TABLE OP' CONTENTS. 
TAGE 
Officers of the Society, ------ 2 
The Geology of the Tract known as “Paradise,” near Newport, 
(PI. I, II), by T. Nelson Dale, .... 3 
Remarks on some of the Evidences of Geological Disturbance in 
the vicinity of Newport, (PI. Ill), by T. Nelson Dale, - 5 
Studies in the Rhode Island Coal Measures, by Rev Edgar F. Clark, 9 
MountTacoma in Washington Territory, (PI. IV), by Bailey Willis, 13 
The Migration of Birds, by Alexander O’Driscoll Taylor, - -22 
A Trip through Northwestern Wyoming, by A. D. Wilson, - 25 
The Birds of Newport, by Dr. Win. C. Rives, Jr., - - - 28 
List of Birds Shot near Newport, by Col. John Hare Powel, - 42 
List of Members of the Society, - 44 
PLATE I. 
Topographical Map of the “Paradise” Rocks, near Newport. 
PLATE II. 
Sections across “ Paradise” from near the Swamp Road, about E. by S. 
to Gardiner’s Pond ; Length, 1000 yards. 
PLATE III. 
Sections of Mica Schist Strata, of probable Carboniferous age, on Dutch 
Island in Narragansett Bay. 
PLATE IV. 
View of Mount Tacoma from the West. 
