XXXVIII BIOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON. 



Professor Theodore Gill, who delivered an address upon The Prin- 

 ciples OF Zoogeography.^- 



The attendance being small, upon motion of Mr. Goode, it was 

 voted that action upon the pending constitutional amendment 

 be deferred until the next meeting. 



Fortieth Meeting, February 2, 1883. 



The President occupied the chair. Forty-three members were 

 present. 



Article X of the Constitution was amended to read as follows, 

 the changes made being indicated by italics : 



ARTICLE X. 



Fees. 



The initiation fee sliall l^e one dollar; the annual fee, t7vo dollars. Members 

 in arrears for one year shall, after due notification by the Treasurer, be dropped 

 from the rolls, except in tJie case of those absent from the citv for one year or more, 

 lohu may be retained on the list as non-resident members dtirini^ their absence. 

 No member in arrears shall be entitled to vote at the annual meeting for the elec- 

 tion of officers. 



In the discussion of the address delivered by the retiring Presi- 

 dent, Professor Gill, at the last meeting. Prof. Ward, Mr. Dall, 

 Prof. White-, and Mr. Elliott participated, and Prof. Gill spoke at 

 some length in continuation of it. 



Dr. Elliott Coues read a paper upon Zoological Nomenclature 

 APPLIED to Histology. 



Forty-First Meeting, February 16, 1883. 



The President occupied the Chair. Forty members were present. 

 In the discussion of the paper on Zoological Nomenclature Ap- 



" Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, Vol. II, pp. 1-40, 1882-84. E.xtras printed, 

 with cover and title page, as follows: The | Principles of Zoogeography, | \ 

 Presidential Address | delivered at the | Third Anniversary Meeting of the Bio- 

 logical Society | of Washington, January 19, 1883, | by | Theodore Gill, A. M., 

 AL D., Ph. I)., I Member of the National .Vcademv of .Sciences, iSic, &c. | 

 * * * I Washington, \). C. | Judd & Detweiler, Printers. | 1884. 8vo. 40 pp. 



