1046 Proceedings of Scientific Societies. [Nov. 1887 : 
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The American Ornithologists’ Union held its annual meeting l 
at the rooms of the Boston Society of Natural History, October ] 
1I to 13, 1887. President J. A. Allen, of New York, occupied — 
the chair. The secretary’s and treasurer’s reports were presented i 
first, showing that the society had 25 foreign, 74 active, 46 as- 4 
sociate, and 200 corresponding members. The foreign member- 
ship is limited to 25, the active to 100, the associate to 50, while l 
the corresponding membership is unlimited in numbers. ; 
treasurer’s reports showed receipts of $1764, and expenditures 
of $1217.’ The council advised the incorporation of the Union 
under the laws of the State of New York. Some of the papers 
presented were of general interest and permanent value, while 
others were local lists of birds, and a few might even be enumer- — 
ated as “cranky.” Among the more prominent were, “An Ac a 
count of the Life and Ornithological Work of the Late Prof. S. F. 
Baird,” by Robert Ridgway, of the National Museum, i 
ant Fishing in Japan,” by P. L. Jouy; “ A Bird-Wave,” by Mon- 
tague Chamberlain; “ Nocturnal Migrations of Birds,” by F. M. 
Chapman; “Minor Notes,” by Colonel N. S. Goss. 
The National Academy of Sciences held its autumn meeting 
at Columbia College, New York, commencing November 8, 1887. : 
The following papers were read: ‘‘ Seismoscopes and Seismo- — 
logical Investigations,” T. C. Mendenhall; ‘ 
Specializations of the True Fishes,” E. D. Cope; "ADN : 
the Behavior of Metals under Variations of Temperature, Wm. | 
A. Rogers; “Chemism in its Relations to Temperat i 
Pressure,” T. Sterry Hunt; “On the Mechanical Orig! 
Structures of the Hard Parts of the Mammalia,” E D. 
“Progressive Series in Chemistry,” T. Sterry Hunt, 
a Basalt Volcano,” J. D. Dana; “Circulation of the ol 
New York Harbor,” Henry Mitchell; “On a Study of í 
Contrast,” Ogden N. Rood; “On the Relative 
Men and Women,” W. K. Brooks; “On a New Form yan 
production in Medusæ,” W. K. Brooks; “On the Lucay? 
Indians,” W. K. Brooks; “Experiments in Meas Pee 
Statical Electricity in Absolute Units,” A. M. Mayeri sjon” 
tential as measured by Work: a Mathematical DN ae 
A. M. Mayer; “A Comparison of Antipodal Fau th the 
- Gill; “On a Discovery recently made in Connection Wir 
e Determinat! 
“cc On [ af 
_ Star Magnitudes by Photography,” E. C. Pickering: nee of 
$ ” eg Cretaceous C A 
n” A. Hall; “ The Futu of Gold 
_ the Moon,” S. P. Langley; “Ona Method of making m9 n 
_ Length of Sodium-Light the Absolute Standard of °°" 
_ A.A. Michelson and E. W. Morley. 
