MEETINGS OF SOCIETIES 83 
The New York Academy of Sciences holds its meetings as 
follows, at 8:15 P.M.: 
First Mondays.—Business meeting and Section of Geology 
and Mineralogy. 
Second Mondays.—Section of Biology. 
Third Mondays.—Section of Astronomy, Physics and Chem- 
istry. 
Fourth Mondays.—Section of Anthropology and Psychology. 
On Tuesday evenings on varying dates meetings are held by 
the New York Linnzan Society, the New York Mineralogical 
Club and the New York Entomological Society. 
These meetings will continue throughout the month of May 
and then recess will be taken until October. 
As illustrating the wide scope of the work of these societies 
and the general character of the papers presented at the meet- 
ings, we quote the following titles from the monthly bulletins of 
the Scientific Alliance of New York. 
HorratH Pror. Dr. ALBRECHT PENCK of the Imperial Univer- 
sity, Vienna, on “The Glacial Surface Features of the Alps.” Illus- 
trated. 
Pror. Henry FAIRFIELD OsporN on “Recent Discoveries of 
Extinct Animals in the Rocky Mountain Region and their Bearings 
on the Present Problems of Evolution.” Illustrated. 
Pror. J. J. STEVENSON on “‘Recent Advances in our Knowledge 
of the Composition of Coal.”’ 
Pror. JAmEs F. Kemp on “‘ New Sources of Supply of Iron Ore.” 
Pror. W. M. WHEELER on “Ants that Raise Mushrooms.”’  Illus- 
trated. 
Dr. F. A. Lucas on “Whales and Whaling on the Coast of New- 
foundland.”’ Illustrated. 
Pror. James F. Kemp on “The Physiography of the Adiron- 
dacks.”’ Illustrated. 
Pror. F. E. Luoyp on “ Botanical Research at the Desert Labora- 
tory in Arizona.’’ Illustrated. 
Mr. B. S. Bownisu on “Photography in Nature Study.” Illus- 
trated. 
Mr. Frank M. Cuapman on “Florida Bird Life.’’ Illustrated. 
