hae JOURNAL 
NAL TEY AAT HISTORY 
PROCHKEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY. 
Turspay Evenine, January 2, 1883. 
Dr. R. M. Byrnes, President, in the chair. Present, fifteen members. 
Rudolph F. Balke and Dr. N. P. Dandridge were elected members. 
Prof. A. G. Wetherby read a paper on the variations in species of 
land and fresh water shells. The paper elicited considerable discus- 
sion, in which Dr. R. M. Byrnes participated. 
Donations were announced as follows: From Smithsonian Institu- 
tion, eight pamphlets and one volume; R. W. Shufeldt, one pamphlet ; 
Secretary of State, Geological Survey of Ohio, vol. iv.; James W. 
Tufts, Boston, Mass., through Dr. R. M. Byrnes, seventeen specimens 
of marbles; O. M. Meyncke, four specimens of Polyporus nigricans, 
and specimens of acorns; Ralph Colvin, one pamphlet; the Signal 
Service Bureau, Monthly Weather Review; Dr. R. M. Byrnes, speci- 
men rock from Indiana, two specimens of fungi, specimens of Belos- 
toma grandis, three specimens lizards in alcohol; E. L. Sherwood, 
specimens of Monticulipora frondosa, and Helicina suborbiculata; 
Chas. M. Smith, specimens of pottery, etc., from mound in Missouri; 
Prof. E. S. Wayne, specimen of pigmy owl; Dr. A. J. Howe, specimen 
of short-eared owl ; Prof. A. G. Wetherby, four specimens Planorbis 
lentus, five specimens Unios. 
