1872.] 219 [Scott. 
already been presented in two papers in the Bulletin of the Museum . 
of Comparative Zoology (Vol. 11, No. 3, April, 1871, and Vol. 11, 
No. 6, June, 1872). 
The Committee on the Walker Prizes offered their report 
on the essays presented on the “ Darwinian Question,” which 
was accepted. A first prize of one hundred dollars was 
awarded to Prof. E. D. Cope; and a second prize, fifty dol- 
lars, to B. F. Ferris. 
The thanks of the Society were voted to Mr. C. M. Tracy, 
for two fine Ornithorhynchus skins. 
October 2, 1872. 
The President in the chair. Forty-one persons present. 
Dr. I. T. Hunt, Messrs. Oliver H. Perry, Chauncey Thomas 
and F. W. Lincoln, Jr., were elected Resident Members. 
Prof. N.S. Shaler gave a brief account of the geology of 
Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket. He thought there was 
unmistakable evidence of recent depression along the coast 
of these islands, and alluded to the explanation of the move- 
ments involved in alterations of the level of shore lines, 
which he offered to the Society several years ago. 
. The following paper was communicated by Mr. J. A. Allen, 
PaRTIAL List OF THE SUMMER Birps oF KANAWHA COUNTY, 
West VIRGINIA; WITH ANNOTATIONS. By W. D. Scort. 
The following list gives the result of about two months of field 
work (from the middle of June till the middle of August) on the 
bird fauna of a portion of Kanawha County, West Virginia. Dur- 
ing this time eighty-six species of birds were noted or taken. In 
‘this connection I should mention my indebtedness to Mr. William 8S, 
