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The following were appointed a Committee to arrange for a 

 celebration of the birthday of Prof. Louis Agassiz, on May 28. 

 Mr. J. R. Skinner. Mr. D. L. James. 



Mr. Geo. B. Twitchell. Dr. J. H. Hunt. 



Mr. R. H. Warder. 



A letter was read from Mrs. Gibson, accepting her election to 

 honorary membership. 



Donations for the month were announced as follows : from Edw. 

 M. Cooper, "Naturalist's Directory for 1878, 1879, l88o > 1882- 

 83," large lot of Fresh Water Shells from Alabama and Georgia^ 

 and Coal Plants from Pennsylvania, Alabama, etc. ; from H. W. 

 Stephenson, "Spallazani's Travels in Italy ;" from Smithsonian In- 

 stitution, Nos. 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, and Plates I. and II. of 

 Vol. VII. of Proceedings of U. S. Nat. Museum; from Bureau of 

 Education, "Circulars of Information, No. 7, 1884, No. 1, 1885,'' 

 "Planting Trees," etc.; from Dr. S. W. Francis, four pamphlets; 

 from Chief Signal Officer, "Monthly Weather Review, Feb., 

 1885;" from U. S. Geol. Survey, "Lord on Comstock Mining 

 and Miners ;" from Dr. J. S. Newberry, two pamphlets ; from 

 Meriden Scientific Association, Conn., "Transactions, Vol. I., 

 1884;" from Department of the Interior, Vol. VIII., U. S. Geol 

 Survey of Territories under Hayden ; from Prof. Eugene Smith, 

 "Report on Cotton Production of Alabama;" from Missouri His- 

 torical Society, " Publication No. 8." 



Meeting of June 2, 1885. 

 President Harper in the chair, and twelve members present. 

 The following paper was read and referred to the Publishing 

 Committee : 



