XXXVI BIOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON. 



of some New Species of Birds from Cozumel Island, 

 Yucatan.* 



Mr. W. H. Dall made a communication On the Marsupium 

 of Milneria minima,| a small Californian bivalve shell belonging 

 to the family Carditidae. 



Prof. J. W. Chickering, Jr., exhibited a series of drawings and 

 paintings of the flowering plants of the Shenandoah Valley, 

 made by Mr. William T. Allen, a farmer of Gaylord, Clark Co., 

 Virginia. 



Dr. T. H. Bean spoke of Some Features of Collecting 

 at Cozumel Island, Yucatan, J which he had recently visited, 

 with the Fish Commission Steamer Albatross. 



Mr. J.. A. Ryder made a communication upon The Develop- 

 ment of the Mammary Glands in Cetacea,§ based upon 

 recent studies of sections of a female embryo of the black fish 

 ( Globiocephahts me/as) , two inches long. 



Prof. L. F. Ward desci-ibed the Phyllotaxy of Paulownia 

 imperialis, and made some remarks on the general subject of 

 leaf arrangement. 



Seventy-Seventh Meeting, April 4, 1S85. 



Prof. Ward, Vice-President, occupied the chair, and twenty 

 members were present. 



The chair announced that 107 replies had been received in re- 

 sponse to the circulars sent out by the Secretary, asking expres- 

 sions of opinion respecting the proposed change of meeting-day. 

 The greater number indicated a preference for Friday and Satur- 

 day, the same number of votes (thirty-four) having been received 

 in favor of each of those days. On motion of Mr. A. B. Johnson, 

 action upon this question was indefinitely postponed. 



*iSS5. Proc. Biological Society, iii, pp. .21-24. 



f 1885. Okcutt, Charles R. Notes on the Mollusks of the vicinity 

 of San Diego, Cat., and Todos Santos Bay, Lower California, -with com- 

 ments by W. H. Dall. <Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., viii, pp. 534-552, pi. xxiv. 



% New York Times, May 3, 18S5. 



§ 1885. Ryder, John A. On the Development of the Mammary Glands 

 of Cctacea. <Am. Nat., xix (June), pp. 616-618. On the Development 

 of the Mammary Glands and Genitalia of the Cetacea. <Bull. U. S. 

 Fish Com., v, pp. 135-142, one figure in text. 



