VIII BIOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON. 



Mr. F. W. True read a paper on the CHANGES IN THE CAT 

 ALOGUES OF AMERICAN MAMMALS SINCE 1877. 



On motion of Mr. Goode, Mr. True was requested to com 

 plete the review for presentation at a future meeting, 



Dr. T. H. Bean presented a paper entitled DISTRIBUTION 

 AND SOME CHARACTERS OF OUR SALMONID.E.* Discussed by 

 Dr. Vasey, Dr. Merriam, and Messrs. Goode, Cope, and True. 



Dr. Cooper Curtice read a paper on SOME EARLY STAGES IN 

 THE LIFE HISTORY OF T^NIA PECTiNATA.t Discussed by a 

 number of members, among them Messrs. True, Cope, Riley, 

 Mason, Goode, Howard, Merriam, and VanDeman. 



ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-THIRD MEETING, 

 March 10, 1888. 



The President in the chair, and thirty-five members present. 



Mr. F. W. True completed his review of the CHANGES IN 

 THE CATALOGUES OF NORTH AMERICAN MAMMALS SINCE 

 1877. Discussed by Messrs. Goode, Dall, and Merriam. 



Dr. .Theodore Gill presented a review of THE CLASSIFICA 

 TION OF THE COTTOIDEOUS FlSHES.J 



Dr. George Vasey read a paper on the FOREIGN TREES AND 

 SHRUBS CULTIVATED IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. Dis 

 cussed by Messrs. True, Vasey, Riley, Stejneger, and VanDe 

 man. 



Dr. C. H. Merriam read a DESCRIPTION OF A NEW SPECIES 

 OF AMERICAN SKUNK. 



ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FOURTH MEETING, 

 March 24, 1888. 



Vice-President Riley in the chair, and thirty -three members 

 present. 



* 1888. American Naturalist, April. 



t 1888. The Life History of Tcenia pectinata < Science, .Vol. xi, p. 137, 

 March 23, 1888. 



t 1889. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 



