xiv Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 



H. M. Smith, (1) Exhibition of a publication of the Bureau of 

 Fisheries, on the Freshwater Mussels and the Mussel Industry 

 of the United States, by R. E. Coker; (2) Note on the proposed 

 cruise of the U. S. Fisheries Steamer "Albatross"; (2) Note on 

 the finding of a bearded hair seal (Erignathus barbatus) on St. 

 George Island, Alaska; Rear Admiral Baird, Exhibition of a 

 collection of seaweeds made by Mrs. Baird under the direction 

 of the elder Verrill 30 years ago. 



Formal communications: President Smith announced that the 

 present meeting was to be celebrated as the 6th centenary meet- 

 ing. A letter was read from Dr. F. A. Lucas, former President. 

 The papers presented were: Dr. L. 0. Howard, Early days of the 

 Society; Dr. W. H. Dall, Reminiscences; Dr. T. S. Palmer, The 

 Proceedings. 



November 15, 1919— 601st Meeting. 1 



Vice-President Bailey presided; 26 persons present. 



Informal communications: L. O. Howard, (1) Presented a letter 

 from Dr. B. W. Evermann, a former President, apropos of the 

 6th Centenary; (2) Announced a meeting of the Engineering 

 Council; R. W. Shufeldt exhibited living young of the southern 

 soft-shelled turtle (Amy da ferox) and gave notes upon this group 

 of turtles; W. H. Osgood offered notes upon the recent meeting 

 of the American Ornithologists' Union; Alexander Wetmore, 

 Notes upon the strutting attitudes of the male sage grouse, 

 Centrocercus urophasianus. 



Formal communications: N. Hollister, Relative abundance of 

 water fowl in Wisconsin; Alexander Wetmore, A peculiar habit 

 of grebes, with exhibition of specimens; E. O. Wooton, Notes 

 on a short visit to Tamaulipas. 



November 29, 1919— 602d Meeting. 2 



President H. M. Smith presided; 30 persons present. 



Informal communications: R. E. Coker, exhibition of a publica- 

 tion of the Bureau of Fisheries, The Life History of the Blue 

 Crab, by E. P. Churchill; H. C. Oberholser, (1) Note on the 

 appearance of Vol. 1, No. 1, Journal of Mammalogy; (2) Note 

 on a new contribution to ornithological methods in a paper en- 



1 Abstract in Journ. Washington Acad. Sci., vol. 10, pp. 26, 27, January 4, 1920. 

 ^Abstract in Journ. Washington Acad. Sci., vol. 10, pp. 145, 146, March 4, 1920. 



