152 PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OF [April, 



April 15. 



The President, Samuel G. Dixon, M.D., LL.D., in the Chair. 



Thirty-nine persons present. 



The deaths of the following members were announced: John S. 

 Billings, M.D., March 11, and George McClellan, M.D., March 31. 



The Publication Committee reported the acceptance of papers 

 under the following titles for publication in the Proceedings: 



"Notes on serpents in the Family Colubridae, " by Joseph C. 

 Thompson, Surg. U. S. N. (March 27). 



"Amphibians and reptiles from Ecuador, Venezuela, and Yucatan," 

 by Henry W. Fowler (March 28). 



"Notes on the types of ,some American spiders in European 

 collections," -by Nathan Banks (April 10). 



"On a collection of birds obtained by the Francis E. Bond Expe- 

 dition to the Orinoco Delta," by Witmer Stone (April 14). 



A paper entitled "Some aboriginal sites in Louisiana and Arkan- 

 sas," by Clarence B. Moore, was accepted for publication in the 

 Journal (April 14). 



John M. Macfarlane, M.D., made a communication on the 

 origin and distribution of animals and plants. (No abstract.) 

 • The subject was discussed by Drs. Calvert and Pilsbry. 



The following were ordered to be printed: 



