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Membership. 76 members and 40 associates (entrance fee, $5; annual dues, $10) ; 

 3 juniors (entrance fee, $5; annual dues, $5). 



Publications. 



TRANSACTIONS . . . v. I. New York, N. Y., [1906]. 8. 



Price: $10 per vol., to non-members. 

 Distribution. Exchange. On sale at the above address. 



American Society of Vertebrate Palaeontologists. 



Address. Secretary-Treasurer: Frederick B. Loomis, Amherst College, 

 Amherst, Mass. 



History. Founded Dec. 31, 1902, as the American Palaeonto logical So- 

 ciety, Section A, Vertebrata (in the expectation that a section would 

 also be formed by those interested in invertebrate paleontology) ; present 

 name adopted in 1904. 



Object. To promote intercourse among those interested in paleontology; to stimu- 

 late scientific investigation and to increase the facilities of those working in 

 this field. 



Meetings. Annually at same time and place as the American Society of Natural- 

 ists, except when the executive committee arranges otherwise. 



Membership. 43 (annual dues, $i), consisting of active workers in paleontology. 



Publications. 



None. Abstracts of proceedings published in Science. 



American Society of Zoologists. 



Address. Secretary-Treasurer, Eastern Branch (1906) : Henry S. Pratt, 

 Haverford College, Haverford, Pa.; Central Branch (1906) : T. G. Lee, 

 University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minn. 



History. Formed in Washington, Dec. 30, 1902, by the union of the 

 American Morphological Society (organized 1890) and the Society 

 of American Zoologists, or, according to its projected constitution, the 

 Zoological Society of America (just completing its organization at the 

 time of the union), the former becoming the Eastern Branch and the 

 latter the Central Branch of the new organization. 



Ref. : Constitution of the American society of zoologists, 1903, Preface, 

 p. 3-11. 



Object. The association of workers in the field of zoology for the presentation and 

 discussion of new or important facts and problems in that department of science, 

 and for the adoption of such measures as shall tend to the advancement of investi- 

 gation in that science in this country. 



Meetings. Triennial meeting of the society, alternating in the territory of the two 

 branches, unless by agreement of the executive committees of the branches the 

 time or place be changed. Annual meeting of each branch at time and place 

 determined by the executive committee. In practice, during convocation week in 

 conjunction with the A. A. A. S. 



Membership. 98 in the Eastern branch ; 39 in the Central branch ; 9 active in both 

 branches. Annual dues, $i ; life membership, $15. 



