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CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 



[Proc. 4th Ser. 



Altmann, William Member November 1, 1917 



Belding, Lyman Life Member November 22, 1917 



Bosqui, Edward Life Member December 8, 1917 



Brown, Arthur Life Member March 7, 1917 



Currv, David A Member April 30, 1917 



Hittell, Theodore H Life Member February 23, 1917 



Matson, WilHam Member October 11, 1917 



Scofield. D. G Member Julv 30, 1917 



McDonald, Mark L Life Member March 8, 1917 



Von Hoffmann, Charles Life Member May 14, 1917 



Steinhart, Ignatz Patron May 15, 1917 



The Academy carries on its list of patrons the following 

 names : 



Living 



Bourn, William B. 

 Crocker, William H. 

 Dunne, Peter F. 

 Fleishhacker, Herbert 



Grant, Joseph D. 

 Hosmer, Mrs. Charlotte 

 Macomber, A. Kingsley 

 Morrison, Alexander F. 



Alvord, William 

 Crocker, Charles 

 Hendrie, John W. 



Deceased 



Lick, James 

 Steinhart, Ignatz 



The present membership of the Academy is 460, made up of 



Patrons 6 



Honorary Members 29 



Life Members '. 79 



Fellows 4 



Members 342 



During the year 1917, 10 free lectures have been delivered at 

 the stated meetings of the Academy, as follows : 



January 17. "The structure and development of the molluscan shell." 



Dr. F. M. McFarland, Professor of Histology, Stan- 

 ford University. 



March 21. "The interdependence of field and laboratory investi- 



gation in biology." 



Dr. William E. Ritter, Director Scripps Institution 

 for Biological Research. 



April 18. "The English Sparrow." 



Dr. J. Rollin Slonaker, Professor of Physiology, Stan- 

 ford University. 



May 16. "History of the sloth group in America." 



Dr. Chester Stock. 



June 20. "Bird migration in California." 



Dr. H. C. Bryant, California Fish and Game Commis- 

 sion. 



July 18. "The Pyramid Lake and other bird rookeries." 



Dr. Barton Warren Evermann, Director of the Mu- 

 seum, California Academy of Sciences. 



