weer JOU RIN AT, 
OF THE 
Cincinnati Society of Natural 

History 
Vol. XIII, CINCINNATI, JANUARY, 1891. 

No. 4. 


PROCEEDINGS. 
REGULAR MEETING, October 7, 1890. 
The Treasurer, Davis L. James, in the chair. 
The minutes of the September meeting were read and approved. 
Mrs. Maynard French, Thomas M. McConn, George L. Talley 
and David W. Miller were proposed for active membership. 
Dr. J. L. Krouse, Latham Anderson and Enoch Megrue were 
elected to active membership. 
The minutes of the Executive Board for July and August were 
read. 
The resignation of Ketaro Shira-Yamadani was read and ac- 
cepted. 
Mr. J. Ralston Skinner gave a very interesting and instructive 
informal talk on the geological and physical features of Watch 
Hill, Rhode Island; on the migration of certain birds, and some 
observations on the fauna of that vicinity. 
The list of donations was read and the Society adjourned. 
REGULAR MEETING, /Vovember 11, 1890. 
President Abert in the chair. 
The minutes of the October meeting were read and approved. 
Mrs. Maynard French, Thomas M. McConn, George L. Talley 
and David W. Miller were elected to active membership. 
The minutes of the Executive Board for September were read. 
The resignations of Mrs. Sophia H. Rosenbaum and Charles H. 
Allen, Jr., were read and accepted. 
The Secretary read by title a paper ‘‘ On the Genus Sphenophyl- 
lum,’ by Prof. J. S. Newberry ; also a paper by title ‘‘ Concerning 
a Skeleton of the Giant Fossil Beaver, Castoroides Ohioensts,” by 
