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birds and reptiles, most of them coming from 
regions not visited by the previous expedition, 
while some are from remote localities never 
before visited by naturalists. After the com- 
pletion of his studies in Europe, Mr. Heller 
will return to Washington, to complete his re- 
port on the mammals of British East Africa. 
THE PACIFIC ASSOCIATION OF SCIEN- 
TIFIC SOCIETIES 
THE second annual meeting of the Pacific 
Association of Scientific Societies will be 
held at Stanford University on April 4, 5, 6, 
1912. Sessions will be held this year on one 
or more of the above days by the following 
eight societies: 
The Technical Society of the Pacific Coast. 
The Cordilleran Section of the Geological Society 
of America. 
The Seismological Society of America. 
Pacific Coast Branch of the American Historical 
Association. 
The Pacific 
Entomologists. 
Pacific Paleontological Society. 
The Biologial Society of the Pacific. 
The California Section of the American Chem- 
ical Society. 
Slope Association of Economic 
There will also meet with the Association 
the LeConte Club and the Mathematical So- 
ciety of the Pacific Coast. 
Friday evening will be used generally for 
dinners and banquets, and on Saturday even- 
ing will be held the general session of the as- 
sociation. President Jordan will give the ad- 
dress of welcome, and among the readers of 
papers will be Professor A. OC. Lawson, Uni- 
versity of California, Professor George 
Hempl, Stanford University, and Director W. 
W. Campbell, of the Lick Observatory. 
The Pacifie Association of Scientifie So- 
cieties was organized in 1910 “to promote co- 
operation among the constituent societies.” 
It is to make possible the getting together of 
a number of smaller isolated societies an- 
nually at the same time and place. The ad- 
ministrative machinery of the association is 
an Executive Committee composed of the 
presidents and secretaries, or their representa- 
tives, of the constituent societies. The prin- 
cipal business of this committee is to suggest 
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time and place of meeting and make arrange- 
ments for such meetings. 
Nine Coast Societies became members the 
first year: 
The Technical Society of the Pacific coast. 
The Cordilleran Section of the Geological So- 
ciety of America. 
The Seismological Society of America. 
Pacific Coast Branch of the American His- 
torical Association. 
The Pacific Slope Association of Economic 
Entomologists. 
Pacific Coast Paleontological Society. 
The Philological Society of the Pacific Coast. 
The Cooper Ornithological Club. 
California Academy of Sciences. 
The second year two more societies became 
members: 
The Biological Society of the Pacific. 
The California Section of the American Chem- 
ical Society. 
The present officers of the association are: 
Chairman of the Executive Committee, Mr. Otto 
von Geldern. 
Vice-chairman, Professor George D. Louderback. 
Secretary-treasurer, Professor J. N. Bowman. 
The first meeting of the association was 
held at the University of California on March 
31—April 1, 1911. The different societies ac- 
cepting the suggested time and place, held 
their sessions on the campus; on Saturday 
evening the general session of the association 
convened in California Hall. At this session 
addresses and papers were given by Chairman 
Otto von Geldern, President Benjamin Ide 
Wheeler, President David Starr Jordan, Pro- 
fessor Vernon Kellogg, Mr. George W. Dickie 
and Professor Bernard Moses. The same gen- 
eral plan will be followed this year at the sec- 
ond annual meeting at Stanford University. 
The work of the various secretaries is greatly 
facilitated by the committee on arrangements 
appointed by President Jordan and composed 
of Professors Townley, Heath and Burlin- 
game. 
SCIENTIFIC NOTES AND NEWS 
Mr. SamMuet Hensuaw has been appointed 
director of the Museum of Comparative Zool- 
ogy of Harvard University. 
