March 5, 1915] 



SCIENCE 



369 



the effects of long continued exposure to hy- 

 drocyanic-acid gas and, indeed, counteract the 

 effect to such an extent that the surviving eggs 

 hatch better than those with short treatment 

 in the gas. Both animal and plant tissues thus 

 exhibit very decided evidences of definite cya- 

 nide stimulation. 



c. w. woodworth 

 TJniveesitt op California 



THE AMEBICAN SOCIETY OF NATUBALISTS 



The tMrty-seeond annual meeting of the Amer- 

 ican Society of Naturalists was held in the zo- 

 ological laboratory of the University of Pennsyl- 

 vania on December 31, 1914. In affiliation with 

 the society this year were the American Society of 

 Zoologists, the Botanical Society of America, the 

 Society of American Bacteriologists, and the 

 American Psychological Association. 



By-law No. 3 of the society was amended to 

 read "The Records of the society shall be pub- 

 lished once every three years beginning in 1914. 

 The Eecords shall contain the constitution and by- 

 laws of the society, the minutes of all meetings 

 held within the period covered, the treasurer's re- 

 ports, and a full list of members of the society. ' ' 



An invitation to the society from the Pacific 

 Coast Committee on Zoological Program to par- 

 ticipate in the sessions concerned with zoology 

 during the convocation week of the American As- 

 sociation for the Advancement of Science, to be 

 held in August, 1915, received the following ac- 

 tion. It was voted that the secretary express the 

 appreciation of the society for the invitation and 

 its best wishes for the success of the Pacific Coast 

 meetings. The American Society of Naturalists 

 suggests that members resident on the Pacific 

 Coast organize, if they so desire, a section of the 

 society in accordance with the provisions of Art. 

 IV., Sec. 3, of the constitution, and that this sec- 

 tion in cooperation with the American Association 

 for the Advancement of Science hold a meeting in 

 August, 1915. 



There were elected to honorary membership in 

 the society Hugo De Vries and Wilhelm Eoux. 



The following were elected to membership: W. 

 C. AUee, University of Oklahoma; Charles B. 

 Allen, University of Wisconsin; Cora J. Beekwith, 

 Vassar College; Charles E. Bessey, University of 

 Nebraska; William W. Browne, College of the 

 City of New York; W. A. Cannon, Desert Botan- 

 ical Laboratory; Kalph "V. Chamberlain, Museum 

 of Comparative Zoology; Maynie K. Curtis, Maine 



Agricultural Experiment Station; John A. Det- 

 lefsen. University of Illinois; Dayton J. Edwards, 

 College of the City of New York; Arthur H. Esta- 

 brook. Eugenics Eeeord Office; Richard Gold- 

 schmidt. Kaiser Wilhelm Institut ftir Biologie; 

 John W. Harshberger, University of Pennsylvania ; 

 Marshall A. Howe, New York Botanical Garden; 

 Hartley H. T. Jackson, U. S. Department of Agri- 

 culture; Thomas H. Kearney, U. S. Department of 

 Agriculture; Henry H. Lane, University of Okla- 

 homa; W. H. Longley, Goucher College; Henry 

 Laurens, Yale University; George R. Lyman, U. S. 

 Department of Agriculture; John M. Macfarlane, 

 University of Pennsylvania; Frederick C. New- 

 combe, University of Michigan; Susan P. Nichols, 

 Oberlin College; Theophilus S. Painter, Yale Uni- 

 versity; Arthur S. Pearse, University of Wisconsin; 

 Herbert W. Rand, Harvard University; Charles G. 

 Rogers, Oberlin College; Forrest Shreve, Desert 

 Botanical Laboratory; William C. Stevens, Uni- 

 versity of Kansas; L. B. Walton, Kenyon College; 

 Orland E. White, Brooklyn Botanic Garden. 



A cordial vote of thanks was passed to the Uni- 

 versity of Pennsylvania for its hospitality. 



The program of the morning session was as fol- 

 lows: 



A. P. Blakeslee and D. E. Warner, ' ' Correlation 

 between Egg-laying Activity and Yellow Pigment 

 in the Domestic Fowl. ' ' 



A. F. Blakeslee, ' ' A Sexual Mutation in a Veg- 

 etatively Propagated Pure Line of Mucors. " 



Sewall Wright (by invitation), "The Albino 

 Series of Allelomorphs in Guinea-pigs. ' ' 



H. S. Jennings, C. S. Lashley, A. R. Middleton, 

 F. M. Root and Ruth J. Stocking, ' ' Researches on 

 the Inheritance and the Results of Selection in 

 Uniparental Reproduction. ' ' 



Edward M. East, "The Phenomenon of Self 

 Sterility." (Read by title.) 



Helen D. King, ' ' The Effects of Inbreeding and 

 Selection on the Growth, Fertility and Sex Ratio 

 of the Albino Rat. ' ' 



H. H. Newman (by invitation), "Development 

 and Heredity in Heterogenic Teleost Hybrids." 

 (Read by title.) 



Alice M. Boring, "Data on the Relation be- 

 tween Primary and Secondary Sexual Characters 

 in the Domestic Fowl." 



R. A. Emerson, ' ' Somatic Mutations in Varie- 

 gated Maize Pericarp." 



H. J. Webber and C. H. Myers, ' ' Bud Variation 

 within Tuber Lines of the Common Potato." 



Clarence C. Little, "The Inheritance of Certain 

 Types of Spotting in Mice." 



