RECORDS OF MEETINGS. 823 



McCall, accepting Fellowship; from Alfred Craven, declining 

 Fellowship. 



The President announced the gift by Dr. Malcolm Storer, of 

 six portraits of scientific men, P. C. Asbjornsen, R. W. Bmisen, 

 Leopold Gmelin, Julius Adolph Stockhardt, Jeffries Wyman, and 

 a group of members of the Math.-nat. Classe of the Kais. Akad. 

 der Wissenschaften, Wien, the property of the late Dr. Francis 

 H. Storer. 



The following communication was given: Ideational Behavior 

 of Monkeys and Apes. By Professor R. M. Yerkes. 



Professor W. M. Davis showed three portraits of Darwin, in 

 youth, in middle age and in old age, and three portraits of Dana, 

 at the same periods of life. 



Professor E. S. Morse also exhibited a portrait of Darwin as 

 an old man, considered by his family as the best in existence, also 

 an interesting portrait of Darwin's mother. 



The meeting then adjourned. 



One thousand and fifty-second Meeting. 



December 8, 1915. — Stated Meeting. 



The Academy met at its House. 



The President in the Chair. 



There were twenty-six Fellows and two guests present. 



The Librarian announced the acquisition of the late Professor 

 Watson's scientific books, drawings and models and stated the 

 conditions of the bequest, referring to its exceptional character 

 and value. 



The Corresponding Secretary announced the lapse of Fellow- 

 ship of Mordecai Thomas Endicott and the transference of Samuel 

 Eliot Morison from Class IIL, Section 4 to Class IIL, Section 3. 



The following communication was presented. 



"On the Microscopic Structure of Vegetable Organisms found 

 in Coal," by Professor E. C. Jefl'rey. A general discussion fol- 

 lowed. 



The meeting then adjourned. 



