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Missouri State University Club, Columbia, Mo. 

 Feb. 6. — J. C. Jones, Volapiik : the New In- 

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Biological Society, Washington. 

 Feb. II. — Theo, Gill, Character of the Y2.Ta.- 

 i\y Elacatidre ; Robt. T. Hill, The Variations of 

 Exog)'ra Costata, Say ; The Variations of 

 Gryphma Pitcheri, Morton ; C. V. Riley, The 

 Insectivorous Habits of the English Sparrow ; 

 C. Hart Merriam, A New Fox from California. 



Anthropological Society, Washington. 



Feb. 7. — John Murdoch, Siberian Origin of 

 some Customs of the Western Eskimo ; W. H. 

 Holmes, Ornamental Fabrics from the Graves of 

 Peru. 



Engineers' Club, Philadelphia. 



Jan. 2[. — C. H. Ott,.A Peculiar Case of 

 Transmission of Vibrations and Pulsations 

 through Structures ; I.. M. Haupt, Extracts 

 from the Report of the Chief of Engineers with 

 Reference to the Theoretical Operation of Sub- 

 merged Jetties. 



Appalachian Mountain Club, Boston. 



Feb. 3. — F. H. Chapin, Ascents in the Front 

 Range, Colorado. 



Election of Officers. — President, Augustus E. 

 Scott; vice-president, Rest F. Curtis; recording 

 secretary, Rosewell B. Lawrence; corresponding 

 secretary, Frank W. Freeborn; treasurer, John 

 E. Alden; councillors, George Dimmock, 

 George H. Barton, John R'tchie, Jr., Frank O. 

 Carpenter, Frederick D. Allen; trustee, Charles 

 W. Kennard. 



Boston Society of Natural Histoty. 

 F'eb. 15. — G. L. Goodale, The Life and 

 Work of Dr. Asa Gray. 



Engineers' Club, St. Louis. 

 Feb. I. — Carl Gayler, Highway Bridge 

 Floors; B. F. Crow, Constructive Accounts. 



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