraley, Vice-President, in the Chair. 



A letter accepting membership was received from Professor 

 Eolliston, University Oxford, England, May 29. 



Letters of invoice were received from the Imperial Geog. 

 Society of Eussia, May 15 ; U. S. Nav. Obs. May 19th; Cin- 

 cinnati Obs. May; and A. M. Mayer, of Bethlehem, May 26. 



Letters of acknowledgment were received from the Im- 

 perial Greographical Society of Eussia. The Cincinnati Ob- 

 servatory requested the completion of its imperfect set of the 

 Proceedings. 



The Meteorological Of&ce reported its change of address to 

 No. 116 Victoria street, London, S. W. 



Donations for the Library were received from the Paris 

 Geographical Society and School of Mines, the London As- 

 tronomical Society, Prof. Eolliston, of Oxford, the Bath So- 

 ciety, W. T. Blanford, the Boston N. H. Society, the Ehode 

 Island Society for En. Dom. Industry, Franklin Institute, 

 College of Pharmacy, Medical News, Philadelphia University, 

 West Penn Academy, Prof. Mayer, Prof. Ennis, Provost C. J. 

 Stille, the U. S. Sanitory Commission, Naval Observatory, 

 Census Bureau, E. W. Eossiter, Wilmington Institute, and 

 St. Louis Public School Commissioners. 



Mr. Cope made a communication concerning a discovery of 

 certain fossil remains found in New Jersey, the structure of 

 which indicated a connection between the bird and reptile 

 classes, and described the peculiarities of construction pre- 

 sented by the fossil referred to. He also exhibited fossil re- 

 mains of the Plesiosaurus and Mososaurus orders or types, 

 and described their relation to other genera of similar type. 



