XIV BIOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON. 



Dr. C. Hart Merriam described A NEW SPECIES OF WOOD 

 RAT, NEOTOMA BRYANTI, FROM CERROS ISLAND, off Lower Cal 

 ifornia.* 



Mr. Leonhard Stejneger exhibited specimens of several NEW 

 SPECIES OF BIRDS FROM THE SANDWICH ISLANDS,! and made 

 remarks upon the avifauna of that region. 



Mr. Eaduard Muybridge, of Philadelphia, by invitation, ex 

 hibited a series of his photographic views of animals in motion, 

 and explained the process of taking them. The assistance of these 

 views in explaining some obscure points in the evolution of ver 

 tebrates was pointed out by Prof. Cope. 



ONE HUNDRP:D AND FIFTH MEETING, February 19, 1887. 



Prof. Ward, Vice-President, in the chair, and twenty-two per 

 sons present. 



The presiding officer announced that an invitation had been re 

 ceived from the Cosmos Club to use its new hall for the future 

 meetings of the Society. It was accepted. 



Prof. E. D. Cope described A NEW SPECIES OF SNAKE, from 

 the District of Columbia, closely related to the common Water 

 Snake, Tropidonotus sipedon, which he proposes to call T. bi- 

 sectus.\ He also spoke upon THE HYOID APPARATUS IN THE 

 URODELE BATRACHIANS. 



Dr. George Vasey made some remarks upon A RECENT COL 

 LECTION OF MEXICAN GRASSES, OBTAINED BY DR. E. PALMER, 

 and exhibited specimens of the rarer species. 



Prof. R. E. C. Stearns read a paper on THE ASCLEPIAD 

 PLANT, ARAUJIA ALBANS, and explained the mechanism of its 

 blossoms in capturing Lepidoptera. This subject was further 

 discussed by Prof. Riley, Mr. Smith, Prof. Ward, Dr. Baker, 

 and Prof. Cope. 



* 1887. Amer. Nat., xxi, No. 2, pp. 191-193. 



f 1887. STEJNEGER, LEONHARD. Birds of Kauai Island* Hawaiian Ar 

 chipelago, collected by Mr. Valdemar Knudsen, with descriptions of nerv 

 species. <Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., x, pp. 75-102. 



J 1887. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., x, p. 146. 



1887. STEARNS, R. E. C. Araujia albens as a moth trap. <Am. 

 Nat., xxi, pp. 501-507. 



