SCIENCE. 



[N. S. Vol. XII. No. 288. 



The Committee asks to be continued. 

 F. Boas, 



C. S. MINOT, 



J. McK. Cattell, 



C. H. ElGENMANN, 



C. B. Davenpoet, Recorder. 



EEPOET ON THE INVESTIGATION OP THE BLIND 

 TEETEBEATE FAUNA OF NOETH AMEEICA. 

 In the absence of a committee I beg leave to make 

 the following personal report on the grant of §100 

 made me for investigation of the blind vertebrate 

 fauna of North America. 



1. Collections of typhlogobins were made at the 

 foot of Point Loma, Cal. 



2. A collection of 12 Ehineura was secured through 

 dealers. 



3. Mr. E. B. Forbes visited south.western Illinois 

 and secured a aeries of chologasters at what I bad 

 supposed to be their breeding time- 



4. Six trips were made to Mitchell, Indiana, oaves 

 to secure embryological material. 



5. One trip was made to the Mammoth Cave region 

 in Kentucky. 



6. A visit was made to the Sau Marcos, Texas, 

 wells and caves. 



7- In most cases the railroad companies granted 

 either passes or half rates to the points mentioned. 

 The total expenses of these trips chargeable to the ap- 

 propriation were §139.66. An appeal was made to 

 the Trustees of the Indiana University to pay as 

 liberal an amount of these expenses as possible. An 

 appropriation, the amount of which I have not yet 

 ascertained has been granted by them so that a bal- 

 ance of the Association grant is still available. 



The results obtained during the year were em- 

 bodied in the paper presented during the meeting of 

 of Section F on June 26th. 



To assist in the continuation of the work in hand 

 I will recommend that a committee be appointed to 

 direct the work. I hope that a small additional grant 

 be made for the use of the committee during the year. 



C. H. ElGENMANN. 



The Committee on Grants made the fol- 

 lowing recommendations to the Council and 

 they were adopted : 



1. That a grant of fl50 be made to the Committee 

 on anthropometry. 



2. That a grant of $50 be made to the Committee 

 on the study of blind vertebrates. 



3. That a grant of 5100 be made to the Committee 

 on the quantitative study of biological variations. 



4. That a committee be appointed to study the re- 



lation of plants to climate, and that a grant of $33 

 be made to such committee. 



5. That if practicable an allotment of $17 be made 

 to the last named committee from the funds in the 

 hands of the permanent secretary. 



The two new committees to which grants 

 were made were appointed as follows : 



' On the Study of Blind V ertebrates ' : Theodore Gill, 

 Chairman ; A. S. Packard, S. H. Gage, C. 0. Whit- 

 man, H. C. Bumpus, C. H. Eigenmann, Secretary. 



' On the Eelations of Plants to Climate ' : W. M- 

 Trelease, D. T. McDougal, J. M. Coulter. 



The Treasurer in his report for the year 

 ending December 31, 1900, showed that the 

 permanent funds in his hands at the begin- 

 ning of the year were about 16083, which 

 were increased during the year by about 

 $2733, making the total about IS817. The 

 receipts represented $1000 from Mr. Emer- 

 son McMillin as patron, $500 from fees of 

 deceased life members, $1000 in addition 

 from the permanent secretary and about 

 $233 interest. The permanent secretary in 

 his financial report showed a balance from 

 his preceding account of $3723.90 and a 

 balance cai-ried forward to the new account 

 of 84228.33. The receipts were $6216 from 

 members and $172.49 from miscellaneous 

 sources. The expenditures in addition to 

 the $1500 handed over to Treasurer were : 

 Publications, part of Boston volume, 

 $1003.33; Expenses, Columbus Meeting, 

 $427.54; General Office expenses, includ- 

 ing expressage and postage on Proceedings, 

 $931.19; Salaries, $1970; Miscellaneous 

 disbursements, $52. 



The general session met daily. It passed 

 resolutions in memory of Dr. Edward Or- 

 ton, who died during his term of office as 

 president, and adopted amendments to the 

 constitution establishing a Section of Physi- 

 ology and Experimental Medicine and ex- 

 tending the term of office of the treasurer 

 to five j'ears. Amendments to the Consti- 

 tution, which lie over until next year, were 

 proposed, making the presidents and secre- 

 taries of the affiliated societies members of 



