PROCEEDINGS. XXXVII 



Vice- Presidents Prof. THEODORE GILL, Prof. C. V. RILEY, Prof. 

 L. F. WARD, Mr. WILLIAM H. BALL. 



Secretaries Mr. G. BROWN GOODE, Mr. RICHARD RATHBUN. 



Treasurer Dr. TARLETON H. BEAN. 



Council Prof. O. T. MASON, Dr. GEORGE Vasey, Dr. D. WEB 

 STER PRENTISS, Mr. FREDERICK W. TRUE, Dr. ELLIOTT COUES. 



SATURDAY LECTURES, 1883. 



The second regular course of Saturday Lectures, under the au 

 spices of the Biological Society and the Anthropological Society, 

 was begun January 13, 1883, and the following programme was 

 carried out : 



January ij : Capt. C. E. DUTTON, U. S. A. On Rivers. 



January 20 : Prof. O. T. MASON. The Races of Men. 



January 27 : Mr. GEORGE KENNAN. Mountains and Mountain 

 eers of the Caucasus. 



February j : Dr. D. W. PRENTISS. Mesmerism in Animals. 



February 10 : Prof. THEODORE GILL. Mythical Animals. 



February 17 : Dr. JOHN S. BILLINGS, U. S. A. Germs and Epi 

 demics. 



February 24: Prof. LESTER F. WARD. The Plant Life of the 

 Globe, past and present. 



March j : Mr. WILLIAM H. DALL. Pearls and Pearl Fisheries. 



March 10 : Major J. W. POWELL. Indian Mythology. 



March 17 : Prof. C. V. RILEY. Adaptation and Interdepend 

 ence between Plants and Insects. 



March 24 : Prof. C. A. WHITE. The Teachings of Paleontology. 



March ji : Dr. ROBERT FLETCHER, U. S. A. Human Propor 

 tion in Art and Anthropometry. 



THIRTY-NINTH MEETING, January 19, 1883. 



Thirty-one members were present. 



Professor C. A. White, the newly-elected President, took the 

 chair, and, after a few remarks, introduced the retiring President, 



