Proceedings. ix 



found dead in tlie vicinity of Washington from malarial infec- 

 tion . 



\\ . L. McAtec noted tlie large number of bird foods found in 

 drift.* 



The following communications were presented : 



Hugh M. Smith: Ichthyologia Miscellanea: a. The proper 

 scientific name of the blue-gill sunfish ; h. Note on a rare flying- 

 fish (Exocoetus lutkeni) ; c. Feeding habits of the trigger fish 

 (BaJistes). 



A. G. Maddren: Notes on the Occurrence of Mammoth Re- 

 mains in Alaska. t 



A. D. Hopkins: Ornaments and Blemishes in Wood Caused 

 by Birds and Insects. 



April 8, 1905 — 401st Meeting. 



The President in the chair and 43 persons present. 



The following communications were presented : 



W. P. Hay: A Class of Arthropoda New to the District of 

 Columbia. 



W. H. Osgood: An Extinct Ruminant Related to the Musk 

 Ox.: 



B. W. Everniann: The Trout of the Kern River Region. 



April 22, 1905 — 402d Meeting 



The President in the chair and 30 persons present. 



W. P. Hay reported a new species of crayfish, Cambarvs mo- 

 nongahelensls Ortmann, from Pittsburg, Avith notes on the 

 colors of several species. 



A. B. Baker presented a plant of He2Xif.ica hepatira with 

 douVjle flowers. 



The following communications were presented: 



H. D. House: Some Problems in the Study of Violets. 



F. H. Knowlton: Notes on Some Fossil Figs. 



H. W. Oldys: Instinct in Man and Reason in the Lower 

 Animals. 



* Science, 190i. 



t Smiths. Misc. Coll. (Quar. Issue) XLVIII, 4-117, 1905. 



t Smiths. Misc. Coll. (Quar. Issuej XLIX, 173-185. 



