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PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



BIOLOGICAL 50CILTY OF WASHINGTON 



PROCEEDINGS. 



The Society meets from October to May, on alternate Satur- 

 days, at 8 p. m. All the meetings in 1920 were held in the lec- 

 ture hall of the Cosmos Club. 



January io, 1920 — 604th Meeting. 1 



President Hopkins was in the chair; 45 persons were present. 



Mr. Jacob Kotinsky was elected to membership. 



President Hopkins announced the membership of standing 

 committees as follows: Of the Publication Committee, C. W. 

 Richmond, Chairman, J. H. Riley, N. Dearborn, A. Wet- 

 more; of the Committee on Communications, S. A. Rohwer, 

 Chairman, C. E. Chambliss, R. E. Coker, F. Harper. 



Informal Communications: President Hopkins, Sugges- 

 tions to the Biological Society; W. P. Taylor, Notes on the 

 mammals upon Mt. Rainier at high altitudes; T. S. Palmer, 

 Note upon fossil birds described from America. 



Formal Communications: T. E. Snyder, An account of the 

 habits of the Termites or White Ants; William Palmer, Some 

 birds of Chesapeake Bay. 



January 24, 1920— 605th Meeting. 2 



President Hopkins was in the chair; 85 persons were present. 



J. S. Gutsell, R. W. Williams. A. H. Hardisty were elected 

 to membership. 



Informal Communications: B. W. Evermann, Notes on the 

 Museum of the California Academy of Sciences, and on the 

 Pelicans of Pyramid Lake, Nevada. 



Formal Communication: Ernest Thompson-Seton, Habits 

 and home life of the Kangaroo Rats of our western deserts. 



1 Abstracts in Journ. Washington Acad. Sci., vol. 10, No. 10, p. 304, May 19, 1920. 



2 Abstracts in Journ. Washington Acad. Sci., vol. 10, No. 10, p. 306, May 19, 1920. 



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