1881. ] Procecdings of Scientific Societies. 1035 
November 2.—Mr. W. O. Crosby discussed the Classification 
of the textures and structures of rocks; Dr. M. E. Wadsworth 
spoke of the Trachyte of Marblehead Neck ; and Mr. William 
Trelease described the Nectar-glands in the peduncle of the Cow- 
pea. 
APPALACHIAN Mountain Crus, October 12.—Mr. W. H. Pick- 
ering spoke of a trip made this summer over Passaconaway and 
Whiteface, and Prof. C. E. Fay spoke of the discovery of a nat- 
ural camp in King’s Ravine. Other informal reports of summer 
excursions were made, and on the 15th, the Club made an au- 
tumn excursion, visiting the Uncanoonucs, near Manchester, N. H. 
Nov. 9.—The Councillors presented their reports ot work done 
during the summer. Mr. F. W. Parker spoke of a recent. trip 
through the region north of Moosehead lake, and Mrs. R.A 
Bradford read a paper entitled, “A sketch of the ascents of Bald 
and Berlin mountains.” 
New York Acapemy oF Sciences, October 17.—The following 
papers were read: Geological facts recently observed in Idaho, 
Utah, Nevada and Colorado, by J. S. Newberry. Outlines of the 
geology of the Northeastern West India islands, by Professor P. 
T. Cleve (of Sweden). 
ct. 24.—Notes on the physiology of vision, with par 
in the ordinary theory of the stereoscope, were read by M 
Le Conte Stevens. 
Oct. 31.—The following paper was read: The Geology of the 
Copper region of Northern Texas and the Indian Territory, by 
John H. Furman. 
CatiFoRNIA ACADEMY OF Sciences, Nov. 4.—Hon. B. B. Red- 
ding, president of the board of trustees, announced the very, gen- 
erous and welcome donation of $20,000 to the Academy by 
Charles Crocker. Charles Wolcott Brooks, secretary of the 
board, then read the following letter of presentation, and the 
acknowledgment forwarded to Mr. Crocker by the trustees: 
SAN FRANcIsco, NOVEMBER I, 1881. 
To the Trustees of the California Academy of Sciences, San 
Francisco, Cal—Gentlemen: Desiring to make an acknowledg- 
ment of my appreciation of the benefits conferred upon society 
through the labors of students and investigators in those branches 
of science that are popularly supposed not to be practically profit- 
able, I herewith send you $20,000 in Southern Pacific Railroad 
bonds. 
The income from said fund of $20,000 I desire you shall annu- 
ally expend in assisting in their investigations in California, Ore- 
gon, Nevada and Arizona, such worthy and studious investigators, 
in any branch of science, as have, by their devotion to scientific 
investigations ns and experiments, ried and necessarily excluded 
