444 PROCEEDINGS OF SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES. 
The following Resolution was proposed by Prof. O. C. MARSH, of 
Yale aaa — 
ed, That the pce’ appoint a commission of nine members to examine the 
rules of Zoo logical Nontenslatars by e A ht of en suggestions and ex- 
Geren s of recent fi so ang ar ies 5 ape aws and recommendations in 
conformity with the best mo sage, to be su ubmitted t o the Association at the 
next annual gostei the perire to care authority to fill vacancies and in- 
crease their number to twelve, if deemed advisable. 
This Resolution was unanimously adopted, and ‘he chair appointed 
the following committee :—Prof. J. D. Dana, of Yale College; Prof. 
JEFFRIES Wyman, of Harvard University; Prof. S. F. BAIRD, of the 
Smithsonian Institution; Prof. JOSEPH seak of the Philadelphia 
Academy of Natural Science; Prof. J. S. NEWBERRY, of Columbia a Col- 
lege; Prof. J. W. Dawson, of McGill College, ee Dr. WIL 
LIAM STIMPSON, of the Chicago Academy of Sci ; S. H. SCUDDER, 
of the Boston osia of Natural History; a i. W. Putnam, of 
the Essex Ins 
r. HENRY ND, Secretary of the Essex Institute, offered a 
resolution, which was unanimously adopted, tendering the thanks of 
the Association to GEORGE PEABODY, Esq., for his munificent dona- 
tions, amounting to over four million of dollars, for the increase of 
science and education in the United States 
The President was requested by the Association to forward a copy 
of the resolution to Mr. Peabody. 
e adjournment of the meeting on Monday night, the mem- 
bers met at the house of Dr. Wm. C. Hickox, and passed the few last 
hours of their stay in Burlington most pleasantly. 
On the following day a number of the members accepted the invita- 
tion of W. H. H. Bryeuam, Esq., to visit Mt. Mansfield, where they 
were most cordially entertained. 
The next meeting will be held at Chicago, commencing on the first 
Wednesday of August, 1868. 
The following are the officers for the next meeting :— 
President, Dr. B. A. GOULD, Cambridge. Vice President, Col. CHAS: 
Yrer. “hander Ohio. Permanent Secretary, Prof. JOSEPH 
LovERING, dge. General Secretary, Prof. A. P. ROCKWELL, 
New Haven. a Dr. A. L. ELWYN, Philadelphia. 
The were invited to hold the meeting of 1869 in this 
city (Salem), and pa they accept, as we earnestly hope’ they will, 
we know they will be most cordially welcomed by our citizens. 
_ Boston Socrery or Naturat History. March 20, 1867 —Mr. A. 
S L. Fleury, of New York, read an essay entitled : “Rocks in Nature = 
_ in the Arts,” treating of the physical and chemical properties 
