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27.—Mr. Frederick W. True on a new porpdise, Phocena 
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dalli, from Alaska; Mr. John A. Ryder on the development of 
the rays of fishes; Mr. John Murdoch on a collection of marine 
invertebrates obtained by Lieut. A. W. Greely, U.S. A.; Mr. G 
Brown Goode on natural history at the New Orleans exhibition. 
New York Acapemy or Sciences, Nov. 24.—The following 
aper was announced for the meeting: The glacial and pre-glacial 
drifts of Staten Island and New Jersey, by Dr. N. L. Britton; 
Mr. Géorge F. Kunz exhibited and made brief remarks upon- 
some gems and gem-minerals. 
Dec. 15.—-The food-plants and fiber-plants of the North 
American Indians (illustrated), by Professor J. S. Newberry. 
AMERICAN GEOGRAPHICAL Society, Dec. 12.—Lieutenant Fred- 
erick Schwatka, U. S. Army, delivered a lecture, entitled Alaska, 
and exploration along the Yukon river. An account of the 
longest raft-journey in the world, illustrated with stereopticon 
views. 
APPALACHIAN Mountain Crus, Boston, Dec. 9.— Lieutenant 
Frederick Schwatka, U. S. A., read a paper on Alaska and the 
British Northwestern Territory. 
Dec. 18.—After the routine business of the evening, those 
present were given the opportunity to enjoy an hour of social 
intercourse. A series of lantern views representing mountain 
scenery on the Pacific slope, presented to the club by Mrs. E. A. 
ne, was also exhibited. Photographs now in the possession of 
the club were on exhibition, and members were invited to bring 
any photographs they may have of mountain scenery. 
Boston Society or Naturat History, Dec. 17—Dr. G. L. 
‘bis aie, poke of the continuity of protoplasm in certain vege- 
