xx The Biological Society of Washington. 



December 15, 1900 33oth Meeting. 



The President in the chair and 25 persons present. 



F. A. Lucas exhibited a skeleton of the gar-pike where a 

 fracture in the skull had caused a marked deflection but which 

 had not resulted in death, as shown by the callus connecting 

 the broken bones. 



The following communications were presented: 



C. W. Stiles: Some Tropical Parasites that may be Introduced 

 by our Returning Troops. 



E. W. Nelson: The Caribbean Seal. 







December 29, 1900 33ist Meeting. 



(TWENTY-FIRST ANNUAL MEETING.) 



Vice-president Lucas in the chair and 19 persons present. 



The annual reports of the Recording Secretary and Treasurer 

 for the year 1900 were presented and the following officers 

 elected for the ensuing year: 



President: F. A. Lucas. 



Vice-presidents: B. W. Evermann, Wm. H. Ashmead, C. W. 

 Stiles, F. H. Knowlton. 



Recording Secretary: W. H. Osgood. 



Corresponding Secretary: T. W. Stan ton. 



Treasurer: David White. 



Members of the Council: A. F. Woods, C. L. Pollard, T. S. 

 Palmer, M. B. Waite, H. J. Webber. 



The following standing committees were appointed by the 

 President-elect: 



On Communications: B. W. Evermann, V. K. Chesnut, W. 

 H. Osgood, A. F. Woods. 



On Publications: C. L. Pollard, T. S. Palmer, David White. 



