364 transactions of the [oct. 11, 



Stated Meeting. 



October 11th, 1891. 



The Academy met with President Stevenson in the chair. 



The minutes of the last meeting were read and approved. 



The following nominations of new members were made : 



Honorary — Dr. Fridtjof Nansen, Christiania, Norway. 



Resident— Dr. G. S. Allan, 51 W. 37th St.; E. C. Brown, 280 

 Broadway ; W. S. Day, 203 W. 85th St. ; Francis E. Lloyd, 

 Teachers' College ; Emerson McMillin, 40 Wall St.; Andrew 

 Shiland, Jr., 262 W. 78th St. 



The Section of Biology then organized, Professor Wilson in 

 the chair ; thirty-five persons present. 



After reading the minutes, the following programme was 

 presented : 



C. L. Bristol, " Preliminary Peport on the New York Univer- 

 sity Biological Expedition to the Bermudas, 1897." 



H. E\ Osborn, " A Palseontological Reconaissance." 



Gr. N. Calkins, " Preliminary Report on the Columbia UniA'cr- 

 sity Zoological Expedition to Alaska, 1897." 



0. S. Strong, " The Summer at the Marine Biological Labora- 

 tory at Wood's Holl, Mass." 



Professor Bristol briefly rej^orted on the scope of the work 

 done during the summer at the Bermudas, giving an outline of 

 the plan of operation and the typical forms of life observed. 



Professor Osborn described the summer's work of the palseon- 

 tological expedition from the American Museum of Natural His- 

 tory to Colorado, and especially the finding of a huge dinosaur, 

 in Wyoming, a complete fossil horse, and a llama in the Huerfano 

 fossil beds of Colorado. 



Mr. Calkins reported on the results of the Columbia Univer- 

 sity Zoological Expedition to Puget Sound and Alaska, dcscrib- 



