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BULLETIN 



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WISCONSIN NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY. 



Vol. 8. APRIL, 1910. No. 2 



PROCEEDINGS. 



Milwaukee, Wis., Jan. 13, 1910. 



Meeting of the combined sections. 



Vice-president Ward in the chair. Nine people present. 



Minutes of the last meeting- read and approved. 



Mr. Ward announced that Miss Florence Olcott, 6S6 National Ave., 

 and Mr. Hermann B. Beckmann, 668 Buffum St., had been elected to 

 active membership in the society by the hoard of directors. 



Mr. Ward then read two communications addressed to him by 

 Mr. Beatty, the secretary of the Wisconsin Academy of Science. Arts 

 and Letters, announcing the met ting of the Academy in Milwaukee on 

 Feb. 17th and 18th and asking the society to co-operate by attendance 

 at the meetings and by the presentation of papers. Dr. Grasnicher 

 moved that the society accept the invitation to co-operate and that 

 Mr. Ward he requested to so inform th : secretary of the Aca Icmy. 

 Seconded by Mr. Colics and passed. 



Mr. Ward then gave a resume of his December talk on migration 

 of Mammals and Birds together with the chief theory of the migration 

 of birds. He also cited some of the most interesting specific inci- 

 dences of the migration of seals. 



A spirited discussion was then held on the applicability of the 

 theory that migration of birds originated in the glacial epoch. The 

 following members participated in the discussion: Dr. Graenicher, 

 Dr. Dernehl. Miss Elmer, Messrs. Colics. Ward, and Carpenter. 

 Upon motion the meeting then adjourned. 



