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and secretary as delegates to an inter-society 

 council which is to be charged with formulat- 

 ing plans for such federation. By vote the 

 president and secretary were authorized to 

 represent the society in such a council. 



Professor V. E. Shelf or d, by authority of 

 the Ecological Society of America, requested 

 the American Society of Naturalists to assume 

 part of the burden of a survey of primeval 

 areas in the Americas. This request was 

 referred to the executive committee with 

 power. 



The committee on genetical nomenclature, of 

 which Dr. C. C. Little is chairman, and which 

 made recommendations at the Chicago meeting, 

 in 1920, was continued. 



Upon recommendation of the executive com- 

 mittee Professor E. B. Wilson was elected to 

 honorary membership in the society. The 

 following persons were elected to member- 

 ship: Professor E. C. Case, University of 

 Michigan; Dr. 0. P. Cook, Bureau of 

 Plant Industry; Professor Vera Danchakoff, 

 Columbia University; Dr. H. D. Goodale, 

 Massachusetts Agricultural College; Professor 

 Robert F. Griggs, Ohio State University; 

 Professor Joseph Grinnell, University of 

 California; Professor C. H. Kairffman, 

 University of Michigan; Professor F. L. 

 Landacre, Ohio State University; Professor 

 I. F. Lewis, University of Virginia; Professor 

 A. D. MacGillivi-ay, University of Illinois; 

 Professor George J. Peirce, Leland Stanford 

 Junior University; Dr. Wm.,E. Safford, U. S. 

 Department of Agriculture; and Professor 

 E. C. Stakman, Minnesota Agricultural Expe- 

 riment Station. 



The committee on nominations presented the 

 name of Professor W. M. Wheeler for presi- 

 dent, and that of Dr. A. H. Sturtevant for 

 vice-president. These nominees were declared 

 elected. The other ofScers for 1922 are as 

 follows: Treasurer, Dr. J. Arthur Harris; 

 Secretary, Professor A. Franklin Shull; addi- 

 tional members of the executive committee. 

 Professor Bradley M. Davis, Dr. Jacques Loeb, 

 Professor E. 51. East, and Professor Henry E. 

 Crampton. 



The following program of papers was pre- 

 sented : 



Thursday morning : 



Are the effects of prolonged rotation in rats 

 heritable? (Moving pictures). C. R. GErppiTH, 

 University of Illinois. (Introduced by J. A. 

 Detlefsen.) 



Dominance in the alJii^w series of allelomorphs 

 of guinea pigs. Sewall Wright, Department of 

 Agriculture. 



On interspecific sterility in Brosophila. (Bead 

 by title). A. H. Sturtevant. 



The gamete lethals of (Enotltera. George H. 

 Shtjll, Princeton University. 



Chromosome assortment in triploid Daturas. 

 John Belling and A. F. Blakeslee, Carnegie 

 Institution. 



Chromosome relationships and genetic behavior 

 of Drosophila willistoni. Charles W. Metz, 

 Carnegie Institution. 



Further data on size inheritance in rats. 

 Heman 1j. Ibsen, Kansas State Agricultural 

 CoUege. 



The effect of temperature on dominance. 

 Charles Zelent, University of Illinois. 



Two nev) mutations in the house-mouse, allelo- 

 morphic to color, and their genetic hehav-ior. 

 J. A. Detlefsen and S. L. Clemente, University 

 of Illinois. 



Homologous genes in pigeons and doves. Leon 

 J. Cole, University of Wisconsin. 

 Thursday afternoon: Symposivim on the origin of 



variations. 



Variation in uniparental inheritance. H. S. 

 Jennings. 



Variation in Datura due to changes in chromo- 

 some numier. A. F. Blakeslee. 



Variation due to changes in individual genes. 

 H. J. MULLER. 



The origin of variations in sexual and sex- 

 limited characters. C. B. Bridges. 



The nature of bud variations as indicated by 

 their mode of inheritance. E. A. Emerson. 



Serological reactions as a probable cause of 

 variations. M. F. Outer. 



The annual dinner was held Thursda}^ eve- 

 ning at the King Edward Hotel, with one hun- 

 dred and twenty-five in attendance. The 

 president. Professor Bradley M. Davis, gave 

 the annual address on the topic "Species, pure 

 and impure." After this addi-ess, Professor 

 William Bateson spoke in personal and rem- 

 iniscent vein, to the great delight of his 

 audience. 



A. Franklin Shull, 



Secretary. 



