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in your locality ? (2) How many birds are there now com- 

 pared with fifteen years ago ? (3) What are the most destruc- 

 tive agents ? (4) Are any birds becoming extinct ? The 

 answers came from all but four States and territories, and 

 showed surprising agreement. The most destructive agencies 

 are sportsmen, plume-hunters, boys after eggs, pot-hunters, 

 fire, English sparrows, etc.; and through these it has been esti- 

 mated that there has been a decrease of about 4.6J0 during the 

 last fifteen years. It was shown that game and edible birds are 

 becoming scarce, and that song birds are being used for food in 

 their stead ; that plume-birds are becoming extinct, and that de- 

 structive agencies are increasing. Mr. Hornaday concluded 

 with an appeal for more drastic measures in our game laws and 

 for their careful execution. The paper was discussed by the 

 Chairman, by Professor Osborn and by Mr. Mathews. 



Mr. Harrington's report was based on the Crustacea col- 

 lected at Puget Sound in 1896, and worked up by W. T. Cai- 

 man, University College, Dundee, Scotland. It dealt with sixty- 

 three species, some three of which were new. One of the new 

 species, a parasite, Pseitdione giardi, is interesting because males, 

 female, and larva, were all found on a single specimen of its 

 host Eupaguriis ochotensis ; another new species, Polycheria os- 

 borni is interesting because the only other known representative 

 of the genus is found in the Antarctic region. The entire col- 

 lection was made up as follows: Macriira, 15 species (13 of 

 which were shrimps) ; Brackyura, 34 species ; Isopoda, 6 spe- 

 cies ; Aniphipoda, 3 species ; Copepoda, i species. 



Mr. Crampton spoke of his experiments on insect-grafting, 

 and of one case in particular where the colors of the scales of 

 one species were imposed upon the scales of another. The 

 paper was discussed by Dr. Dyar and others. 



The Secretary of the Academy notified the Section that the 

 income of the John Strong Newberry Fund of the Council of 

 the Scientific Alliance is to be awarded this year to a paleon- 

 tologist or a zoologist ; and that a candidate should be chosen 

 before the Council meeting of April 2d. 



Gary N. Calkins, 

 Secretary of Section. 



