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Dr. A. T. Keckeler moved an amendment to Article VI., Sec- 

 tion 2, of the Constitution, being the same amendment that was 

 voted upon and lost at the meeting of April 2, 1889. 



The committee appointed to audit the accounts of the Treasurer 

 reported progress. 



Donations : From E. O. Hurd, mounted specimen of Dusky 

 Duck; from Robert Clarke, two specimens of Fossil Fish; from 

 O. P. Hamer, miscellaneous minerals; from C. G. Curtis, 

 Slide of Diatoms; from W. H. Wyman, miscellaneous minerals. 



Scientific Meeting, June 4, 1889 



President Fisher in the chair. 



The minutes of the May meeting were read and approved. 



A paper on " Sedimentation in the Cincinnati Group," was read 

 by Mr. Davis L. James for the author, Prof. Jos. F. James. 



Remarks in corroboration and support of the views presented in 

 this paper, .were made by Nelson W. Perry. 



Dr. A. N. Ellis read a paper on "The Influence of the Trade 

 Winds on the Health of the World." 



Dr. Henshall read b"y title, a paper "On a Collection of Fishes 

 from East Tennessee," and gave an oral account of the work of 

 the U. S. Fish Commission in Florida, during the past winter. 



The following were elected to active membership : Mrs. Geo. 

 W. Harper, Miss Margaret Burnet, Miss Louise Armstrong, Miss 

 Baldwin, Miss Adeline Stubbs, H. T. Stevenson, Edwin F. Smith 

 and L. S. Fechheimer. 



The amendment to Section 2, Article VI., of the Constitution, 

 was presented to the Society for action, and on motion, was laid 

 upon the table. 



Dr. Henshall moved that a committee of five be appointed by 

 the President (one of whom shall be a member of the Photographic 

 Section), to revise the Constitution and By-Laws of the Society. 



Donations: From Martin Jones, mounted specimen of Green 

 Parrot; from Zoological Garden, Skeleton of Manatee; from 

 Davis L. James, memorial and portrait of Mr. U. P. James ; from 

 Mrs. Dr. Henshall, stone pestle; from Herbert Jenney, one pair 

 Walrus Tusks, two teeth of Sperm Whale; from U. S. National 

 Museum, two Femora, two Tibiae and two Humeri of Great Auk ; 

 from Miss Julia A. Keely, collection of shells, fossils and relics ; 

 from Chas. Dury, a number of specimens (five species) of small 

 fishes from East Tennessee ; from unknown donor, Atlas of Human 



