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Fig. 9. Outer view of the skeleton of the right pectoral limb of Crotophaga sulciros- 

 tris, from the same individual that furnished the skull and mandible shown in 

 Fig. 8 of this Plate. 



Fig. 10. Ventral aspect of the sternum, coracoids and os furcula of Centropus 

 superciliosus. Adult specimen. (From Spec. No. 19112, Coll. U.S.Nat. Mus.) 



Fig. 11. Right lateral aspect of the spinal column and the trunk skeleton of adult 

 specimen of Crotophaga sulcirostris, from the same individual that furnished the 

 skull shown in Fig. 8 and the pectoral limb shown in Fig. 9. 



Fig. 12. Superior aspect of the lower mandible of Centropus supercilioszis, from the 

 same specimen that furnished the sternum shown in Fig. 10. 



Fig. 13. Dorsal aspect of the pelvis of Centropus superciliosus, from the same indi- 

 vidual that furnished the sternum shown in Fig. 10 and the lower jaw in Fig. 12 

 of this Plate. 



FlG. 14. Right lateral aspect of the spinal column and the trunk skeleton of Diplop- 

 terus ncevius. Adult. (Spec. No. 19,221, Coll. U. S. Nat. Mus.) The scapulae 

 have been broken off and there is a fracture of the right coracoid. 



FlG. 15. Right lateral aspect of the skull and lower mandible of Diplopterus ncevius. 

 This skull is from the specimen that furnished the trunk skeleton shown in Fig. 

 14 of this Plate. 



Stated Meeting, January 18, 1901. 



J. Cheston Morris in the Chair. 



Present, 8 members. 



The decease of Baron de Selys Longchamps, at Liege, 

 Belgium, on December 11, 1900, at the age' of 86, was an- 

 nounced. 



Prof. Thomas H. Montgomery presented for the Transac- 

 tions u A Study of the Chromosomes of the Germ Cells of 

 Yortozoa." '^z, 



Mr. Joseph Willcox called attention to some meteorologi- 

 cal deceptions practiced upon box turtles in the vicinity of 

 Philadelphia this winter. 



Dr. I. Minis Hays was chosen Librarian for the ensuing 

 year. 



The following Standing Committees were appointed for the 

 year : 



Finance. — Philip C. Garrett, William Y. McKean, Joel 

 Cook. 



