410 The American Naturalist. . [April, 
The Biological Society of Washington.—The following 
- communications were made: Mr. M. B. Waite, the Destruction of 
Lichens on Pear Trees; Mr. C. H. Townsend, The Propagation of the 
Atlantic Coast Oyster on the Pacific Coast; Mr. Charles Hallock, The 
' Geographical Distribution of the Musk-Ox; Dr. C. Hart Merriam, 
The Four-toed Kangaroo Rats (with exhibition of specimens). 
February 25.—Communications: Mr. Sheldon Jackson, The Intro- 
duction of Reindeer in Alaska; Mr. M. B. Waite, Variation in the 
Fruit of the Pear due to Difference of Pollen ; Mr. E. M. Hasbrouck, 
On the Development of the Appendages of the Cedar Waxwing; Mr. 
F. A. Lucas, The Food of Humming-birds. 
FREDERIC A. Lucas, Secretary. 
Anthropological Society of Washington.—Special Meeting, 
February 14.—The program consisted of a lecture, A Primitive Priest- 
hood, by an Initiate. Illustrated by lantern slides by Frank Hamil- 
ton Cushing —Weston FLINT, Secretary. 
SCIENTIFIC NEWS. 
Errata in Mrs. Bodington’s article “ Legends of the Sumiro-Acca- 
dians of Chaldea” in THE American Naturauist for February, 
1893, p.105. 
Page 105, Line 2 from bottom, for Bohu read Bahu. (N. B. 
Bohu in the last line is correct.) 
Page 106, Line 4; for Herodach read Merodach. 
Page 107, Lines 13, 18, 21, 25, 30, and 36; for Tzdubar, read Izdu- 
bar. 
Page 107, Line 14; for Tshtar read Ishtar. 
Page 108, Line 1; for Tzdubar read Izdubar. 
Page 108, Lines 12 and 31; for Tshtar read Ishtar. 
Page 209, Lines 5, 8, 12, 18, 24, 31 and 37; for Tshtar read Ishtar. 
Page 110, Lines 4, 7 and 15; for Tshar read Ishtar. 
In the January Number, 1893. 
Page 14, Note 1; for Story of the Natives read Story of the 
Nations. 
Dr. Henry Wheatland, of Salem, Mass., died February 27, 1893 
aged 81 years. Dr. Wheatland graduated at Harvard in 1834, and 
