﻿THE CTOTJK/ITJLL 



OF THE 



Cincinnati Society of Natural History, 



Vol. VII. Cincinnati, July, 1884. No. 2. 



PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY. 



Tuesday, April 1, 1884. 



ANNUAL MEETING. 



President Hunt in the Chair. Twenty-eight members present. 

 The minutes of the Executive Board for January, February and March 

 were read. 



The Treasurer, Mr. S. E. Wright, read his report for the year ending- 

 April 1st.* The report was received and referred to an Auditing Committee, 

 consisting of Dr. R. M. Byrnes, Davis L. James and Dr. W. A- Dun. 



The reports of Dr. 0. D. Norton, curator of Botany; Mr. Wm. Hubbell 

 Fisher, curator of Ornithology ; Dr. A. E. Heighway, Jr., curator of 

 Herpetology ; Dr. A. J. Howe, curator of Comparative Anatomy ; Mr. 

 E. M. Cooper, curator of Conchology ; Prof. J. W. Hall, curator of Min- 

 eralogy ; Dr. A. E. Heighway, Jr., Librarian, were read. 



The Custodian, Prof. Joseph F. James, read his annual report upon the 

 condition of the Museum. 



The reports were received and referred to the Committee on Publi- 

 cation. 



The amendment to the By-Laws proposed at the preceding meeting was 

 read.f • 



Dr. Walter A. Dun moved an amendment to the amendment as follows : 

 by adding to the amendment proposed the following words : "And a non- 

 member shall not be allowed to read a paper before this Society unless 



*This, and the other reports mentioned below, will be found in another part of 

 this journal. 



t See page 4 of present volume. 



