28 proceedings: biological society 



Mr. William Palmer exhibited a sectioned tympanic bone of a 

 whale and called attention to its great density and hardness. 



The regular program consisted of three communications. 



Rear-Admiral G. W. Baird: An unusual human specimen. He 

 commented on and exhibited a lantern slide of a double monster in a 

 native Filipino girl of usual intelligence. The external visible parasite 

 consisted of two lower extremities. She had slight control over these 

 extremities, much less now than when she was a small child. 



This communication was discussed by Drs. C. W. Stiles, M. W. 

 Lyon, Jr., and R. W. Shufeldt. 



Vernon BaiLey: How the pine squirrels help to feed the bears of the 

 Yellowstone Park. A general account of the bears in the park was 

 given and it was shown that part of their diet* consists of pine seeds 

 obtained from cones cut off by squirrels. Cones from which the bears 

 had extracted seeds were exhibited. 



C. Birdseye: The fur industry of Labrador. A detailed account 

 of this industry, including fur farming, was given and choice skins of 

 the more important fur-bearing animals exhibited. This communica- 

 tion was discussed by Mr. A. Wetmore and Dr. L. O. Howard. 



M. W. Lyon, Jr., Recording Secretary. 



