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Mr. W. L. McAtee exhibited six rare bird papers. 



Mr. Wm. Palmer made comments on the above papers; 



Lieut. M. W. Lyon, Jr., commented on the occurrence of 

 several cases of hookworm infestation lately seen by him. 



The regular program consisted of three communications as 

 follows: 



A Key to Ornithological Literature; T. S. Palmer. 



The Alpine Flora of the Adirondacks and the White Moun- 

 tains; A. S. Hitchcock. 



Notes on some United States Batrachians; R. W. Shufeldt. 



November 3, 1917— 573d Meeting.* 



President Hay in the chair, 58 persons present. 



Dr. T. S. Palmer called attention to the centennial of the first 

 botanical society in the vicinity of Washington . 



Dr. L. 0. Howard called attention to the centennial of the 

 Medical Society of the District of Columbia. 



Dr. H. M. Smith reported the results of the fur seal census 

 taken in the Pribilofs during the past summer. 



Mr. C. Birdseye remarked on the waste of seal meat by sealers 

 on the northeast coast of North America. 



Lieut. M. W. Lyon, Jr., exhibited a photograph of a case of 

 congenital absence of kidney. t 



Mr. Wm. Palmer exhibited a sectioned tympanic bone of a 

 whale. 



The regular program consisted of three communications as 

 follows : 



An Unusual Human Specimen; Rear- Admiral G. W. Baird. 



How the Pine Squirrels help to Feed the Bears of the Yellow- 

 stone Park ; Vernon Bailey. 



The Fur Industry of Labrador ; C. Birdseye. 



November 17, 1917— 574th Meeting.; 



President Hay in the chair, 78 persons present. 



Dr. R. W. Shufeldt exhibited two grasshoppers, the black 

 Louisiana form of Rhomaleum micropterum, and a specimen of 

 the same species from Florida. 



* Abstracts in Journ. Washington Acad. Sci., vol. 8, pp. 27, 28, January 4, 1918. 



t Published in Anat. Rec. vol. 13, pp. 303, 304, October 20, 1917. 



t Abstracts in Journ. Washington Acad. Sci., vol. 8, pp. 40, 41, January 19, 1918. 



