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be learned, is unique in character in liaving two upper incisors instead 

 of one on each side. The speaker considered it a milk incisor that 

 has persisted. He showed lantern slides of the specimen. Messrs. 

 GiDLEY and Howland participated in the discussion, both agreeing 

 with the theory advanced by the speaker. 



Notes on soine fishes collected by Dr. Mearns in the Colorado River: 

 J. 0. Snydek. The species found in the Colorado basin are distinct 

 from species found elsewhere. The faunas of the river basins of the 

 West show the same feature. From the evidence shown by genera 

 obtained in the different river basins, the speaker concluded that 

 communication must have been at a very remote period. He exhibited 

 specimens collected by Dr. Mearns. 



Azotes on some birds observed on the Florida Keys in April, 191 4-' 

 Paul Bartsch. The speaker gave an account of observations on 

 birds made during an eight-day cruise among the Florida Keys in 

 April, 1914, and showed by means of lantern slides most of the species 

 in their natural surroundings. Most of the time was spent at Bird 

 Key. Pictures of frigate birds and various species of terns were also 

 used in illustration. 



The 35th annual meeting and 532d regular meeting was held in 

 the Assembly Hall of the Cosmos Club, Saturday, December 12, 1914, 

 with President Bartsch in the chair and 18 members present. 



The minutes of the 34th annual meeting were read and approved, 

 and the annual reports of the officers and connnittees were presented. 



The election of officers for the year 1915 took place, resulting as 

 follows: President, Paul Bartsch; Vice-Presidents, A. D. Hopkins, 

 W. P. Hay, J. N. Rose, Mary J. Rathbun; Recording Secretary, 

 M. W. Lyon, Jr.; Corresponding Secretary, W. L. McAtee; Treasuer, 

 W. W. Cooke; Members of Council, Hugh M. Smith, Vernon Bailey, 

 Wm. Palmer, N. Hollister, J. W. Gidley. 



President Paul Bartsch was selected to represent the Society as 

 Vice-President in the AVashington Academy of Sciences. 



The President appointed as the Committee on Publication: N. 

 Hollister, W. L. McAtee, and W. W. Cooke. 



D. E. Lantz, Recording Secrefary. 



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At the 478th meeting of the Society held December 1, 1914, in the 

 Public Library, Dr. George S. Duncan, of Johns Hopkins University, 

 delivered an address on The Sumerian people and their inscriptions. 

 About 140 persons were present. The land between the lower Tigris 

 and Euphrates in very ancient times was inhabited by a non-Semitic 

 people called Sumerians. Their oldest inscriptions antedate 3000 B.C., 

 but the beginning of Sumerian civilization are far older than any in- 

 scriptions. The Enlil temple in Nippur dates back probably to 6000 

 B.C. Semites from Arabia conquered the Sumerians and by 2100 B.('. 



