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Boston Society of Natural History, March 7.—The follow- 
ing papers were read: Mr. F. P. Gulliver, The Newtonville sand 
plain; Mr. J. B. Woodworth, Some typical eskers of southern New 
England. 
April 4th.—The following paper was read. Prof. F. W. Putnam: 
The department of ethnology at the World’s Columbian Exposition, 
SAMUEL HENSHAW, Secretary. 
The Biological Society of Washington, March 10.—The 
following communications were read: Mr. C. H. Townsend, The 
Ornithology of Cocos Island in its Relation to that of the Galapagos 
Archipelago ; Mr. B. T. Galloway, A Hexenbesen of Rubus: Mr. M. 
B. Waite, The Hexenbesens of Washington and Vicinity. Illustrated 
with lantern slides. 
March 24.—The following communications were read: Dr. Theo- 
bald Smith, On the Significance of Variation among Species of Path- 
agenic Bacteria; Mr. Vernon Bailey, On some Bones from a Cave in 
Arizona; Mr. C. D. Walcott, On some Appendages of the Trilobite ; 
On the Occurrence of Fossil Meduse in the Middle Cambrian Ter- 
rane. 
April 7,—The following subject was discussed. What is a Living 
Cell? 
FREDERIC A. Lucas, Secretary. 
