Proceedings. ix 



B. W". Evermann referred to tlie provision by Congress for a 

 biological station in the INIississippi Valley for the investigation 

 of freshwater mussels. 



L. 0. Howard remarked on the importation from France of 

 seedlings carrying the winter nests of the brown tail moth. 



The chair referred to the creation by President Roosevelt of 

 the Mt. Olympus National Monument. 



The following communications were presented: 



R. H. Chapman: Chickens without feathers. 



T. W. Vaughan: Resume of a study of the Madreporaria of 

 the Hawaiian Islands.* 



A. H. Clark : The recent crinoids and their relation to sea and 

 land. 



March 20, 1909 — 457th Meeting. 



The President in the chair and 85 persons present. 



^^^ W. Cooke noted the spring arrivals of migratory I)irds in 

 the vicinity of Washington. 



H. W. Clark commented on the mortality of grackles on the 

 Mall. 



A. S. Hitchcock, Vernon Bailey, H. S. Barber, W. H. Os- 

 good, .7. \y . Gidley and E. A. Prel)]e participated in a discus- 

 sion of " camping and camping outfits." 



April 3, 1909 — 458th Meeting. 



The President in the chair and oG persons present. 

 A. A. Doolittle showed some blue i^rint lantern slides and 

 explained the method of making them. 



The following communications were i)rest'nted: 

 T. N. (iill: Classification of the true fishes. > 

 R. E. Coker: The guano-birds of Peru. 



April 17, 1909 — 459th Meeting. 



The meeting was held in Hubbard Memorial Hall, tlie Presi- 

 dent in the chair and 155 persons present. 

 The following communication was presented : 

 Charles Sheldon: Experiences with big game in the Mt. 

 jNIcKinley region, Alaska. 



* To 1)6 published in the Proceedings of the Seventh International Zoological Con- 

 gress. 



