, 1874-11-11

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| AOADChlf OF SCl!ENCES.
ros ." Ereshssnser m''linsks-s"p
rho a,oaar,r - no,."a a 1on'y'
Inn 1ns. ane.s;, - os1Aa1a Gu regular meet
hant avo,,,o g, r. ., ~ '"' az Haehy' NO. zo9 "a
..' o"o' " Di' ~. n JohhBon, PfeBldont
WIS IN tho oliair, and about thirty members wore
proaont.
Aftor tho dispositIon AZ .o,,o ro,.,,,n 1,.,,oa,
tho Uoumtteo m M,..n.s'.,.... .'.. .a'"sp''
moning tho oloct,n, uors.p ~ Dr lopotsco, .eoo'
~ 49,. s o''ot'o'a OF t'rofn. Bartlett and Hon
~ ~. Lyman Oh ntasnborn Of tho Academy, Upon
vote, tho recon f11ent at;on va. ,cru}osoo, a.,
Mo,1,aua a"'0's0@ '''
", ". Calkinr, than ra.,
can ianJ oaS MoHrosa OF tho study Of Amcrl-
va" .A''' "nu lresh"ater molluBks, with noteu
on tho 8peci nB Of Cook County. Il.n
Iho folfo' ring Ia a synopsis OF the nao.r,
Tho stu, 4y taa occuplod anna ~ H.
sclouti(lo mind. IN th,s o,,,a.N u 'ae aolcdt
s;n,,,sn,' ',,,'u1 .r, ~ 'h'a country, sneh aa Dr.
sa.....s r LUZ toosuter ma often admired tho
poanty aud variety Of aea.shells, but mover s,,u-
psciel Vat boneath hs foot to be found .n-
cor .na 0y s,,. sosose' a. interesting In
ny,s sas,,.. "1u s., ..np'to ~ tao maf'ne fornB.
1nR' aotl7e study OF American Coucho1ouv
datoe from 1916 Tho cloao Of tito war of 1919
witnessed rovlVal in learning as uoll as in oom-
7~o4f ftx,af.
tl1s, uromotfon ~ so,an.ln~ ,..t,' asut1o''S 1of
formal =, ~ e.''h1'ao knowledge "ero
-. aoo ~ rt,''aoo'pula ana NOW York botwoon
Inc yoa1s 1917 aud 1920. Tho Academy OF Nat
ural Soloroes Of Philadelphia issued the frat
number OF ,ta Journal in 1s17 Tho .t,,,, sa,..a s'
of Nic,,o,aon,s rnaua,s.',t' ~ .nl.u oo'slon
also oonsaine uyuHpeoa' 'ssrrpn' published In 1872
Thomas INV rhe a"mnR}s ~ troa tno pen Of
Of Nat,,ro }istar. ol !ne Mew YORK Lyconm
tie Journal Of tuo Doaton sonotr ~ y nat doz3
exception Of Nicoann.s Run..os.ohs nna with tIlo
voted ercuuivclv r. n,t,,.o copaala, "efe 10
thon annonr tbo " no,n"s nas'na, nlslory and IN
Lcauour aud Nut.ali tn fnur nnY N.Y. ttnnesao
in ills do,artm"nt ~ ,,a e. shat mas boon done
so tLat hopHsI 1, @ ana anticipated foreign authors.
Of cnn,,sattn,,o, e1S;o.s' S,os;' alu ~ Ia subject
arat nado known BY American tvs puthnts n"'e oeoh
tho Rocky Mountains wera 'fno.ShsE* fr'. east OF
Raj,ncan,i mostiv l., IT." I Ute! described by
dopha Aeadcmv ~ - sei",oo su ol tho phiia-
Amos Dinnoy boean sorics ~ n"us ao3o Dr. r.
the Boston Journal on aud.shotls TIaapa '.,a ~
subsequently comnilaI ~ fa,,s ,..,, 1Aese Weso
tic tito of Tnrrestra, ~ 'onr yo'amos under
ushs Of .hn 11uited a.atna nAM-neatMng Mol-
colnplato work Of tlo liza 1I r,hiata o sae Ut nrst
country. ''A'1 ~ 'n'S
LOFT iho onrti, to o "",u pass9o a"ay and have
others. Among tha nnst nro1.snot,t pt'lae'ea W
NAV Do rnnn1nnaJ ~ NJ tnofs psomsnohS oi theae
Bnnoy, Dr.. Wjam smmSon 1'er, f. "I''a'n mn,,,i T.
