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the red quartzites of Minnesota, M. H. Winchell; On the occur- 
rence of trap-rock in eastern Kentucky, A. R. Crandall; Glacia- 
tion of the Lackawanna valley, John C. Branner. 
Section F—Biology—The structure of the human placenta, 
Charles Sedgwick Minot; Notes on some injurious fungi of Cali- 
fornia, W. G. Farlow; Evolution of the lungs, Charles Sedgwick 
inot. 
- Section H—Anthropology.—Extracts from the address of the 
vice-president; “ The Native Tribes of Alaska,” W. H. Dall; On 
certain singular stone implements from Vermont, G. H. Peran 
Explorations in the great Cahokia Done Wm. McAdams: 
Proper methods of exploring mounds, etc., F. W. Putnam; Who 
made belt wampum? with exhibits, Ermina A. Smith; Pri- 
mary classifiers in Dhegiha and cognate languages, J. Owen 
Dorsey ; Exhibition of copper implements, W. C. Wyman; The 
Degeneracy of Races, Wm. Zimmerman; The Animal Mounds 
“of Wisconsin, W. DeHass; Archzological Remarks, W. DeHass. 
The place of meeting for 1886 was decided to be Buffalo, New 
York. : 
The following officers were elected for the year 1886: Presi- 
dent, E. S. Morse, of Salem, Mass.; vice-presidents, A—Mathe- 
matics and astronomy, J. W. Gibbs, ‘of New Haven, Conn.; B— 
Physics, C. F. Brackett, of Princeton, N. J.; C—Chemistry, H. 
W. Wiley, of Washington, D- G: D—Mechanical science, O. 
Chanute, of ‘Kansas City, Mo. ; E—Geology and geography, T. 
C. Chamberlin, of Washington, ee C.; F—Biology, H. P. Bow- 
ditch, of Boston, Mass.; H—Anthropology, Horatio Hale, of 
Clinton, Ont. ; I—Economic science and statistics, Joseph Cum- 
mings, of Evanston, Ill.; permanent secretary, F. W. Putnam, of 
Cambridge, Mass. (holding over); general secretary, S. G. Wil- 
liams, of Ithaca, N, Y.; assistant general secretary, W. H. Pettee, 
of Ann Arbor, Mich. ; secretaries of the sections, A—Mathe- 
matics: and astronomy, S C. Chandler, of Cambridge, Mass. ; 
` B—Physics, H. S. Carhart, of Evanston, Ill; ; C—Chemistry, Wm. 
McMurtrie, of rt ee H.: D—Mechanical science, William 
Kent, of Jersey CONI- E—Geology and geography, 
Claypole, of Akron, Ohio; F— Biology, J. C. Arthur, of Geneva, 
NY; ; H—Anthropology, A. W. Butler, of Brookville, Ind. ; 
ae Economic science and statistics, H. E. Alvord, of Mo natainvitte 
a” Y.; ; ee William Lilly, of Mauch Chunk, Pa. 
