MINUTES OF MEETINGS. 



NovEMBKR 5, 1908. — Regular Monthly Meeting. Vice 

 President Henry L. Broomall in the chair. Reports of Cura- 

 tors and Committees, payment of current bills, etc. The 

 Committee on Lectures reported the appointment of the fol- 

 lowing sub-committees for the season of 1908-1909 : — 



October — Mrs. C. M. Broomall, Henry L,. Broomall 



Nov'ember — Dr. J. Miller Kenworthy, Dr. Trimble Pratt 



December — C. M. Broomall, C. Edgar Ogden 



January — Anne J. Darlington, Dr. B. M. Underbill 



February — Robinson Tyndale, Dr. J. C. Starbuck 



Marcli — Homer E. Hoopes, Dr. E. D. Fitch 



April — T. Cbalkley Palmer, Edward V. vStreeper, Jr. 



After the business of the meeting Dr. E. D. Fitch exhibited 

 specimens collected by him in the petrified forests of Arizona. 

 Questions arose as to the cause of the variety of color exhi- 

 bited in the specimens and also as to the cause of their lateral 

 cleavage, but no explanation for these phenomena was forth- 

 coming. On motion adjourned. 



November 12, igo8. — Adjourned Meeting. Round Table 

 Talk. Open discussion of subjects of natural and historic 

 interest. 



November 19, 1908. — Adjourned Meeting. Illustrated 

 lecture, "A Bit of Western Wonderland," by Dr. E. D. Fitch. 



December 3, 1908. — Regular Monthl}' Meeting. Vice 

 President Henry L. Broomall in the chair. Reports of Cura- 

 tors and Committees, etc. The Publication Committee reported 

 that Volumes I, II and III of the ProceEdinCxS had been 

 bound into book form and placed in the Library. Under the 

 head of scientific business CM. Broomall presented a living 

 specimen of the Newt commonly called the Red lift, picked 

 up along the roadside near Cruni Creek. A general discussion 

 f(jllo\ved concerning the distinctions between salamanders and 

 lizards and concerning Amphibia and Reptilia in general. 



