Jan., 1909. 



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March 14. — "Mt. Peld and the Destruction of St. Pierre, Martinique." 



Dr. Edmund Otis Hovey, American Museum of 

 Natural History. 

 March 21. — "Mosquitoes of Chicago and Vicinity." 



Mr. Wm. J. Gerhard, Assistant Curator of Entomology, 

 j March 28. — "Holland's War with the Sea." 



Prof. James H. Gore, The George Washington Uni- 

 versity. 



April 4. — "Treasures of the Mexican Mountains." 



Prof. Rufus M. Bagg, Jr., University of Illinois. 

 April 11. — "The Dominant Geographic Features of Wisconsin." 



Dr. S. Weidman, Geological and Natural History 

 Survey, Madison, Wisconsin. 

 April 18. — "The Pacific Salmons' Struggle for Existence." 



Dr. S. E. Meek, Assistant Curator of Zoology. 

 April 25. — "Archaeological Studies on the Coast of Ecuador." 



Prof. Marshall H. Saville, American Museum of 

 Natural History. 



The following is the Twenty-ninth Lecture Course, delivered 

 during the months of October and November, 1908: 



Oct. 3. — "Through the Cataracts of the Nile." 



Prof. James H. Breasted, The University of Chicago. 

 Oct. 10. — "A Naturalist in Venezuela." 



Dr. N. Dearborn, Assistant Curator of Ornithology. 

 Oct. 17. — "The Great American Deserts as Seen in New Mexico 

 and Sonora." 



Prof. Thomas H. Macbride, The State University 

 of Iowa. 



Oct. 24. — "The Geology and Scenery of the Pipestone Region." 



Prof. Samuel Calvin, The State University of Iowa. 

 Oct. 31. — "Among the Birds in Costa Rica and Panama." 



Mr. J. F. Ferry, Assistant, Division of Ornithology. 

 Nov. 7. — "Life of a Lake in Summer." 



Dr. Edward A. Birge, University of Wisconsin. 

 Nov. 14. — "The Heraldry of the Indians." 



Mr. James Mooney, United States Bureau of Eth- 

 nology. 



