Proceedings. vu 



Dr. Nordqvist of Finland was present as a guest of the 

 Society, 



The Rev. Sheldon Jackson spoke on The Introduction 

 OF Reindeer in Alaska.* The subject was further dis- 

 cussed by Messrs. Gill, Stejneger, Merriam, Dall, Ever- 

 mann, Townsend and Nordfeldt. 



Mr. M. B. Waite treated of The Variation of the Fruit 

 OF the Pear due to Difference of Pollen. f 



Mr. E. M. Hasbrouck read a paper On the Development 

 of the Appendages of the Cedar Wax wing.:}; 



Mr. F. A. Lucas read an article on The Food of Hum- 

 ming Birds. S 



Two Hundred and Eighth Meeting, 

 March 11, 1893. 



The President in the chair, and forty-eight members 

 present. 



Messrs. Outram Bangs of Boston, Mass., Herljert Brown 

 of Tucson, Arizona, and Miss Florence A. Merriam of Lo- 

 cust Grove, N. J., were elected corresponding members. 



Dr. Frank Baker read a paper entitled Recent Discov- 

 eries in the Nera^ous System. || The subject was further 

 discussed by Dr. Wm. A. Hanuuond and Prof. Ward. 



Mr. Vernon Bailey spoke upon The Burrows of Five- 

 toed Kangaroo Rats, which called forth remarks from 

 Messrs. Baker, Bailey, Merriam and Coville. 



^Report on Introduction of Domestic Reindeer into Alaska, with Maps 

 and Illustrations. <Misc. Doc. No. 22, 52nd Congress, 2nd Session, 39 

 pp., Washington, D. C, 1893. 



fEffects of Different Kinds of Pollen on the Character of the Fruit 

 (Chap. V of the Pollination of Pear Flowers). <Bull. No. 5, Div. Veg. 

 Path., U. S. Dept. Agric, pp. 55-74, Pis. i-xii, 1894. 



jA presumably new fact relative to the Cedar Wax wing {Ampelis 

 cedrorum), with remarks upon the importance of a thorougJa knowledge of 

 first plumages. <Science, N. Y., xxi, pp. 144, 145, March 17, 1893. 



^^The Auk, Vol. x, pp. 311-315, Oct. 1893. 



l|The New York MedicalJournal, Ivii, pp. 657-663, 685-692, figs. 1-28, 

 June 17 and 24, 1893. 



