CONTENTS. 



PAGB. 



Officers and Committees for 1887 iv 



Officers and Committees for 188S v 



Joint Commission ^ vi 



Proceedings, February 20, 1886, to January 20, 1888 vii-xxii 



Saturday Lectures, 1886 xxii 



" " 1887 xxiii 



Baird Memorial Meeting xxiii 



Notice of Botanical Section xxiv 



Addresses and Coinmunications : 



Description of a new species of Bat from the Western United 

 States ' Vespertilio ciliolabrnm, sp. nov.), by C. Hart Mer- 

 riam (December 17, 1886*) 1-4 



Description of a new Mouse irom New Mexico ( Hesperomys 



anthonyi, sp. nov.), by C. Hart Merriam (April 15, 18S7*) . 5-8 

 'ie Beginnings of Natural History in America — The Third 

 entury— Annual Address of the President, G. Brown Goode, 

 January 22, 18S7 9-94 



Some American Conchologists. Annual Address of the Presi- 

 dent, William H. Dall, January 28, 1888 95-134 



Description of a new Fox from Southern California { V'ulpes 



macrotis, sp. nov. ), by C. Hart Merriam (Februai-y 18, 1888.*) 135-138 



* Author's separates of the special papers here enumerated were published on the dates given 

 in the parentheses following the author's name. 



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