SECTION G ANIMAL MORPHOLOGY 



(Hall 2, September 21, 10 a. m.) 



CHAIRMAN: DR. LELAND O. HOWARD, Department of Agriculture, Washington, 



D. C. 

 SPEAKERS : PROFESSOR CHARLES B. DAVENPORT, University of Chicago. 



PROFESSOR ALFRED GIARD, The Sprbonne, Pans. 

 SECRETARY: PROFESSOR C. H. HERRICK, Dennison University. 



THE Chairman of the Section of Animal Morphology, Dr. Leland 

 O. Howard, of the United States Department of Agriculture, in 

 calling the Section to order, briefly spoke of the enormous pro- 

 gress in research in animal morphology during the past decade, and 

 congratulated the Section upon its good fortune in having as its 

 principal speakers such representative workers in this branch of 

 science from Europe and from America. He spoke of the wide range 

 of the investigations which have been conducted for many years 

 by Professor Alfred Giard, and mentioned especially the fact that 

 among European zoologists Professor Giard is probably the best 

 informed concerning the investigations of American workers. His 

 interest in American investigations, and his reviews and comments 

 upon American publications, have endeared him to American 

 biologists, while his own brilliant investigations have commanded 

 our respect. 



The work of Professor C. B. Davenport, the Chairman stated, was 

 too well known to the Section to need any comment from him. 

 His admirable work, and his acknowledged leadership of a new and 

 important school of investigators, are generally acknowledged, and 

 his recent appointment as Director of the Carnegie Institution 

 Station for Experimental Evolution, at Cold Spring Harbor, is 

 the latest recognition of this fact. 



