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recent Exploring Trip in Florida;” H. G. Beyer, U.S.N., “On 
the Action of Caffeine upon the Kidneys;’ C. H. Merriam 
2 Ravages of the Bobolink in the Rice-Fields of the South.” 
roe 
prominens in Birds;’ W. T. Hor naday, : Civilization as an Ex- 
terminator of Savage arise! ar Willia am H. Dall,“ A Genus of 
Mollusks new to North Am 
ay 14.—The following catiiwsibicatioes were read: Marshall 
McDonald, “ The Causes of Certain Failures in the Culture of 
Pitta ore È, 
the hiina of Tsushima ;” F, H. Knowlton, “The Recent Shower 
of Pollen in Washington, —the sorcalled ‘Sulphur-Shower;’” 
W. B. rows, Engineer G. W. Baird, U.S.N., and others, 
“ Does the Flying-Fish Fly ?” 
