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Stated Meeti7ig^ August 19, 1870, 



Present, four members. 



Vice President, Prof. J. C. Cresson, in the Chair. 



A letter of acknowledgement was received from the Koyal 

 Society of London. 



Donations for the Library were received from the Societies 

 at Moscow, Offenbach, Bonn, Strasbourg, Lausanne, SaJem 

 and Worcester ; the Academies at St. Petersburg, Copen- 

 hagen, Vienna, and Chicago ; the (Jbservatory at St. Peters- 

 burg ; the G-eological Societies at Yienna, Berlin and Flor- 

 ence ; the Hospital at Rome; the Royal and Zoological So- 

 cieties in London ; the Royal Society in Dublin ; the Oriental 

 Society, and Yale College at New Haven ; the Franklin 

 Institute, and Medical ISTews at Philadelphia ; the Freedmen's 

 Bureau and Howard University ; Herr Diimichen of Berlin ; 

 Sig. Dora d'Istrea of Athens ; Dr. Andrews of Chicago, and 

 Mr. Edmund Quincy of Boston. 



The death of Mr. Samuel Y. Merrick, a member of the 

 Society, was announced by Prof. Trego, as having occurred at 

 Philadelphia on the 18th inst., in the 70th year of his age. 

 On motion, Dr. D. R. Goodwin was requested to prepare an 

 obituary notice of the deceased. 



The death of Sir James Copeland, M. D., a member of the 

 Society, was announced as having taken place in London, 

 July 14, in the 77th year of his age. Dr. Pepper was ap- 

 pointed to prepare an obituary notice of the deceased. 



Prof. Cope communicated a paper entitled " Eighth Contri- 

 bution to the Herpetology of Tropical America." (See Pro- 

 ceedings, below.) 



Prof. Cope communicated a paper entitled " Contribution 

 to the Ichthyology of the Maranon." ^ See Proceedings below.) 



Prof Cope communicated certain statements concerning 

 Liodon perlatus^ Cope ; and the results of his studies of 

 the Crania of the orders of Reptilia and Batrachia recent and 

 extinct. 



