578 proceedings: biological society 



Journal (pp. 533-558). It was discussed by Col. W. B. Greeley, 

 Chief of Forest Service; Dr. George Otis Smith, Director of the U. 

 S. Geological Survey; Dr. F. G. Cottrell, Director of the Bureau of 

 Mines; Hon. Martin Morrison, President of the Civil Service Com- 

 mission; and Mr. Lewis Meriam, Assistant Director of the Institute 

 for Government Research. 



\\'iLLiAM R. Maxon, Recording Secretary. 



BIOLOGICAL SOCIETY 



608TH MEETING 



The 608th meeting was held at 8.30 p.m., March 6, 1920, in the 

 lecture hall of the Cosmos Club, with Vice-President \"ernon BailEy 

 in the chair and 50 persons present. The minutes of the meetings held 

 on February 7 and February 21 were read and approved. On recom- 

 mendation of the Council, Mr. Tracey I. Storer, of the Museum of 

 Vertebrate Zoolog\% Berkeley, Calif., and Miss Penelope Brown, 

 East Falls Church, Va., were elected to membership. 



Under the heading of Briej notes and exhibition of specimens, Dr. 

 M. B. WaiTE exhibited the panicled buds of Paulownia tomentosa, call- 

 ing attention to the rather unusual feature of naked buds, without 

 winter scales or special protection. This is an example, as has already 

 been pointed out, of a tropical tree which had adapted itself physio- 

 logically rather than structurally, in spreading northward, to more 

 severe conditions. 



Prof. A. vS. Hitchcock gave a brief account of his itinerary in his 

 winter's investigation in British Guiana and the biological conditions 

 pre\ailing there, and the opportunities for collecting and study, as yet 

 difficult to use to full advantage. 



Regular Program 



W. P. Taylor: The birds and mammals of Mount Ranier National 

 Park. 



Air. Taylor spoke on the birds and mammals of Mount Ranier, his 

 communication being illustrated by sixty-four stereopticon slides illus- 

 trating features of the flora, glaciers, scenery, and more especially the 

 birds and mammals of Mount Ranier National Park. Half a dozen 

 of the latter were posture studies of mounted birds or mammals in their 

 natural surroundings, prepared by Prof. W. T. Shaw of the State Col- 

 lege of Washington. All the remainder were from life, being taken 

 principally by W. L. FinlEy of Portland, Oregon, W. T. Shaw and J. B. 

 FlETT of the National Park Service. Especially noteworthy w^ere the 

 photographs of the Cony, Marmot, Chipmunk and Black-tailed Deer. 

 {Author s abstract.) 



Mr. Taylor's paper was discussed by Prof. A. S. Hitchcock. 



D. R. Crawford: The life history of the spiny lobster. 



The spiny lobster iPanulirus argus) is of considerable economic im- 

 portance. The value of the catch brought into Key West in 19 18 was 

 $58,000. The fishermen employ wire traps and the bully net, which 



