38 Thirty-First Annual Meeting 



presented their report, finding that the treasurer's rej^ort was 

 correct. 



Eeport adopted. 



Ur. Birge : I have a paper from Arthur Sykes of Wisconsin, 

 which, if there is no ol)jection, I would like to present to the 

 societ}'. 



Dr. Birge then read a paper hy Mr. Arthur Sykes on the 

 subject, "Inbreeding Pond-reared Trout." 



Secretary Peabody: That concludes the papers. 



Dr. Birge : We are all greatly disappointed in not hearing 

 Prof. Eeighard's paper and the Joint paper of Prof. Eeighard 

 and Prof. Ward. I suppose that the absence of the lantern 

 makes it impossible to give them. Would it not be possible, 

 however, for them to furnish for the transactions a general 

 statement of the contents of the papers, so that we could get 

 them in printed form. 



Prof. Eeighard : I think it would be possible. 



The President: As a committee to prepare such biographi- 

 cal mention of the members who have died during the past 

 year as may be deemed proper and in accordance with the usages 

 of the society, I will appoint Dr. Bean, Dr. Birge and Mr. Wil- 

 lard to make report at the next meeting of the society. 



Mr. Titcomb: May I enquire if the photographs furnished 

 by Mr. Lydell will be published with his paper? 



The Secretary: Yes, I intend to have them in. I have se- 

 lected some. 



The President: I would encpiire if the lectures with lantern 

 slides, "A Method of Measitring the Efficiency of Quantitative 

 Plankton Xets," and "The ^Meaning of the Secondary Sexual 

 Characters of Certain Fresh Water Fishes," could be given in 

 the transactions without the slides. 



Prof. Eeighard : T do not think so. A good many of the 

 illustrations are colored. I think the most that could be at- 

 tempted Avould be an abstract of the articles, perhaps with some 

 illustrations. 



^Ir. William H. Boardman,'of Ehode Island: A good many 

 of us who come here eager to learn are confronted with a rather 

 perplexing situation. These topics are taken up, jiapers pre- 



