viii The Biological Society of Washington. 



Barton W . Evermanii announced the arrival at the Bureau 

 of Fisheries of two j'oung fur seals, the first of these animals to 

 be successfully fed in captivitj\ 



The following communications were presented: 



Alaskan and other far-northern mosquitoes: L. O. Howard. 



A collecting trip to Alaska: A. S. Hitchcock. 



March 5, 1910— 467th Meeting. 



The president in the chair and 2o jxTsons in-cscnt. 



General Wilcox reported the taking of a skunk at Woodley 

 Park. 



The following connuunications were presented: 



Remarks on a restoration of Basilosauros cctoidcH : .J. \\ . 

 G id ley. 



The stridulations of some "katydids": H. A. AHard. 



Japanese goldfish: Hugh M. Smith. 



March 19, 1910— 468th Meeting. 



The president in the chair and -"il persons present. 



W. J. SpiUnian cxhitiited hoi^fs and foot-lHincs of the mule- 

 footed hog. 



H. \V. Clark reported that he had ()l)Served a humming hird 

 and other birds feeding on sap that was oozing from a wounded 

 red-oak . 



The following communications were i)resented: 



The birds of Midway Island: Paul Bartsch. 



International fisheries regulations: Barton W . Evermann. 



April 2, 1910— 469th Meeting. 



The president in the ciiair and ;>() i)ersons present. 



C. D. iMarsh reported the receipt of interesting copepods 

 from northern Lake Michigan, through V. L. Shelford of 

 Chicago University. 



T. S. Palmer reported plans of Professor Watson to continue 

 his observations on the homing instinct of birds. 



The following communication was presented : 



A hasty visit to some foreign zoological gardens: A. B. 

 Baker. 



