x Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 



New members elected : Erich W. Schwartze, Myron H. Swenk, 

 R. C. McGregor. 



Informal communications: Hugh M. Smith, Note on the right 

 whale, with exhibition of baleen, and note on the use of whale 

 meat as human food; W. L. McAtee, Notes from a publication 

 (1783-4) on cotton and peanut raising around Washington. 



Formal communications: G. Dallas Hanna, Additions to the 

 avifauna of the Pribilof Islands, including species new to North 

 America; W. L. McAtee, An account of the poisonous sumachs, 

 Rhus poisoning, and remedies therefor. 



February 8, 1919— 591st Meeting. 1 



Lecture Hall of the Cosmos Club. 2 



President Smith presided; 53 persons present. 



New member elected : O. E. Jennings. 



Amendment to By-Laws adopted: "The president shall not 

 be eligible for immediate reelection" to follow at the end of the 

 first paragraph of Article II. 



Informal communications: R. W. Shufeldt, Notes on the pres- 

 ence of Saracenia purpurea near Glenburnie, Md., and experi- 

 ments affecting its structure; W. P. Hay, Note on S. purpurea 

 near the District of Columbia; I. N. Hoffman, Note on the nest- 

 ing habits of Shufeldt's Junco. 



Formal communications: E. W. Nelson, Dallia pectoralis, 

 Alaska's most remarkable fish; Vernon Bailey, The western 

 skunk cabbage in its prime; M. W. Lyon, Jr., Isohemoagglu- 

 tinin groups of men. 



February 22, 1919— 592d Meeting. 3 



President Smith presided; 42 persons present. 



New member elected: O. P. Hopkins. 



Informal communications: A. S. Hitchcock and A. D. Hop- 

 kins commented upon Birds of Colombia, recently published by 

 Frank M. Chapman. 



Formal communication: Address by the retiring President, 

 Dr. J. N. Rose, Botanical Explorations in Ecuador. 



1 Abstract in Journ. Washington Acad. Sci., vol. 9, pp. 177, 178, March 19, 1919. 



2 All of the remaining meetings were held in the same place. 



3Abstract in Journ. Washington Acad. Sci., vol. 9, pp. 205, 206, April 4, 1919. 



