CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 



[Proc. 4th Se* 



"Extinct life from Rancho la Brea." 



Dr. J. C. Merriam, Professor of Paleontology, Univer- 

 sity of California. 



"The under-sea world." 



Mr. Zarb T. Pritchard. 

 "Social evolution and eugenic progress." 



Dr. S. J. Holmes, Professor of Zoology, University of 

 California. 

 "A visit to Easter Island." 



Dr. C. A. Kofoid, Professor of Zoology, University of 

 California. 



'Birds of Pyramid Lake." 



Dr. Barton Warren Evermann, Director of the Mu- 

 seum, California Academy of Sciences. 



'Pleistocene caves of California." 



Dr. Chester Stock, Department of Paleontology, Uni- 

 versity of California. 



'Influence of climate and topography upon California's 

 development." 



Dr. H. W. Fairbanks, Supervisor of Geography, Berk- 

 eley Schools. 



'Hawaii Nei." 



Mr. Henry H. Hart. Assistant City Attorney, San 

 Francisco. 

 "The Chinese at home." 



Dr. Bailey Willis, Professor of Geology, Stanford 

 University. 

 "Natural history and manipulation of bees." 



Dr. G. A. Louderback, Professor of Geology, Uni- 

 versity of California. 



"Liquid Air." 



Mr. H. M. Elsey, Chemistry Department, Stanford 



University. 

 "Circulation of the blood." 



Dr. A. A. D'Ancona, Member of San Francisco Board 



of Education. 



"Weeds." 



Miss Alice Eastwood, Curator, Department of Botany, 

 California Academy of Sciences. 



"The growth and transformation of insects." 



Prof. E. O. Essig, College of Agriculture, University 

 of Cahfornia. 



"The distribution of plants in California." 



- Dr. Douglas H. Campibell, Professor of Botany, Stan- 

 ford University. 



The Academy has published during 1917 the following 

 papers in continuation of the Fourth Series of the Proceedings : 



Vol. VI, No. 8, pp. 223-228 



Report of the President of the Academy for the Year 1916 

 by C E. Grunsky. 



Vol. VI, No. 9, pp. 229-294 



Report of the Director of the Museum for the Year 1916 

 by Barton Warren Evermann. 



