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been burned, or at least that the fire had been kindled near the 

 mastodon, for the coal was at the same depth as the bones. These 

 last were imbedded in the pea', beneath the white marl. Sur- 

 rounding the bones was a black substance, which may have been 

 either vegetable or animal ; I am not able to say which, yet I 

 think it was the latter. This find proves to me that the mastodon 

 had a very late existence. The swamp was shallow, and could not 

 have been of very great age. The peat in it was less than seven 

 feet deep. Some of the bones were very near the surface, not over 

 three feet below it, and appearances indicated that the animal had 

 been mired. If it had been a domestic ox, it would not have ap- 

 peared strange. The mastodon evidently fed upon the brush- 

 wood and rushes which grew in these swamps. The arrow-head 

 was found at a depth of two feet, near the edge of this swamp, 

 some twenty-five or thirty feet from the bones, and was an ordinary 

 arrow-head like those used by the Indians. " 



The Secretary read a note by Mr. W. H. Fischer, recording the 

 capture of four canvas-back ducks, near Ross Lake, near this city. 

 Also a correction of a previous paper, to the effect that the Wood- 

 Thrush reported to have wintered at Bellaire, Ohio, was the 

 Towhee Finch, Pipilo erythropthalmus , Viell. 



Specimens of Strelitzia regince and carpophylls of Cycas circinalis 

 were exhibited and commented upon by Dr. O. D. Norton. 



Specimens of bowlders from what was considered to be a terminal 

 moraine, from near Cincinnati, were exhibited by Mr. J. R. 

 Skinner. 



Mr. E. S. Comings was elected to regular membership. 

 Mr. Karl Langenbeck and Mr. H. C. Fithian were proposed for 

 membership. 



The position of Curator of Entomology, left vacant at the last 

 meeting, was filled by the election of Geo. S. Huntington. 



Mr. Chas. Dury, Chairman of the Committee on the Treasurer's 

 accounts, reported everything correct. In accordance with the 

 recommendation of the Committee, a vote of thanks was tendered 

 the Treasurer, Mr. Wright, "for the efficient, neat and correct 

 method of keeping the accounts, and performing the duties of the 

 position in so satisfactory a manner." 



