XIV BIOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON. 



Mr. Sud worth presented a communication on the COLOR 

 AND ODOR OF FLOWERS IN ATTRACTING INSECTS. Dis 

 cussed by Messrs. Howard and Marlatt. 



Mr. Stedman exhibited and described a fine specimen illus 

 trating the-EMBYRO OF A CHICK WITH Two PROTOVERTEBR^e. 



Dr. Merriam spoke of DISTRIBUTION OF ANIMAL AND 

 VEGETABLE LIFE. Discussed by Dr. Curtice and Messrs. 

 Waite, Test and Holzinger. 



ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-FIFTH MEETING, 

 March 21, 1891. 



Ex- President Ward in the chair, and twenty-eight members 

 present. 



Mr. W. A. Taylor was elected an active member. 



Dr. Dall presented a paper on the AGE OF T-HE PEACE 

 CREEK BONE BEDS IN FLORIDA.* 



Dr. Shufeldt read a communication on A COLLECTION OF 

 FOSSIL BIRDS FROM THE EQUUS BEDS OF OREGON, f 



Mr. F. A. Lucas spoke of A POINT IN THE ANATOMY OF 

 HESPERORNIS. 



Mr. F. H. Knowlton presented a communication entitled 

 WHAT ARE CYPRESS KNEES ? Discussed by Prof. Ward and 

 Mr. R. L. Garner. 



ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-SIXTH MEETING. 

 April 4, 1891. 



Vice- President Walcott in the chair, and thirty-two mem 

 bers present. 



Dr. Cornelius B. Boyle was elected an active member of the 

 Society. 



* Bulletin 84, U. S. Geol. Survey. (In press). 



t To be published in the Acad. of Nat. Sciences of Phila. Abstracts 

 <Amer. Nat. Sept. 1891, pp. 818-821. The Auk, Vol. viii, Oct., 1891, 

 PP- 365-368. 



