THE JOURNAL 
CNCANATH SCTRTY GR NATURAL HISTORY 
PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY. 
7 Turspay Evernine, January 6, 1881. 
Dr. R. M. Byrnes, President, in the chair. Davis L. James, Secre- 
tary pro tem. Present, 12 members. 
Prof. F. W. Clarke was elected a member of the Society. 
Mr. W. M. Linney donated specimens of Péilodictya hilli, a copy of 
his report on the timbers of Boyle and Mercer counties, Kentucky, and 
a specimen of the wood of Cladrastis tinctoria, or yellow wood, a tree 
not uncommon in the Alleghanies, but rare in this locality. 
Turspay Evenine, February 1, 1881. 
Dr. R. M. Byrnes, President, in the chair, Present, 15 members. 
Dr. A. T. Keckeler, and A. V. Stewart, were elected members of the 
Society. 
L. S. Cotton made some remarks upon the meteorological observa- 
tions which have been made in this locality, and urged the importance 
of full and complete weather reports. 
A. E. Heighway, Jr., presented specimens of native copper, tremolite, 
actinolite, and slikensides, from the west; and Mr. J. E. Frey presented 
a fine specimen of the sea sturgeon, which is splendidly mounted by 
Mr. Shorten, 
