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Report of the President. 



PALEONTOLOGY. 



-Mr. Gilbert van Ingen, of the Department of Geology, Columbia 

 University — The Oldest Fossils. 



-Dr. Wm. Diller Matthew, of the American Museum of Natural 

 History — The Habits of Some Extinct Animals and the Causes of 

 Their Extinction. 



-Dr. Arthur Hollick, of the Department of Geology, Columbia Uni- 

 versity — The Vegetable Kingdom, from its Beginning to the 

 Appearance of Modern Types. 



-Dr. John Mason Clarke, State Palaeontologist — The Geological His- 

 tory of Parasites. 



METALLURGY. 



-Mr. Albert Sauveur, Lecturer on Metallurgy, Harvard University — 

 The Constitution of Metallic Alloys in the Light of Modern 

 Research. 



-Mr. Henry Souther, Consulting Engineer, of Hartford, Conn. — 

 Toledo Blades : Rationale of the Procedure in Manufacturing 

 Them and Other Steel Objects Explained by the Microscope. 



-Professor H. O. Hofman, of the Massachusetts Institute of Tech- 

 nology, Boston, Mass. — Lead Smelting in the United States. 



-Professor J. W. Richards, of the Lehigh University, South Bethle- 

 hem, Pa. — Aluminum. 



Saturday Afternoon Course by the Staff of the Museum, 

 birds in nature. 



By Frank M. Chapman, Assistant Curator, Department of Vertebrate 

 Zoology. 



Nov. 10. — The Relation of Birds to Man ; the Relations of Man to Birds. 



" 17. — Distribution and Migration of Birds. 



" 24. — Birds' Nests. 

 Dec. 1. — The Eggs and Young Birds. 



" S. — Habits and Structure of Birds. 



" 15. — Colors of Birds. 



Board of Education Free Lectures. 



-The Land of the Sun-Down Sea Mr. G. Wharton James. 



-The Ramona of Fa,ct and Fiction Mr. G. Wharton James. 



-A Pilgrimage to the Old Missions of California. 



Mr. G. Wharton James. 

 -From Alpine Snow to Semi-Tropical Sea. . . .Mr. G. Wharton James. 



-In and Around the Golden Gate Mr. G. Wharton James. 



-The Colorado River and Its Canons Miss Mary V. Worstell. 



-Alaska and the Klondike Mr. John B. Burnham. 



-Greenland. Illustrated by stereopticon views.. ..Prof. Wm. Libbey. 



-The New York Aquarium Prof. Chas. L. Bristol. 



-The Zoological Garden Prof. H. F. Osborn. 



-Botanical Gardens Dr. N. L. Britton. 



-The Discovery of the Seven Cities of Cibola. .Mr. G. Wharton James. 

 -The Province of Tusayan and the Snake Dance. 



Mr. G. Wharton James. 



-The Grand Canyon of the Colorado Mr. G. Wharton James. 



-The Wonderful Cataract Canon Home Mr. G. Wharton James. 



-Acoma and the Enchanted Mesa Mr. G. Wharton James. 



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