PROCEEDINGS. XXXV 



The President announced the proposal to pubHsh a second edi- 

 tion of Vol. I of the Proceedings of the Biological Society, should 

 a sufficient number of subscriptions for copies of the same be made.* 



Thirty-Sixth Meeting, December 8, 1882. 



The President occupied the chair. Thirty-seven members were 

 present. 



The President announced that the Lecture Committee had ar- 

 ranged for a course of Saturday lectures to young people, as fol- 

 lows : 



December- 16, 1882 : Prof. O. T. Mason. The Circle of the 

 Sciences. 



December 2j, 1882: Mr. William H. Dall. Ocean Currents. 



December jo, 1882 : Mr. Frederick W. True. Swinuiiing 

 Quadrupeds. 



faiiitary 6, i88j : Prof. J. W. Chickering, Jr. The Grasses. 



Prof. L. F. Ward stated that the committee appointed at the last 

 meeting to prepare a list of the trees and shrubs growing in the 

 streets, parks, cemeteries, and other public grounds of the District 

 of Columbia had held a meeting and apportioned the work. 



Prof. J. W. Chickering, Jr., being called to the chair, Prof. Gill 

 discussed The Characters and Relations of the Stromateid/e."]" 



Dr. D. W. Prentiss followed with remarks on Changes Pro- 

 duced IN the Bird Fauna ok the District of Columbia by 

 Modification of its Topography.;',; 



'■' A supplementary edition of loo copies was eventually piinted at the cost of 

 the Society. 



f 1S84. Gill, TuEuDORE. Notes on the Stromateidai. <;Pioc. Amer. Phil. 

 Soc, 1884, pp. 664-72. 



j Included in — 



GoUES and Prentiss. Avifauna Columbiana, already cited. 



