PROCEEDINGS. 



ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIRST MEETING, 

 February n, 1888. 



The President in the chair, and twenty -two members present. 



The President announced the death of Dr. \sa Gray, of 

 Cambridge, and of Mr. G. W. Tryon, of Philadelphia. 



Dr. C. Hart Merriam presented a communication entitled A 

 NEW Fox FROIVI CALIFORNIA.* Discussed by Mr. Ward and 

 Mr. Fernow. 



Mr. Robert T. Hill read a paper on THE VARIATIONS OF 

 EXOGYRA COSTATA, and a second paper entitled GRYPHEA 

 PITCHERI. Discussed by Dr. Dall. 



Prof. C. V. Riley read a communication on THE INSECTI 

 VOROUS HABITS OF THE ENGLISH SPARROW.! Discussed by 

 Mr. Fernow and Mr. Hallock. 



A paper by Dr. Theodore Gill THE CHARACTERS OF THE 

 FAMILY ELACATID^| was read by Dr. T. H. Bean. 



ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-SECOND MEETING, 

 February 25, 1888. 



Vice-President Ward in the chair, and thirty-four members 

 present. 



* 1888. Merriam, C. Hart. Description of a new Fox from Southern 

 California [I'ulpes maci otis~\ <Proc. Biol. Soc. Washn., Vol. iv, pp. 

 J 35-138. 



t 1889. Riley. C. V. The Insectivorous Habits of the English Spar 

 row < Bulletin No. i. Division of Ornithology, U. S. Dept. Agric., pp. 

 111-133. Issued June 24, 1889. 



J 1888. Gill, Theodore. The Characteristics of the Elacatids <Proc. 

 U. S. Nat. Mus., Vol. x, 612-614, 1887, pi. xxxix. Issued Sept. 19. 



