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river, aud was established for the study of various economic 

 problems of interest to the people of the State. The station has 

 a good building valued at $6,000. Special precautions have been 

 taken to overcome dangers arising from inundations to which the 

 region is subject during severe storms. Prof. Hine identified 

 about fifty birds, among them the snake bird, boat-tailed grackle, 

 black vulture, little blue heron, mocking bird, Louisiana clapper- 

 rail, and Wilson's plover. There are ver}- few sparrows. Land 

 mammals are scarce but porpoises are very numerous. A number 

 of species of insects were collected, of which about 150 have been 

 identified. The address was closed with a brief description of 

 the flora found in the region of the laborator}' and the speaker's 

 experience in flounder, schrimp and crab fishing. 



Orton Hall, May 2, 1904. 



In the absence of the President, the meeting was called to order 

 by Prof. Schaffner. It was moved and seconded that he act as 

 chairman for the evening. The motion was carried. The pro- 

 gram for the evening consisted of reports on. theses. 



Mr. York reported work on the life history of Nelumbo. Mr. 

 Morse gave an outline of his work on the embryology of the 

 spider's Q^g. 



Under personal observations, Prof. Kellerman reported that he 

 had secured uredospores of Puccinia sorghi on dent corn inocu- 

 lated with uredospores from pop-corn, which, together with 

 previous experiments, showed that rusts on sweet-corn, pop-corn 

 and dent corn are not physiological varieties. Mr. Frank reported 

 culture experiments with Sphaeropsis rosae. Prof. Schaffr.er 

 reported observations on the time when leaves come out on various 

 trees and shrubs. 



Prof. Alfred Vivian, Prof. Rudolph Hirsch, and J, C. White 

 were elected to membership. 



J. N, Frank, Secretary pro tcni. 



Date of Publication of June Number, June 1, 1904. 



