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The Yale expedition of 1912 [abstract] ; by R. S. Lull 117 



Certain theoretical considerations affecting phylogeny and corre- 

 lation [abstract] ; by W. D. Matthew 118 



Homology of the "alisphenoid" and "lachrymal" in recent and 

 fossil vertebrates [abstract] ; by W. K. Gregory 118 



Cuban fossil mammals ; preliminary note [abstract] ; by W. D. 

 Matthew , 118 



Devonian fishes of Missouri [abstract] ; by E. B. Branson 119 



Brain structure of fossil fishes from the Caney shales [abstract] ; 

 by C. R. Eastman 119 



New Plesiosaurian genus from the Niobrara Cretaceous of Ne- 

 braska [abstract] ; by S. W. Williston and Roy L. Moodie 120 



Register of the New Haven meeting, 1912 121 



Officers, correspondents, and members of the Paleontological Society. . 122 

 Minutes of the Pacific Coast Section of the Paleontological Society . . . 126 



Eocene of San Pedro Point, San Mateo County, California [ab- 

 stract] ; by Roy E. Dickerson 126 



Stratigraphic and faunal relations of the Martinez and Tejon 

 south of Mount Diablo, California [abstract] ; by Roy E. Dick- 

 erson 127 



Eocene of the Coalinga-Cantua District, Fresno County, Califor- 

 nia [abstract] ; by J. A. Taff 127 



Suggested paleontologic correlation between Continental Miocene 

 deposits of the Mohave region and marine Tertiary beds of San 

 Joaquin Valley, California [abstract] ; by John C. Merriam and 

 Robert W. Pack 128 



The biogenetic law illustrated in the development of fossil ceph- 

 alopods [abstract] ; by James Perrin Smith 129 



Faunal relations of the Upper Neocene in the Sargent oil fields, 

 California [abstract] ; by Bruce Martin 129 



Monterey series on the south side of Mount Diablo, California 

 [abstract] ; by W. S. W. Kew and R. C. Stoner 129 



San Pablo formation on the north side of Mount Diablo, Califor- 

 nia [abstract] ; by Bruce L. Clark 130 



Faunal zones of the San Pablo formation east of Walnut Creek, 

 near Mount Diablo, California [abstract] ; by John P. Buwalda 130 



Preliminary inquiry into the geological significance of rock-bear- 

 ing shells [abstract] ; by Albert L. Barrow 130 



Discussion of the Jurassic age of the slates at Slate Springs, 

 Monterey County, California [abstract] ; by Charles H. Davis. 131 



Preliminary report on the Tertiary paleontology and stratigraphy 



of southwestern Washington [abstract] ; by Charles E. Weaver 131 

 Evidence indicating an unconformity at the base of the Tamiosoma 

 zone in the Coalinga oil field, California [abstract] ; by John H. 

 Ruckman 132 



Contributions to Avian paleontology from the Pacific coast of 



North America [abstract] ; by Loye Holmes Miller 132 



Pleistocene geology of New York State ; Presidential address by Herman 

 L. Fairchild 133 



