PROCEEDINGS. XVII 



Mr. E. M. Hasbrouck gave a communication entitled A 

 NEW SPECIES OF MARYLAND YELLOW-THROAT. Discussed 

 by Dr. Merriam. 



Mr. M. B. Waite read two short papers under the titles 

 NOTES ON MELAMPSORA HYDRANGEA AND NOTES ON THE 

 SEED-VESSELS OF THE LOP-REED, PHRYNE LEPTOSTACHYA. 

 Discussed by Mr. Ward. 



Mr. C. D. Walcott gave a note ON THE GENUS OLENOIDES 

 OF MEEK.* Discussed by Mr. Ward. 



Mr. L,. Stejneger presented some NOTES ON PALLAS' COR- 

 MORANT.f Discussed by Mr. Lucas. 



Mr. F. V. Coville read a paper entitled THE FRUIT OF 

 STIPA SPARTEA. Discussed by Dr. Curtice and Mr. Waite. 



Dr. Merriam exhibited specimens of a new species of Ground 

 Hog or Marmot of the genus Arctomys,\ 



ONE HUNDRED AND FORTIETH MEETING, 

 March 9, 1889. 



The President in the chair, and thirty-four persons present. 



Prof. W. B. Barrows read a paper on DANGEROUS SEED- 

 PLANTING BY THE CROW. Discussed by Drs. Merriam 

 and Vasey, and Messrs. Seaman, True, Ward, and Howard. 



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

 SQUIRREL FROM WESTERN ARIZONA. 



Mr. C. D. Walcott presented a communication entitled THE 

 GENUS OLENELLUS OF HALL.|| 



* 1888. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., p. 442. 



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



J 1889. Merriam, C. Hart. Description of a New Marmot [Arctomys 

 dacota] from the Black Hills of Dakota. <N. Am. Fauna, No. 2, Oct. 

 1889, 7-9, pi. viii, figs 7 and 8. 



| 1889. Merriam, C. Hart. Description of a new Species of Ground 

 Squirrel [Tamias leucurus] from the arid lands of the Southwest, 

 <N. Am. Fauna, No. 2, Oct., 1889, 19-21. 



I! To be published in icth Ann. Kept. U. S. Geol. Surv. 



