Proceedings. xxi 



0. HART MERRIAM : "A New Prairie Dog from Mexico." 1 

 Discussed by Professor WARD. 



CHARLES HALLOCK (read by Mr. LUCAS) : " Where Salt-water 

 Fishes Hide : Results of Deep-water Seining." Discussed by 

 Dr. GILL. 



THEODOR HOLM: '"'Additions to the Flora of Washington." 2 

 Discussed by Professor WARD. 



FREDERICK V. COVILLE : " The Use of Certain Terms in Geo- 

 graphic Distribution." Discussed by Dr. MERRIAM, Professor 

 WARD, and Dr. GILL. 



May 28, 1892. 196th Meeting. 



The PRESIDENT in the chair and 23 persons present. 

 The new Constitution and By-Laws, after a second reading, 

 were adopted by the Society. 



COMMUNICATIONS. 



THEODORE GILL : " On the Super-Family Cha3todontoidea." 

 C. HART MERRIAM: "The Plants of the Pribilof Islands." 3 



Discussed by Dr. GILL, Professor RILEY, Mr. COVILLE, and Dr. 



MERRIAM. 



C. HART MERRIAM : " Coon Cave, Missouri." Discussed by 



Mr. McGEE, Dr. GILL, Professor RILEY, and Dr. MERRIAM. 



June 11, 1892. 197th Meeting. 



The PRESIDENT in the chair and about 30 persons present. 



COMMUNICATIONS. 



C. HART MERRIAM : " The Southern Fur-Seal (Arctocephalus) 

 at Guadalupe Island." 4 Discussed by Dr. GILL and Dr. MER- 

 RIAM. 



FREDERICK V. COVILLE : " Uses of Plants Among the Panamint 



1 Description of a new Prairie Dog (Cynomys mexicanus) from Mexico. 

 Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., vol. vii, July 27, 1892, pp. 157, 158. 



' 2 Third List of Additions to the Flora of Washington, D. C. Proc. Biol. 

 Soc. Wash., vol. vii, June 10, 1892, pp. 105-132. 



3 Plants of the Pribilof Islands, Bering Sea. Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., 

 vol. vii, July 7, 1892, pp. 133-150. 



4 The Fur-Seal of Guadalupe Island, off Lower California. Fur-Seal 

 Arbitration, Appendix to the Case of the United States, vol. i, Sept., 1892, 

 p. 586, 



