PROCEEDINGS. XXXV 



The President announced the proposal to publish a second edi 

 tion of Vol. I of the Proceedings of the Biological Society, should 

 a sufficient number of subscriptions for copies of the same be made.* 



THIRTY-SIXTH MEETING, December 8, 1882. 



The President occupied the chair. Thirty-seven members were 

 present. 



The President announced that the Lecture Committee had ar 

 ranged for a course of Saturday lectures to young people, as fol 

 lows : 



December 16, 1882 : Prof. O. T. MASON. The Circle of the 

 Sciences. 



December 2j, 1882: Mr. WILLIAM H. DALL. Ocean Currents. 



December jo, 1882 : Mr. FREDERICK W. TRUE. Swimming 

 Quadrupeds. 



January 6, 1883 : Prof. J. W. CHICKERING, Jr. The Grasses. 



Prof. L. F. Ward stated that the committee appointed at the last 

 meeting to prepare a list of the trees and shrubs growing in the 

 streets, parks, cemeteries, and other public grounds of the District 

 of Columbia had held a meeting and apportioned the work. 



Prof. J. W. Chickering, Jr., being called to the chair, Prof. Gill 

 discussed THE CHARACTERS AND RELATIONS OF THE STROMATEID.^ 



Dr. D. W. Prentiss followed with remarks on CHANGES PRO 

 DUCED IN THE BIRD FAUNA OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA BY 

 MODIFICATION OF ITS TOPOGRAPHY. J 



* A supplementary edition of 100 copies was eventually printed at the cost of 

 the Society. 



fi884. GILL, THEODORE. Notes on the Stromateidae. <Troc. Amer. Phil. 

 Soc., 1884, pp. 664-72. 



\ Included in 



COUES and PRENTISS. Avifauna Columbiana, already cited. 



