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Phj'sical and economic geography of Oregon [abstract] ; by War- 

 ren Du Pre Smith 146 



Geology of Palestine ; by Reginald W. Brock 146 



Late Cenozoic mammalian remains from the Meadow Valley re- 

 gion, southeastern Nevada [abstract]; by Chester Stock 146 



Correlation of the Empire formation, Oregon [abstract] ; by Henry 

 V. Howe 147 



Observations on the skeleton of the cave bear, Arctotherium ; by 

 John C. Merriam 147 



Correlation and paleogeography of the marine Tertiary deposits 

 of the west coast [abstract] ; by Bruce L. Clark 147 



Geologic occurrence of the Hardgrave Jurassic fauna of Burns, 

 Oregon [abstract] ; by E. L. Packard and R. N. Nelson 148 



An addition to the marine mammalian fauna of Newport, Oregon 

 [abstract] ; by E. L. Packard 148 



Trigoninfp of the Pacific coast of North America [abstract] ; by 

 E. L. Pajckard 148 



Peccary from Rancho La Brea [abstract] ; by John C. Merriam 



and Chester Stock 149 



Election of officers 149 



Constitution and By-Laws of the Paleontological Society 150 



Session of Tuesday, December 28 



The first general session of the Society scheduled for 2 p. m. Tuesday, 

 December 28, was post]3oned until Wednesday morning, so that the mem- 

 bers could meet with the Fellows of the Geological Society of America 

 for the reading of the stratigraphic and paleontologic papers forming 

 Group B of that Society's program.. 



Tuesday evening the members met at Rosenwald Hall with the Geo- 

 logical Society of America, the Mineralogical Society, and the Society of 

 Economic Geologists, to hear the addresses of I. C. White, retiring Presi- 

 dent of the Geological Society, and of C. K. Leith, retiring A^ice-President 

 of Section E, American Association for the Advancement of Science, fol- 

 lowing which the four societies participated in a joint smoker. 



Session of Wednesday, December 29 



The twelfth annual meeting of the Society was called to order by Presi- 

 dent Loomis at 9.30 a. m., December 29, in Walker ]\[useum of the Uni- 

 versity of Chicago. The report of the Council was presented by the 

 Secretary as the first matter of business. 