Thomas n1,nd = Tfyon H., or., T. .. Aaldeman, DR..
aud Dr, james fowia AZ hvt vonn t.a ". anthony,
genttonen ara etill iiv,,u a,,I l., t; .no .! 'Heso
depnrtmout of zon}ovv e' "'e '"posa"g III tns
rho progress OF tbo ntndv anr;no .,o a.
twenty years Inns boon rapii. Ths stdv tnu paat ~
malacoIogy-or of thn aoTt n.r4. ~ ~ study OF
has not ur, fortnnotoIv lrant IrHs 100 ~ antAnb-
OF tho eleJis e"90 "As'A seo 1'oo5
Moro than 25D snocjca of rn,x,,vou 1,
described from the wators or A"bomo ase ,in hSen
styapomit,,inE ara ana'ny ~ u moilHsks-tho
nized species, or thene az mr. "a .n,,t ooo secos-
Waturs north of TIM 0,.in rivar f1,I,; ~ tto'i
shows tic enGrmoua d"va,onrcoot lug ~ 1aGs alone
animal lifo - S4Ao A'"o
The iJrion;dm- -
North Amnr;ra ~ n'nrs r., I'M represented IN
would sunnoso ti,aI tl,s D fa,i, ~ sl,ec'oa. row
river cla,,'a, w,a rortha .nny, - our common
moro tlau ioo0 books ,nd u n.srs n"s,ue ,dao"ovor,
written upon tic subiaot and 5o a,aass niss osen
various parta Of ths worid dna,.; 0pee"s from
AIR. Cakina thsn oava ~ oee.anoI:
,eryat;ona in ror,rd - ~ ~ toeult ol nls o.
County, Tho III read wv +, 'p1u.os r;. ol oooE
;fS,t%1as specie. of land:shos soa
eht wel.loped oAse. sn,ofoa at0Eesher seventy
labit Cook County Tho An4Hn i;,s ,,15 70 10.
1lcutle soyoraI vorat;os .o-an -, ~: ~: nla noe
ionul, and one crlIo hv e~,o sn,,'o % mon no men
neciee, Thoro ara No iouhf fa,r 80. utas4upt
ldcd to thu list thnt hovo o' ~ tem more 70 20
oryed. '"' -"'' nos Sot oosn Cd"
Only far conmept. war.
mt Il yas elic;tcd tInt Won uo naao on tao paper,
eliaole authority on connhn1oaT a" g.. lGosou as
co,,acrnhfc to hof oofasaubiios}, vas 1nsane Tor
hat parioa ho dounr;hi 1:s.'t @n. uHt4uS
t,ecies Of thunder and 1;"btn,nn l.euu alnerens
llo clements WITH thn ~ tr;,,a I;,l;ns' anu classad
rynu.rs t,soo ~ ~ Un,os. .,
Mr, De1nfonta,nn than H. onLunsh. !'oIIs
tlJrcss as 10 tho action ~ h.drs,e % IN 91tempoIe
Il Tho rosut ~ ~ n'orase OF oh'oral.
)e,ofontaino ao;d t1sat 4''n exrsl!mehs, air:
yrato Of ohforai nro,cas cs ona sas.fat'on 4 Or
ria nra.Ja's4 ptoancea aenth BY asphxla.
A-o 1Aes'uont tlloh announced paper on |
= A1r. E. Colbert. An thc rcanI5 ~ u. ,h,o
ous Mr. Colbert brnnrht NH tt,rna oa,.ta
hlch 1nay bo briefly stated as;