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out of the city, reported having made observation of 84 species 

 of birds since the first of January. 



Adjourned to the call of the President. ; 



Monday evening, October 9. At the call of the Presidents of 

 Sections B and D a joint meeting of those "Sections was held to 

 consider the advisability of combining the work of the Sections 

 for the remainder of the year. 



It was voted that a committee of three be appointed b}- the 

 chair to arrange the work of these meetings for alternate Mon- 

 day evenings beginning with Mondaj^ evening, October 22. The 

 chair accordingly' appointed Mr. K. J. Burnham, Mr. Kdgar D. 

 Cass and Mr. A. Iv. Clough. 



Mi. Burnham gave a talk leading up to the classification of an- 

 imal life, beginning with the cell. 



■ It was announced that the subject of the next meeting would 

 be "The Backbone." 



Adjourned to October 22. 



Monday evening, October 22. Joint meeting of Sections B 

 and D . 



'Dr. Bullock gave a talk upon "The Backbone," illustrated 

 with specimens of human vertebrae; also with those of cats, 

 birds and' fishes. A live snake, the puffiing adder, was exhibit- 

 ed by Mr. Huse. Mr. Burnham spoke on the new classifica- 

 tion according to Professor Jordan's Manual, and siiggested 

 that the Section make use of that book in study. 



Adjourned to November 5. 



Monday evening, November 5. Joint meeting of Sections B 

 and D. 



The evening was devoted to the study of Jordan's classifica- 

 tion and nomenclature, with special reference to the dentition of 

 the Mammalia. . . 



Adjourned to November 19. 



Monday evening, November 19. Joint meeting of Sections B 

 andD. 



Subject of study : Dentition of Vertebrates. The Theory of 

 Cranial Development was presented b}^ Mr. Burnham. Follow- 



