Oct.  1898.         Annual  Report  of  the  Director.  265 
Oct.    g. — The  East  African  Expedition — "  Toyo  to  Ogaden  and 
Berbera." 
D.  G.  Elliot,  Curator  Department  of  Zoology. 
Oct.  16.  —  "  How  Plants  Travel." 
Dr.  C.  F.  Millspaugh,  Curator  Department  of  Botany. 
Oct.  23. — "  Gold  Placer  Mining." 
Mr.  Henry  W.  Nichols,  Assistant  Curator  Department 
of  Geology.  4 
Oct.  30.  —  "The  Beetles  of  Chicago  and  Vicinity." 
Mr.  Edward  B.  Chope,  Assistant  in  Department  of 
Zoology. 
Nov.    6.  — "  A  Visit  to  Queen  Charlotte  Islands." 
Dr.  G.  A.  Dorsey,  Assistant  Curator  Department  of 
Anthropology. 
Nov.  13.  —  "The  Home  of  the  Tsimshians." 
Dr.  G.  A.  Dorsey,  Assistant  Curator  Department  of 
Anthropology. 
Nov.  20.  —  "The  Salmon  of  the  Pacific  Coast." 
Dr.  S.   E.  Meek,  Assistant  Curator  Department  of 
Zoology. 
Nov.  27.  —  "  Mammoth  Cave." 
Prof.   O.    C.    Farrington,    Curator    Department  of 
Geology. 
The  following  is  the  Ninth  Course,  delivered  in  March  and  April, 
1898,  with  subjects  and  lecturers: 
March    5.  —  "Mammoth  Cave."    (Repeated  by  request.) 
Prof.    O.    C.    Farrington,    Curator    Department  of 
Geology. 
March  12. — "The  Everglades  of  Florida." 
Dr.  David  T.  Day,  U.  S.  Geological  Survey. 
March  19.  —  "  Oraibi — A  Primitive  Tusayan  Pueblo." 
Dr.  George  A.  Dorsey,  Acting  Curator  Department 
of  Anthropology. 
March  26.  —  "Warning  Colors  and  Mimicry  in  Animals." 
Prof.  W.  H.  Dudley,  Wisconsin  State  Normal  School. 
