1881.] '^"^ 



Stated Meeting^ Septemler 17^ 1881. 



Present, 3 members. 



Prof. Cope, in tlie Cliair; Dr. Horn; Mr. Lesley. 



Letters of acknowledgment were read from the London 

 Zoological Society (XV ii; Cat. Ill; 97—106); Leipsig As- 

 tronomical Society (106, 107) ; Teyler Fondation (107, 108) ; 

 Holland Society (XY iii, 107, 108) ; Brown University (108) ; 

 and Yale College (108). 



Letters requesting numbers of Proceedings for the comple- 

 tion of sets were received from Prof. W. L. Whitney and Dr. 

 Jacob M. Dacosta. 



Donations were reported from the Academies at St, Peters- 

 •burg, Berlin, Bruxelles, Eome and N'ew York; from the 

 Observatories at San Fernando, Greenwich and Cape ToAvn; 

 from the Society at Bonn; the Geographical Societies at 

 Bordeaux and Paris; the London Astronomical and Anti- 

 quarian Societies; from Prof. Steenstrup, Dr. Schaffler, Herr 

 Tischner, Herr Freytag, M. Renevier and Prof. W. Huggins; 

 the Revista Euskara, Revue Politique, Chemists' Journal, and 

 London Nature; the Annales des Mines; the Cobden Club; 

 the Victoria Institute; Essex Institute ; Boston S. IST. H.; R. C. 

 Winthrop, Dr. S. A. Green; Yale College; American Journal 

 of Science; New York Academy; American Chemical So- 

 ciety; Metropolitan Museum of Art; New York Mercantile 

 Library Association; Princeton Museum; Franklin Institute; 

 College of Physicians; Journal of Pharmacy; Medical News; 

 C. A. Ashburner; P. W. Sheafer; the National Museum; U. S. 

 Bureau of Education; Buffalo N. H. S.; American Antiqua- 

 rian, and J. Hotchkiss, of Virginia. 



Prof. Cope communicated a paper entitled, "On some Mam- 

 malia of the Lowest Eocene beds of New Mexico." 



Pending nominations Nos. 931: to 942, and new nominations 

 Nos. 943, 944, 945, were read. 



There being no quorum present, several items of business 

 were postponed for consideration at the next meeting. 



FROC. AMER. PHILOS. SOC. XIX. 109. 3l. PRIKTED OCT. 21, 1881. 



