106 The American Naturalist. [January, 
k the Bartholdi uh of Liberty, Bedloe’s Island, New York Harbor ;—A History, 
me shares a oe Jr. 6. On the Forms of the Thryothorus ludovicianus group of 
Wrens, ey Allen.” 7. os the Eastern Forms of Geothlypis trichas, by Frank M: 
Chapman. 8. Cheecsations on some of the Summer Birds of the Alpine Portions of 
Pickens Sia South Carolina, Mg Leverett M. Loomis. 9. Notes upon Coccothraustes 
d % n Waterh 
. On the 
Habits of some Orange County, Florida, Birds, by B. Mortimer. 23. On the Mottled 
Duck in Kansas, by N. S. Goss. 24. Phalenoptilus nuttalli nitidus, is it a valid Race? 
by N. S. Goss 
Indiana Academy of Science.—The Fifth Annual Meeting of 
the Indiana Academy of Science was called to order Monday morn- 
ing, December 30, 1889, at ro o’clock, in the rooms of the State 
Board of Agriculture, at Indianapolis, by President John C. Brauner. 
After the appointment of the usual committees, and the transaction of 
usiness, the reading of papers was begun. The following papers 
were presented : 
Description of a new species of Rhinoptera from the Gulf of Cali- 
fornia.—By title—B. W. Evermann and O. P. Jenkins. 
Fishes in the Yellowstone Park.—David S. Jordan. 
Notes upon the Economic Phases of Entomology and Ornithology.— 
C. W. Margit: | 
Observations on the Destruction of Birds by Storms.—A. W. Butler. 
In the afternoon 16 members were elected. The following papers 
were then presented : 
The Breeding Habits and Larval Stages of Amblystoma microstomum. 
—O. P. Hay. 
Aquatic Respiration of the Amblystomas.—O. P. Hay. 
The Life-History of Chorophilus triseriatus.—O. P. Hay. 
On Sulphophenylpropionic Acid.—Chase Palmer. 
Soap Analysis.—John F. Schnaible. 
The State of the Crater of Kilauea in August, 1889. —O. P. Jenkins. 
The Moraines of the Maumee Glacier.—C. R. Dryer. 


