OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE 



LINN^AN SOCIETY 



OF 



TsTKW YORK, 

 FOR THE YEAR ENDING MARCH 14, 1899. 



This is the eleventh in the- series of " Abstracts" pub- 

 lished by the Linnaean Society of New York, and, like the 

 preceding issues, is prepared mainly as a brief review of 

 the work of the Society during the year closing with the 

 date indicated above. Papers presented before the Society 

 but published elsewhere are given by title only, with proper 

 reference to place of publication. 



March 17, 1898. — Public lecture in the lecture hall of the 

 American Museum of Natural History by Mr. Ernest Seton 

 Thompson, entitled " The Mammals of North America," 

 with stereopticon illustrations. 



March 22, 1898. — Mr. L. S. Foster in the chair. Eight 

 members and two visitors present. 



Mr. Eugene Smith presented " Notes on the Turtles and 

 Lizards of the Vicinity of New York City." 



Mr. C. B. Riker spoke of an assembly of Blue Jays (Cyano- 

 citta cristata) seen by him in the spring of 1898 near 

 Maplewood, N. J. 



April 7, 1898. — Public lecture in the lecture hall of the 



