270 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1896. 



titles of saturday lectures for 1896. 



Course 1. 



March 21.— The Battle of the Forest. Dr. B. E. Fernow. 



March :JS. — The Adaptation of Plants to the Desert. F. V. Coville. 



April .^.— The Spread of the Rabbit. T. S. Palmer. 



April 11. — Insect Mimicr.y. L. O. Howard. 



April IS. — The Persistence of Functionless Structures. F. A. Lucas. 



Course 3. 



April -25. — Relation of Primitive Peoples to Environment, illustrated by American 



examples. Maj. J. W. Powell. 

 May J. — The Dependence of Industrial Arts on Environment. Prof. O. T. Mason. 

 May 0. — The Japanese Nation— a Typical Product of Environment. Gardiner G, 



Hubbard. 

 May 16. — The Tusayan Ritual: A Study of the Influence of Environment on 



Aboriginal Cults. Dr. J. Walter Fewkes. 

 May 23. — The Relation between Institutions and Environment. W J McGee. 



