Vol. XXIV, pp. vii-xii January 23, 1912 



PPxOCEEDINGS 



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BIOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON 



PROCEEDINGS. 



The Society meets in the Assembly Hall of the Cosmos Club 

 on alternate Saturdays at S p. m. 



January 7, 1911-477th Meeting. 



President David White in the chair and 51 persons present. 



The president appointed the following committees for the 

 year 1911: 



On Communications: Vernon Bailey, Albert Mann and Paid 

 Bart sch. 



On Publications: W. P. Hay, N. Hollister and J. \V. Gidley. 



Barton \V. Evermann reported observations of the brown 

 rat's catching flies, at Kokomo, Indiana. 



C. D. Marsh made comments on a recent report by Aars on 

 biological investigations in Pake Tanganyika, Africa. 



The following communications were presented: 

 1 Notes on the Aspens ": I. Tidestrom. 



' Some Nesting Habits of the Water Ousel and the Cuckoos " : 

 N. Dearborn. 



"A Recently Imported Enemy of Alfalfa": F. M. Webster. 



January 21, 1911 — 478th Meeting. 



The president in the chair and 175 persons present. 

 The following communication was presented: 

 ' Collecting Big Game with Roosevelt in Africa": Edmund 



Heller. 



February 4, 1911— 479th Meeting. 



The president in the chair and (34 persons present. 

 The following communications were presented: 



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