x Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 



developed lateral metacarpals and a specimen of three fused 

 metacarpals of a cow. 



W. L. McAtee and Alexander Wetmore made remarks as to 

 certain misconceptions of notes of birds and as to a theory of 

 migration of birds. 



Dr. L. 0. Howard commented on a recently held anti- 

 mosquito convention in New Jersey. 



The regular program consisted of two communications as 

 follows : 



Exploitation of Neglected Aquatic Resources ; H. M. Smith. 



Showers of Organic Matter ; W. L. McAtee. 



February 10, 1917— 565th Meeting.* 



President Hay in the chair, 30 persons present. 



The regular program consisted of two communications as 

 follows : 



A Mortality of Fishes on the West Coast of Florida; H. F. 

 Taylor. 



Changes in the Avifauna about Burlington, Iowa, 1885 to 

 1917; Paul Bartsch. 



February 24, 1917— 566th Meeting.! 



President Hay in the chair, 50 persons present. 



Dr. M. W. Lyon, Jr., called attention to Smallwood's com- 

 pilation of the International Rules of Zoological Nomenclature. 



Dr. R. W. Shufeldt communicated a short paper, " Notes on 

 the Trunk-fishes, "t and exhibited a specimen of Lactophrys 

 tricornis. 



Dr. L. 0. Howard commented on the parent tree of an unus- 

 ually fine variety of oranges. 



Mr. Win. Palmer commented on the recent 'freeze" in 

 Florida. 



The regular program consisted of three communications as 

 follows : 



A Pioneer Naturalist in Southern Florida. — Extracts from the 

 Diary of Titian R. Peale, 1825 ; T. S. Palmer. 



* Abstracts in Journ. Washington Acad. ScL, vol. 7, pp. 166, 167, March 19, 1917; and 

 in Science, N. S., vol. 45, pp. 367, 368, April 13, 1917. 



t Abstracts in Journ. Washington Acad. Sci., vol. 7, pp. 201, 202, April 4, 1917; and 

 in Science, N. S., vol. 45, p. 594, June 8, 1917. 



t Published in Brooklyn Aquarium Society " Bulletin," vol. 3, no. 9, May, 1917, pp. 

 2, 3, figs. 1, 2. 



