30 BIOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON. 



c^MiA IN THE Rabbit, produced by the Subcutaneous Injec- 

 tion OF Human Saliva.^ 



This paper was discussed by Messrs, Thomas Taylor, Fletcher, 

 King, Comstock, Ward, and Gill. 



Mr. Ernest Ingersoll read a paper entitled On the Mortality of 

 Marine Animals in the Gulf of Mexico.* 



At the close of the meeting the roll of members was called, and 

 the following persons enrolled themselves as members of the several 

 sections : 



Section I. Messrs. Baker, Birney, Clark, Earll, Gill, Goode, 

 Hoffman, King, Mason, Prentiss, Ridgway, N. P. Scudder, C. W. 

 Scudder, Smiley, Thomas Taylor, True, Ward, Wolfley, Fletcher, 

 Flint, Schuermann, Sternberg. 



Section II. Messrs. Birney, Comstock, Merrill, Patton, Pergande, 

 Riley, Schwarz, Marx, Howard, and Ulke. 



Section III. Messrs. Gill, Sheldon, and Ingersoll. 



Section IV. Messrs. Gill and Rathbun. 



Section V. Messrs. Comstock, Earll, Goode, Gore, Merrill, Pat- 

 ton, Riley, Schwarz, Seaman, Sheldon, Smiley, Thomas Taylor, 

 Vasey, Ward, Williams, Wolfley, Sternberg, Hawes, Flint, and Hoff- 

 man. 



First Field Meeting, April 30, 1881. 



On Saturday, April 30, the Botanical Section held a field meeting 



at High Island, in the Potomac River, above the Chain Bridge. 

 Seventeen members were present. 



Twelfth Meeting, May 6, 1881. 



Vice-President Ward occupied the chair. Twenty-three members 

 were present. 



* iSSi. Sternberg, George M. A fatal form of Septiccemia in the 

 Rabbit, produced by the sub-cutaneous injection of Human Saliva. <^ Studies 

 from the Biological Laboratory of Johns Ilopkini University. II. 1882, pp. 

 183-200. Plate XIV. (March.) 



* 1881. Ingersoll, Ernest. On the Fish Mortality in the Gulf of Mexico. 

 rV. <Proceedings, U. S. National Museum, IV, 1881, pp. 74-80. 



