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 San Pablo formation on the north side of Mount Diablo, California 



[abstract] ; by Bruce L. Clark i: J ,0 



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-bearing 



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 



Session of Monday, December 30, 1912 



President David White called the Society to order at 10 o'clock at 

 the opening session, Monday morning, December 30, 1912, in Lampson 

 Hall of Yale University. Following some introductory remarks the 

 President called for the first matter of business on the program, the 

 report of the Council, which was read by the Secretary. 



REPORT OF THE COUNCIL 



To the Paleontological Society in Fourth Annual Meeting assembled: 



The regular meeting of the Council was held ;it Washington, D. C, 

 immediately following the adjournment of the Society, on December 30, 

 1911. Since this meeting all business of the Society has been arranged 

 as heretofore, by correspondence. The details of administration for the 

 Society's fourth year are presented in the following reports of officers: 



Secretary's Repokt 



To the Council of the Paleontological Society: 



Meetings. — The proceedings of the third annual meeting of the 

 Society, held at Washington, I). C, December 38 to 30, 1911, have been 

 published in volume 23 of the Bulletin of the Geological Society 

 America, pages 77-92, and distributed to the members of the Society. 

 Other publications, including the symposium <>n vertebrate paleontology, 

 have also been senl (o the members. 



[Jpori the adjournment of the Washington meeting the newly elected 

 Council held its first meeting and prepared a list of officers I'M- I'M.;. 



