Proceedings. xv 





 were read, and officers for the ensuing year elected as follows: 



President: F. V. Coville. 



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

 Evermann, F. A. Lucas. 



Recording Secretary: H. J. Webber. 



Corresponding Secretary: T. W. Stanton. 



Treasurer: F. H. Knowlton. 



Members of the Council: T. S. Palmer, C. L. Marlatt, A. F. 

 Woods, C. L. Pollard, M. B. Waite. 



The following standing committees were appointed by the 

 President: 



On Communications: F. A. Lucas, B. W. Evermann, A. F. 

 Woods, V. K. Chesnut, and W. H. Osgood. 



On Publications : F. H. Knowlton, T. S. Palmer, and C. L. 

 Pollard. 



January 13, 1900 3i6th Meeting. 



Vice-president Lucas in the chair and 56 persons present. 



W. R. Maxon called attention to an interesting bifurcation 

 in a flight feather of the peacock. 



William Palmer exhibited specimens of various fern fronds 

 showing abnormal bifurcations. 



W. H. Seaman mentioned a case of the bifurcation of the 

 fourth rib in man. 



F. A. Lucas spoke of the common occurrence of such bifur 

 cations in animals. 



H. J. Webber called attention to the similar bifurcations in 

 the trunk of Sabal palmetto, three cases having been ob 

 served in Florida. One specimen of the same palm had been 

 observed with three and one with four branches in the trunk; 

 but such branching, is very rare. 



The following communications were presented: 



Vernon Bailey: Where the Grebe Skins come from.* 



J. W. Daniel, Jr. : Zoological Collecting in Cuba. 



William Palmer: The ferns of the Lower Shenandoah Valley. 



E. L. Morris: A Revision of the Species of Plantago com 

 monly referred to P. patagonica. \ 



*Bird Lore II, p. 34. February, 1900. 

 fBull. Torr. Bot. Club. 27: 105-109, 1900. 



