ABSTRACTS AND DISCUSSIONS OK PAPERS 417 



HISTORY OF THE APLODONTIA GROUP 

 RY W. P. TAYLOR 



SOME PROBLEMS EyCOUNTERED IN THE STUDY OF FOSSIL BIRDS OF THE 



WEST COAST 



BY L. H. MILLER 



A number of important papers were not reached in tlie program, as 

 the Societ}' adjourned to take part in the excursions on tlie following day. 



Eesolution of Thanks 



Prof. Henrv F. Osl)orn offered a resolution instructing the Secretary 

 to tender to the officers of the American Association for the Advance- 

 ment of Science, to the President of the University of California, and to 

 the President of Stanford T^ni versify the thanks of the members of the 

 Paleontological Society and an appreciation of the courtesies extended to 

 the Society at this meeting. 



The meeting then adjourned. 



Excursions 



Following the meeting a numl)er of the members of the Society par- 

 ticipated in excursions to some of the principal localities of paleontologic 

 interest in California. 



On Saturday, August 7, under the direction of Prof. John C. Merriam, 

 the San Pablo Bay syncline was visited. A section, including faunas 

 from the Chico-Cretaceous to the Eodeo-Pleistocene, was examined In' the 

 party. 



Under the leadershi)) of Prof. A. C. Lawson and Dr. T>. L. Clark, the 

 section near Walnut Creek was examined on IVfonday, August 9, and on 

 the following day IMonnt Diablo was visited. The members of the partv 

 were al)le to examine a section ranging from the Franciscan-Jurassic to 

 the Pleistocene and ollVr'ing much of structural and paleontologic interest. 



The Eicardo Pliocene beds exposed on the Mohave Desert were visited 

 by several members of tlie Society on Thursday, August 12, with Dr. 

 J. P. Buwalda as leader. 



Following the excursion to Ificaido the famous Pleistocene asphalt 

 deposits of Ifancho L;i r.i-cii wei'c \isiteil. under the leadership of ^Ir. 

 Frank S. I )aggett and Professor Meii'iam. on I''ri(hiy, August 13. On 

 the same day the ));irty visited the .Museum of History, Science, and Art, 

 in Los Angeles. 



