302 PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OF [LXXIV 



February 21. 



The President, John Cadwalader, A. M., LL.D., in the Chair. 



Fifty-nine persons present. 



The deaths of F. A. Hassler, William Welsh Welsh, and George 

 Roberts, were announced. 



Dr. Edwin G. Conklin made a communication entitled: "The 

 Biological Effects of Immigration." (No abstract). 



Theodore W. Bouchelle, Charles Fearon, Alfred Jordan, Joseph 

 Y. Jeanes, Henry Leffman, Charles P. Perkins, Thomas C. Potts, 

 Evan Randolph, L. C. Mills, and George C. Thayer, were elected 

 members. 



The Publication Committee reported the receipt of the following 

 papers for the Proceedings: 



"The Scrophulariaceae of Cuba," by Francis W. Pennell. 



"A New Owl from the Bridger Formation," by Alexander 

 Wetmore. 



"Notes on the Radula of the Neritidae," by H. Burrington Baker. 



"Osteology of the Tegu," by A. M. Reese. 



"Notes on the Crocodilia of British Guiana," by A. M. Reese. 



March 21. 



The President, John Cadwalader, A.M., LL.D., in the Chair. 



Twenty-nine persons present. 



Mr. Samuel G. Gordon made a communication entitled: "A 

 Mineralogist in the Andes" (No abstract). 



Miss Sophia Cadwalader, Miss M. H. Cadwalader, Miss Eleanor 

 Tatum Long, Samuel N. Lewis, H. Pearce Lakin, and Walter 

 Mendelson, were elected members. 



April 18. 



The President, John Cadwalader, A.M., LL.D., in the Chair. 



Forty-two persons present. 



The death of George Spencer Morris, a member, was announced. 



Dr. C. Montague Cooke, made a communication entitled: 

 "Palmyra Island, a Pacific Coral Atoll." (No abstract). 



William Henry Skinner, Frank J. Psota, and John P. Carter., 

 were elected members. 



