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The following is the Twentieth Lecture Course, delivered during 

 the months of October and November, 1903: 



Oct. 3. — "A Visit to the Island of Sumatra." 



Prof. E. E. Barnard, University of Chicago. 



Oct. 10. — "A Tour of the Plant World^apan." (Repeated by 

 request.) 

 Dr. C. F. Millspaugh, Curator, Department of Bot- 

 any. 



Oct. 17. — "Travels on Vancouver Island." 



Mr. Harlan I. Smith, American Museum of Natural 

 History, New York, N. Y. 



Oct. 24. — "Bird Migration." 



Mr. W. E. Praeger, University of Chicago. 



Oct. 31. — "On the Isthmus of Tehuantepec." 



Dr. Seth E. Meek, Assistant Curator, Department 

 of Zoology. 



Nov. 7. — "In Eastern Mexico." 



Dr. Seth E. Meek, Assistant Curator, Department 

 of Zoology. 



Nov. 14. — "Where Sea and River Meet." 



Dr. Chas. B. Davenport, University of Chicago. 



Nov. 21. — "How Ores Grow." 



Mr. Henry W. Nichols, Assistant Curator, Depart- 

 ment of Geology. 



Nov. 28. — "Cats and Dogs, Their Origin and Distribution." 



Dr. S. W. Williston, Associate Curator, Division of 

 Paleontology. 



Publications. — During the year 14 publications of the established 

 series were issued, and the numbers exceed in importance any 

 hitherto published by the institution. Each of the departments 

 has been well represented in this work, as will be noted by a perusal 

 of the list given below. 



The following is a list of the publications issued , and a table show- 

 ing their distribution during the year: 



