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has been for some weeks examining the unmounted Menage, 

 collection of Philippine Islands birds, as part of his plan of 

 working up the birds of Polynesia as he has already done those 

 of the Hawaiian Islands. At the close of his talk he showed 

 many of the birds in his workroom. 



268th Meeting, May 11, 1904. 



Geolog}^ Lecture room, Universit}^ of Minnesota. 



Eighteen persons present ; President Hall in the chair. 



Program : Preliminary report on Campodia Staphylinus, 

 a primitive wingless insect, found for the first time in the 

 West, by Prof. O. W. Oestlund. This insect was discovered! 

 by one of Prof. "Oestlund's pupils, Kenneth Taylor, and was 

 shown under the microscope. A few specimens of Scolpend- 

 rella Alanthia were found associated with it at the same time. 

 Its bearings on Evolution were discussed by Dr. Sardeson,. 

 Prof. Washburn, and others. 



Rise of Geographical Societies in America, by Pres. C. W. 

 Hall. Copies of the geographical magazines were shown in 

 illustration. The lately-formed Geographical Society of Min- 

 nesota, its objects and work, were then outlined. 



269th Meeting, November 9, 1904. 



President Hall's study. University of Minnesota, 4 P. M. 



Five persons present. 



President Hall read a letter from Miss Countryman, 

 Librarian of the Public Library, about storing the museum 

 cases until the room intended for the Academy on the second 

 floor is finished. The former room of the museum has been 

 assigned during the past year by the Library Board to the 

 library. Miss Countryman also suggested a lease of the mu- 

 seum to the Library Board. 



It was announced that a bulletin on the Menage Expedi- 

 tion was ready for printing. 



Program : Dr. Sardeson reported the discovery in this 

 vicinity of a coral Tetradium, and later he had found many 

 of them in a quarry. They occur in the Galena Series. 



H. Gale described Herbert Spencer's scientific method of 

 work as described in his lately published autobiography. 



