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dorsal vertebrae in man, with comparisons with the lower forms 

 of vertebrates. 



Monday evening, November 5. Regular joint meeting of 

 Sections B and D ; seventeen members present. President Burn- 

 ham outlined the structural characteristics of the Mammalia. 

 The remainder of the evening was devoted to a comparative 

 examination of the skulls of different types, under the direction 

 of Dr. Bullock, with special reference to occipital condjdes and 

 facial sutures. 



Monday evening, November 19. Regular meeting of Sections 

 B and D ; twelve members present. President Batchelder in 

 the chair. By request, Mrs. Batchelder gave a report of the re- 

 cent meeting of the American Ornithologists' Union at Cam- 

 bridge. 



The evening was then devoted to practice in the classifica 

 tion of the Ferae by dental and cranial characteristics. 



Monday evening, December 3. Regular joint meeting of 

 Sections B and D ; nineteen members present. President Burn- 

 ham in the chair. 



The following officers were elected for the ensuing year : 



President — Theodora Richardson. 

 Vice President— ^■aW^x S. Abbott. 

 Secretary — Susy C. Fogg. 

 Treasiirer — Charles R. Dustin. 



Executive Committee — lyillian G. Bullock, M. D., Hulda C. 

 Graupner, Helen E. Reed. 



The evening was devoted to a study of the foramina of the 

 skull, under the direction of Dr. Bullock. 



Monday evening, December 17. Regular joint meeting of 

 Sections B and D ; eleven members present. President Rich- 

 ardson in the chair. The eyes of vertebrates, with special refer- 

 ence to the chiasma and the crossing of the optic nerves, furnish- 

 ing the subject of study for the evening. 



Monday evening, December 31. Regular joint meeting of 

 Sections B and D ; eighteen members present. The evening 

 was devoted to the external structure of fishes, under the direc- 

 tion of Mr. Burnham. 



