xviii The Biological Society of Washington. 



December i, 1906 42131 Meeting. 



The President in the chair and 50 persons present. 

 T. E. Wilcox called attention to the increase of quail and 

 cottontail rabbits in central New York. 



B. W. Evermann informed the Society of the death of two 

 naval officers who have furthered biological science, Lieutenant 

 Franklin Swift, retired, of the steamer Fish Hawk, on November 

 10, and Lieutenant-Commander LeRoy M. Garrett, of the 

 steamer Albatross, on November 21. 



The following communications were presented : 



L. O. Howard: Polyembryony and Fixation of Sex.* 



John W. Titcomb : Principles and Methods of Fish Culture. 



December 15, 1906 4220! Meeting. 

 TWENTY-SEVENTH ANNUAL MEETING. 



The President in the chair and 50 persons present. 



The annual reports of the committees, Recording Secretary, 

 and Treasurer were read and accepted. The following officers 

 were elected for the year 1907 : 



President : Leonard Stejneger. 



Vice-Presidents : T. S. Palmer, W. P. Hay, E. L. Greene, 

 E. W. Nelson. 



Recording Secretary : M. C. Marsh. 



Corresponding Secretary : Wilfred H. Osgood. 



Treasurer: Hugh M. Smith. 



Councillors : A. D. Hopkins, J. N. Rose, A. K. Fisher, A. B. 

 Baker, David White. 



The President announced the following standing committees 

 for the year 1907: 



Publications : W. P. Hay, Wilfred H. Osgood, Hugh M. Smith. 



Communications : Vernon Bailey, A. B. Baker, A. D. Hop 

 kins, J. N. Rose, J. W. Titcomb. 



* Science N. S., XXIV, No. 625, 810, Dec. 21, 1906. 



