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BULLETIN 4 



Winter Meeting, February 24-25, 1911. 



Acting on a suggestion of several members, a winter 

 meeting of the Society was called by the officers of the Society 

 for February 24-25, 1911. By the courtesy of the Portland 

 Society of Natural History, the meetings were held in the 

 Lecture Room of the Society's building in Portland, begin- 

 ning on Friday evening, February 24. 



In the absence of the President, Dr. O. W. Knight, Mr. 

 A. H. Norton presided. Following the opening of the ses- 

 sion, Major John M. Gould, in a brief address, extended a 

 most cordial welcome to the Josselyn Society and an invita- 

 tion to avail themselves of the rooms, the collections, and the 

 library of the Portland Society. 



Dr. D. W. Fellows reported for the Committee of Arrange- 

 ments. He thought the Society particularly fortunate in 

 being able to secure men of the highest attainments, each in 

 his special field, to present the subjects on the programme, 

 calling attention to the fact that these are not men of leisure, 

 but men whose every hour is fully occupied with their various 

 duties; and, speaking for the Society, he thanked the speak- 

 ers for the sacrifices they had made in bringing these inter- 

 esting and important subjects before the Society. 



The following were elected to membership at this session, 

 viz.: Mr. Prentice C. Manning, Portland; Mr. Robert A. 

 Ware, Boston; Prof. Manton Copeland, Brunswick. 



Then followed the addresses as previously arranged: 



"Character in Winter Buds," by Prof. Karl M. Wiegand, 

 of Wellesley College, Wellesley, Mass. 



"The Hair-Cap Mosses of Maine," by Prof. J. Franklin 

 Collins, of Brown University, Providence, R. I. 



"Geographical Distribution of Lichens in Maine," by 

 Dr. Lincoln W. Riddle, of Wellesley College. 



