November 27, 1908] 



SCIENCE 



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from a large part of the Western Passenger 

 Association territory are now on the basis of 

 two cents per mile; hence, with the reduced 

 fares from the three cities named, the net rate 

 amounts practically to a rate of a fare and three 

 fifths for the round trip. A rate of a fare and 

 three fifths has also been requested from the 

 Southern and the Trans-Continental Passenger 

 Associations, but decisions have not yet been 

 received. 



The Belvidere Hotel wiU be the hotel head- 

 quarters of the association. The Stafford and 

 the Eennert and probably other hotels wiU be 

 the headquarters for some of the affiliated 

 societies. 



There will be printed in Science next week 

 a list of the societies that will meet during 

 convocation week. In addition to those 

 printed previously, the following notices in 

 regard to these societies have been received: 



AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ZOOLOGISTS 



The annual meeting of the Eastern Branch 

 of the American Society of Zoologists wiU. be 

 held at Baltimore, Md., December 29, 30 and 

 31, 1908. By constitutional provision of the 

 American Society of Zoologists this is also 

 the regular triennial meeting of the Eastern 

 and Central Branches, and therefore, since 

 the joint meeting falls this time in the ter- 

 ritory of the Eastern Branch, that branch will 

 act as host. Members of the society are 

 urged to send the titles of their papers to the 

 secretary of the Eastern Branch not later than 

 December 5, so that a preliminary program 

 may be issued about December 10. It will 

 be necessary to place the papers received after 

 that date at the end of the list. Nominations 

 for membership, accompanied by full state- 

 ments of the qualifications of the candidates 

 must be in the hands of the secretaries before 

 December 1, in order that the list may be 

 submitted to the executive committee of each 

 branch before the meeting. Nominations for 

 membership in the Central Branch should be 

 sent to Professor Thomas G. Lee, Acting 

 Secretary, University of Minnesota, Min- 

 neapolis, Minn. Nominations for membership 



in the Eastern Branch should be sent to the 

 undersigned. Lorande Loss Woodruff, 



Secretary, Eastern Branch 

 Yale Univeksitt, 

 New Haven, Conn. 



the american society of vertebrate 

 paleontologists 



The next meeting of the American So- 

 ciety of Vertebrate Paleontologists wiU be 

 held at Baltimore, December 28 to 30. The 

 winter meetings of the Geological Society 

 of America and the American Association for 

 the Advancement of Science will be held at 

 the same time and place. The meeting in 

 conjunction with these societies is especially 

 important, as the question of the future 

 affiliation or relationship of the vertebrate 

 paleontologists will be brought before the so- 

 ciety by the committee appointed last year, 

 and decided at this meeting. In addition to 

 other advantages, members of the American 

 Society of Vertebrate Paleontologists will 

 have convenient opportunity to visit Wash- 

 ington either before or after the meetings 

 and to examine the great collections of the 

 National Museum. W. D. Matthew, 



Secretary-Treasurer 



Ameeican Museum of Natural History, 

 New York 



GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 



The twenty-first annual meeting of the 

 Geological Society of America will be held in 

 the rooms of the geological department of 

 Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Decem- 

 ber 29-31, inclusive, in afiiliation with the 

 American Association for the Advancement 

 of Science. The regular circular of informa- 

 tion will be issued shortly. Fellows intending 

 to offer papers for reading are urged to send 

 to the secretary without delay for the regula- 

 tion blanks for the entry of title. Arrange- 

 ments have been made in conjunction with 

 Section E of the association for a symposium 

 on correlation which will add greatly to the 

 interest and value of the meeting. 



E. O. HOVEY, 

 Secretary 



American Museum of Natural History, 

 New York 



