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SCIENCE 



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The embryonic colmnella auria of the lizard, 

 JEwmeces: Edward L. Eice, Ohio Wealeyan Uni- 

 versity. 



Phenotypes ia coat colors in mice: J. A. Detlef- 

 SEN and Elmer Egberts, Laboratory of Genet- 

 ics, College of Agriculture, University of lUi- 

 noisL 



Demonstration of synapsis stages in the chromo- 

 somes of grouse locusts and other grasshoppers: 

 W. E. B. EOBERTSON, University of Kansas. 



Feathers iUustratinig the inheritance of color in 

 varieties of the domestic turkey: W. E. B. 

 EoBERTSON, University of Kansas. 



The development of the asexual larvee in Para- 

 eopidosomopsis : J. T. Patterson, University of 



Full proceedings of the meeting togeither -with 

 abstracts of papers and a list of members and their 

 addresses will be found in the Anatomical Becord 

 for January, 1920. 



W. C. Allee, 

 Secreta/ry 



THE MINERALOGICAL SOCIETY OF 

 AMERICA 



At a meeting held in the quarters of the 

 Department of Mineralogy at Harvard Uni- 

 versity on December 30 a group of 28 mineral- 

 ogists from all sections of the United States, 

 including representatives from Canada, or- 

 ganized a nevF society to be known as the 

 Mineralogical Society of America. This ac- 

 tion was the outcome of a movement started 

 at the Albany meeting of the Geological 

 Society of America in 1916 for the bringing 

 together into a permanent organization of 

 workers in science whose interest lay largely 

 or wholly in mineralogy, crystallography or 

 those allied sciences which include physical 

 crystallography and mineral synthesis. 



A provisional Constitution and By-Laws 

 were adopted which defined the object of the 

 society as the advancement of mineralogy, 

 crystallography and the allied sciences and 

 provided for several forms of membership, as 

 follows : 



1. Fellows, who are to be nominated by the 

 council, must qualify for eligibility by having 

 produced some published results of research 

 in mineralogy, crystallography or the allied 

 sciences. Fellows are eligible for office in the 



society and may vote upon amendments to 

 the Constitution. 



2. Members, who comprise persons who are 

 engaged in or interested in mineralogy, crys- 

 tallography or the allied sciences, but who are 

 not qualified for fellowship. Membership 

 carries with it the right to vote upon all 

 matters except the amendment of the Con- 

 stitution, but members are not eligible for 

 office. 



The Constitution also provides for Patrons, 

 who shall have conferred material favors upon 

 the society and Correspondents, or residents 

 outside of North America who are sufficiently 

 distinguished in the subjects for which the 

 society stands to warrant their receiving this 

 recognition. 



Because it was recognized that the com- 

 paratively small attendance at the meeting 

 did not adequately represent the probable 

 initial membership of the society, the lists of 

 charter fellows and members have been kept 

 open Tontil a later meeting of the society. 



It is expected that the general membership 

 of the society at the close of 1920 will number 

 some 350 to 400 fellows and members. 



It was decided to publish a journal devoted 

 to mineralogy, crystallography and the allied 

 sciences, which shall be the official organ of 

 the society, and which the general member- 

 ship of the society shall be entitled to receive. 

 The present plan is to enlarge the American 

 Mineralogist to include research papers and 

 abstracts, but at the same time to retain the 

 valuable features of this publication which 

 has become recognized as of permanent inter- 

 est to such collectors and amateurs who are 

 eligible to membership but not fellowship. 

 The council of the society has under con- 

 sideration the question of affiliation with the 

 Geological Society of America. 



The provisional officers of the new society 

 which were elected at the December meeting 

 are: President, E. H. Kraus, of the Univer- 

 sity of Michigan; Vice-president, T. L. 

 Walker, of the University of Toronto; Secre- 

 tary, H. P. Whitlock, of the American Museum 

 of Natural History; Treasurer, A. B. Peck, 

 of the Bureau of Standards, Washington; 



