THE AMERICAN MUSEUM JOURNAL 



April 19. — Mr. Luther F. McKinney, "The Republic of 

 Colombia and the Panama Canal." 



April 23. — Prof. Henry E. Crampton, "The Higher Back- 

 boned Animals." 



MEETINGS OF SOCIETIES. 



The meetings of the New York Academy of Sciences in April 

 and May will be held in accordance with the following programme. 

 The papers to be delivered on each evening may be learned on 

 application at the Museum, or to the Secretary of the New York 

 Academy of Sciences, Columbia University. 



April 4. — Business meeting and Section of Astronomy, Phy- 

 sics and Chemistry. 



April 1 1 . — Section of Biology. 



April 18. — Section of Geology and Mineralogy. 



April 25. — Section of Anthropology and Psychology. 



May 2. — Business meeting and Section of Astronomy, Phy- 

 sics and Chemistry. 



May 9. — Section of Biology. 



May 16. — Section of Geology and Mineralogy. 



May 23. — Section of Anthropology and Psychology. 



All these meetings are held in the ]\Iuseum and the public 

 is invited to attend them. 



The Linn^an Society holds its regular meetings at the Museum 

 on the second and fourth Tuesdays of each month, while the 

 Entomological Society meets on the first and third Tuesdays. 



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