122 PROCEEDINGS OF THE PALEOXTOLOGICAL SOCIETY 



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Fauna of the Idaho formation [abstract] ; by John C. Merriam.. 162 



Occurrence of a marine Middle Tertiary fauna on the western 

 border of the Mojave Desert area ; by Wallace Gordon 162 



Fauna of the Bautista Creek badlands [abstract] ; by Childs 

 Frick 163 



Occurrence of the Siphonalia suttej^ensis zone, the uppermost 

 Tejon horizon in the outer coast ranges of California [ab- 

 stract] ; by Roy E. Dickerson ; 163 



Cretaceous and Tertiary stratigraphy of the western end of the 

 Santa Inez Mountains, Santa Barbara County, California [ab- 

 stract] ; by H. J. Hawley 164 



Geologic range and evolution of the more important Pacific Coast 

 echinoids [abstract] ; by W. S. W. Kew 164 



Evidence in San Gorgonio Pass, Riverside County, of a late Plio- 

 cene extension of the Gulf of Lower California [abstract] ; by 

 F. E. Yaughan 164 



Yaqueros formation in California [abstract] ; by W. F. Loel 165 



Tertiary and Pleistocene formations of the north coast of Peru, 

 South America [abstract] ; by G. C. Gester *. . . . 165 



Symposium on correlation of Oligocene faunas and formations of 

 the Pacific coast; by C. E. Weaver, R. E. Dickerson, and B. L. 

 Clark , 165 



Paleogeography of the Oligocene of Washington [abstract] ; by 

 Charles E. Weaver 165 



Paleontology and stratigraphy of the Porter division of the Oligo- 

 cene in Washington [abstract] ; by Katherine E. Van Winckle. 166 



Faunal zones of the Oligocene ; by B. L. Clark 166 



Climate and its influence on Oligocene faunas of the Pacific coast ; 



by Roy E. Dickerson 166 



Register of members and visitors at Stanford meeting, 1917 166 



Sessiox of Moxday, December 31 



President Merriam called the Society to order in general session at 10 

 a. m., Monday, December 31, in Eehearsal Hall of the Carnegie Museum. 

 Doctor Holland welcomed the Society to Pittsburgh in a patriotic speech, 

 which was appreciated and warmly applauded by the members. Follow- 

 ing Doctor Holland, President Merriam opened the exercises with an 

 inspiring address, the keynote of which Avas our duty to science at the 

 present darlv moment. 



The first matter of business before the Society was the report of the 

 Council, which was then presented. 



