XIV BIOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON, 



Dr. C. Hart Merriam described A New Species of Wood 

 Rat, Neotoma Bryanti, from Cerros Island, off Lower Cal- 

 ifornia.* 



Mr. Leouliard Stejneger exhibited specimens of several New 

 .Species of Birds from the Sandwich Islands, f and made 

 remarks upon the avifauna of that region. 



Mr. Eaduard Muybridge, of Philadelphia, by invitation, ex- 

 hibited a series of his photographic views of animals in motion, 

 and explained the process of taking them. The assistance of these 

 views in explaining some obscure points in the evolution of ver- 

 tebrates was pointed out by Prof. Cope. 



One Hundred and Fifth Meeting, February 19, 1SS7. 



Prof. Ward, Vice-President, in the chair, and twenty-two per- 

 sons present. 



The presiding ofHcer announced that an invitation had been re- 

 ceived from the Cosmos Club to use its new hall for the future 

 meetings of the Society. It was accepted. 



Prof. E. D. Cope described A New Species of Snake, from 

 the District of Columbia, closely related to the common Water 

 Snake, Tropidonotiis sipedon^ which he proposes to call T. bl- 

 sectus.\ He also spoke upon The Hyoid Apparatus in the 

 Urodele Batrachians. 



Dr. George Vasey made some remarks upon A Recent Col- 

 lection OF Mexican Grasses, obtained by Dr. E. Palmer, 

 and exhibited specimens of the rarer species. 



Prof. R. E. C. Stearns read a paper on The Asclepiad 

 Plant, Araujia albans,§ and explained the mechanism of its 

 blossoms in capturing Lepidoptera. Tliis subject was further 

 discussed by Prof. Riley, Mr. Smith, Prof. Ward, Dr. Baker, 

 and Prof. Cope. 



* 1887. Amer. Nat., xxi, No. 2, pp. igi-193. 



t 18S7. Stejneger, Leonhard. Birds of Kauai Island. Hawaiian Ar- 

 chipelago, collected by Mr. Valdemar Knudsen, zvifli descriptions of neiv 

 species. <Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., x, pp. 75-102. 



X 1887. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., x, p. 146. 



§1887. Stearns, R. E. C. Araujia albcns as a moth trap. <Ani. 

 Nat., xxi, pp. 501-507. 



