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the annual meeting of the American Ornithologists' Union; 

 H. M. Smith, Records of the Kamchatkan Sea Eagle. 



Formal communications: R. S. Bassler, Sex Characters in 

 Fossils; W. E. Safford, The Dahlia, its Origin and Development. 



November 12, 1921— 629th Meeting. 



Joint meeting with the Washington Academy of Sciences 

 and the Botanical Society of Washington, under the Presidency 

 of the Washington Academy. 



Program: Professor Arthur de Jaczewski, Director of the 

 Institute of Mycology and Pathology at Petrograd, The Devel- 

 opment of Mycology and Pathology in Russia; Professor 

 Nicolas T. Vavilov, Director of the Bureau of Applied Botany 

 and Plant Breeding at Petrograd, Russian Work in Genetics 

 and Plant Breeding; Dr. Vernon L. Kellogg, Permanent Secre- 

 tary of the National Research Council, The Interrelations of 

 Russian and American Scientists. 



November 26, 1921— 630th Meeting, i 



President Hollister was in the chair; 44 persons were present. 



The following were elected to membership : Thos. E. Penard 

 and T. Van Hyning. 



Formal communications: R. W. Shufeldt, Changes in the 

 skull of the American Badger {Taxidea americana); J. W. 

 Gidle}^, The Primates of the Paleocene; J. M. Aldrich, An 

 Entomologist in Alaska. 



December 10, 1921— 631st Meeting.^ 



Forty-second Annual Meeting. 



President Hollister presided; 21 persons were present. 



Reports were received from the Corresponding and the 

 Recording Secretaries, the Treasurer, and the Committee on 

 Publications. 



The death of S. S. Voorhees was announced. 



A committee of the Council, consisting of J. N. Rose, C. W. 

 Richmond, Paul Bartsch, and H. C. Oberholser presented a 

 memorial of the late William Palmer. 



The following officers and members of the Council f were 

 elected : 



President, Vernon Bailey. 



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