XXXVI BIOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON. 



OF SOME NEW SPECIES OF BIRDS FROM COZUMEL ISLAND, 

 YUCATAN.* 



Mr. W. H. Dall made a communication ON THE MARSUPIUM 

 OF MILNERIA MINIMA,! a small Californian bivalve shell belonging 

 to the family Carditidae. 



Prof. J. W. Checkering, Jr., exhibited a series of drawings and 

 paintings of the flowering plants of the Shenandoah Valley, 

 made by Mr. William T. Allen, a farmer of Gaylord, Clark Co., 

 Virginia. 



Dr. T. H. Bean spoke of SOME FEATURES OF COLLECTING 

 AT COZUMEL ISLAND, YUCATAN, J which he had recently visited, 

 with the Fish Commission Steamer Albatross. 



Mr. J. A. Ryder made a communication upon THE DEVELOP 

 MENT OF THE MAMMARY GLANDS IN CETACEA, based upon 

 recent studies of sections of a female embryo of the black fish 

 ( Globiocephalus melas} , two inches long. 



Prof. L. F. Ward described the PHYLLOTAXY OF PAULOWNIA 

 IMPERIALIS, and made some remarks on the general subject of 

 leaf arrangement. 



SEVENTY-SEVENTH MEETING, April 4, 1885. 



Prof. Ward, Vice-President, occupied the chair, and twenty 

 members were present. 



The chair announced that 107 replies had been received in re 

 sponse to the circulars sent out by the Secretary, asking expres 

 sions of opinion respecting the proposed change of meeting-day. 

 The greater number indicated a preference for Friday and Satur 

 day, the same number of votes (thirty-four) having been received 

 in favor of each of those days. On motion of Mr. A. B. Johnson, 

 action upon this question was indefinitely postponed. 



*i885- Proc. Biological Society, iii, pp. 21-24. 



1 1885. ORCUTT, CHARLES R. Notes on the Mollusks of the vicinity 

 of San Diego, Cal., and Todos Santos Bay, Lower California, 'with com 

 ments by W. H. Dall. <Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., viii, pp. 534-552, pi. xxiv. 



% New York Times, May 3, 1885. 



1885. RYDER, JOHN A. On the Development of the Mammary Glands 

 of Cetacea. <Am. Nat., xix (June), pp. 616-618. On the Development 

 of the Mammary (Elands and Genitalia of the Cetacea. <Bull. U. S. 

 Fish Com., v, pp. 135-142, one figure in text. 



