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pared with that of theirallies. The audience were enabled to inspect _ 
specimens of most of the plants under consideration, 
July 11, 1892. Mrs. Brandegee in the chair. 
The following were elected to membership: A.W. Robinson, 
Mrs. M. E. P. Ames, Miss Aphra Rogers, Miss Mae F. Dority, 
Robert L. Toplitz, Mrs. R. L. Toplitz, Mrs. E. J. Corbett, H. S. 
Durden. 
CALIFORNIA ZOOLOGICAL CLUB. During April and May the 
California Zoological Club, under the auspices of the California 
Academy of Sciences, gave a course of popular lectures on zoology, 
illustrated with stereopticon views. The lectures were delivered by 
_ Charles A. Keeler, as follows: 1. Creation of Law—a popular ex- 
position of the doctrine of evolution, April 21. 2. Fundamental 
Groups of Animals—an explanation of the principles of classification 
and illustrations of the leading types in zoology, April 28. 3. The 
Mammalia—illustrated by about 80 views of representative species, 
May 5. 4. The Mammals of California—illustrated with stereopticon 
views and prepared specimens, May 12. 5. The Bird, May 19. 
6. Song Birds of California, May 26. 
