x The Biological Society of Washington. 



The following communications were presented: 

 'The Remarkable Extinct Fauna of Southern California 

 Revealed in the Asphalt Deposits Near Los Angeles ": C. Hart 

 Merriam . 



"Notes on the Big Bears of North America": C. Hart 

 Merriam. 



' Distribution of Game Animals in Africa": Edmund Heller. 



October 18, 1913— 514th Meeting. 



Past President Howard in the chair and 61 persons present. 



The following communications were presented : 

 ' The Federal Migratory Bird Regulations and their Assist- 

 ance in the Conservation of Bird Life in America": T. S. Palmer. 



"The Breeding of the Loggerhead Turtle" : W. P. Hay. 



"The First Year's Results in Breeding Some Bahama Shells 

 (Cerion) on the Florida Keys": Paul Bartsch. 



November 1, 1913— 515th Meeting. 



President Nelson in the chair and 46 persons present. 

 C. D. Marsh reported an interesting- habit of the hull snake 

 in Montana. 



The following communications were presented : 



Depredations by Forest Insects and their Control ": A. D. 

 Hopkins. 



' Dredging at Chincoteague, Va. ": Paul Bartsch. 



November 15, 1913 516th Meeting. 



Vice-President Bartsch in the chair and 35 persons present. 

 The following communications were presented : 

 "The Physiology of the Blueberry" : F. V. Coville. 

 ' Breeding Pigeons for Color Inheritance": Leon J. Cole. 



November 29, 1913— 517th Meeting. 



President Nelson in the chair and 63 persons present. 

 C. A. Davis exhibited the earbone of a whale, supposed to 

 be that of the sulphur-bottom species. 



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