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found, though the Oswego Bass is abundant. Swift running water seemed 

 to be the home of the Black Bass, while the Oswego Bass was only found 

 in ponds or slow running streams. 



Dr. Dun said he had caught Oswego Bass in the Kanawha River under 

 the Falls, in swift water, but thought that Mr. Dury's position was, in the 

 main, correct. 



Dr. Young said that the colors of fish vary with the season. In still 

 streams all fish became larger and "more flabby." He had noticed that 

 fish taken from the lake in winter were more deeply colored and of better 

 shape than those taken in the autumn. In the Mohawk River in New 

 York, bass vary from white to black and mostly with small mouths, a 

 character supposed to belong exclusively to the Black Bass. He had caught 

 the large-mouthed form in the same stream, but thought it had been bred 

 in ponds in the vicinity which flow into the river. The mouths of all fish 

 change with age. Mr. Dury's paper was referred for publication. 



Dr. Dun exhibited some photographs of strata and specimens from 

 Eden Park showing ripple marks. 



Mr. J. F. James said he had observed similar markings in the strata on 

 the river bank near Ludlow, Ky. 



Messrs. R. H Warder and S. F. Trounstine were unanimously elected 

 members. 



On motion of Dr. A. E. Heighway, Sr., the Secretary was directed to 

 convey to the Hon. John Follett the thanks of the Society for his kind- 

 ness in procuring for the Museum from the Smithsonian Institution a 

 specimen, preserved in alcohol, of Pentacrinus decorum, dredged from the 

 G-ulf Stream. 



A collection of 108 species of North American Coleoptera, collected 

 and mounted by Mrs. Chas. Dury, was presented to the Society. 



Donations were received as follows: from the Bureau of Education, 

 three pamphlets; from Chas. Dury, one pamphlet; from Smithsonian 

 Institution, Proceedings U. S. Nat. Museum — Vol. VII., Nos. 1 to 9; 

 from A. Stoehr, two pigeon eggs ; from Hon. John F. Follett, one speci- 

 men, Pentacrinus decorus, in alcohol; from Chief Signal Service Weather 

 Review for May, 1884; from Miss Nettie Fillmore, one specimen Lilium 

 Canadense; from Miss Adeline A. Stubbs, one specimen Lilium Grayii, 

 Roan Mt., N. C. ; from R. H. Warder, one specimen Frangula Carolinian a ; 

 from Dr. R. M. Byrnes, two specimens Astragalus Cooperi, one specimen 

 Chenopodium botrys and two specimens Erysimum cheiranthoides ; from 

 J. F. James, specimens of fossils, shells and insects from Kentucky and 

 Mammoth Cave, one pamphlet, Contributions to Flora of Cincinnati ; from 



