XX BIOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON. 



PROM THE New England Fishing Banks,* with the aid of 

 photographs and a life-size crayon sketch. 



Mr. F. W. True gave a review of some of the more important 

 works on Cetaceans published since iSS6. 



Mr. F. A. Lucas read a paper entitled An Alcine Ceme- 

 tery, being the resting-place of the Great Auk on Funk Island, 

 oft" Newfoundland. 



Mr. H. E. Van Diemen called attention to a cluster of the 

 fruit of the date palm, Phcenix dactylifera^ from New Orleans, 

 which he had placed upon the table for examination. 



One Hundred and Sixteenth Meeting, December 3, 1SS7. 



The President in the chair, and thirty-nine persons present. 



Mr. Charles Hallock read a paper descriptive of The Great 

 Roseau Swamp of northwestern Minnesota. 



A communication from Dr. C. A. White, on The Rapid Dis- 

 appearance OF the Shed Antlers of the Cervid^, was 

 read by the Secretary. 



Dr. Theobald Smith made a few remarks upon Peptonizing 

 Ferments among Bacteria. 



Mr. C. D. Walcott exhibited A Fossil Lingula Preserving 

 THE Cast of the Peduncle, from the Hudson Terrane, near 

 Rome, N. Y. 



Prof. Theodore Gill discussed The Phylogeny of the Ce- 

 tacea. 



One Hundred and Seventeenth Meeting, Dec. 17. 1887. 



Dr. C. Hart Merriam. Vice-President, in the chair, and twenty- 

 three persons present. 



Mr. C. L. Hopkins read a paper entitled Notes Relative to 

 THE Sense of Smell iv the Turkey Buzzard. 



Dr. Cooper Curtice described some recent observations respect- 

 ing The Timber Line of Pike's Peak. 



* Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., x (in course of publication). 



