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material for a monograph of the Phasianidse. This expedition was made 

 under the auspices of the New York Zoological Society and at the sug- 

 gestion and by the financial support of Col. Anthony R. Kuser. In the 

 short time at his disposal, he was able to touch only upon Ceylon and the 

 Himalayas. In Ceylon, the junglefowl peculiar to the island and the 

 India peafowl were studied and their nests and eggs found, and in the 

 Himalayas every genus of pheasant was investigated, from Gennceus 

 melanonotus at six thousand feet, to Ithaginis cruentus at an elevation 

 of fourteen thousand feet. 



The three most important points brought out were the tremendous 

 economic importance of this group, our ignorance of their ecology and 

 the rapidity of their extermination. 



The Section then adjourned. L. Hussakof, 



Secretary. 



SECTION OF ASTRONOMY, PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY. 



20 November, 1911. 



Section met at 8:15 p. m., Vice-President Campbell presiding. 

 The minutes of the last meeting of the Section were read and ap- 

 proved. 



Prof. Charles Lane Poor was nominated for Vice-President of the 

 Academy and Chairman of the Section for 1912. 



Prof. F. M. Pedersen was elected Secretary of the Section for 1912. 

 The Section then adjourned. 



Edward J. Thatcher, 



Secretary. 



SECTION OF ANTHROPOLOGY AND PSYCHOLOGY. 



27 November. 1911. 



Section met in conjunction with tbe New York Branch of the Ameri- 

 can Psychological Association, at 8:15 p. m. 



The minutes of the last meeting of the Section were read and ap- 

 proved. 



The following programme was offered: 



D. 0. Lyon, The Relation of the Quickness of Learning 



to Retentiveness. 

 H. L. Hollingsworth, The Action of Pharmacological Agents as 



an Aid in the Classification of Mental 



Processes. 



