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BULLETIN OF WISCONSLS NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY. VOL. 2. NO. 2. 
The minutes of 2 section meetings were read by C. E. Brown, 
after which 8 new memb^s were admitted into the society as 
follows : H. A. \\"inkenwerder. W. E. Snvder. H. A. Crosbv, 
M. C. Long. E. Butts. Fisk H. Day. E. C' Perkins, and F. M 
Benedict. 
A paper by Horace Beach. Sr.. of Prairie du Chien on the 
paddle lish Palyodon spathula was read by the secretary-. The 
author stated that the fish was a vegetable feeder, living on 
confer\-ae and other plant growths of the waters it frequented, 
and lying dormant in the mud at the bottom during the winter 
months. 
This paper was followed by one by Adolf Biersach. who de- 
scribed the experiences of himself and companions during a col- 
lecting trip made into Nicaragua. C. A., during the early part of 
1901. Mounted specimens of birds and animals met with during 
the trip were exhibited to illustrate the paper. 
Rev. Stephen D. Peet of Chicago, who was present, then made 
a short address, briefly outlining the work he had done in in- 
vestigating the mound systems of \\'i5Consin. He exhibited charts 
of several groups of mounds and gave his interpretation of their 
purpose and significance. 
Thursday. Jax. 30, 1902. 
This meeting was held in the usual place with 63 persons 
present. 
After the usual reports of meetings had been read the follow- 
ing were elected to membership : J. S. ^IcDonald. Oscar Bux- 
baum. G. P. Stickney. S. \V. Faville. W. F. Crosbv. L. S. Drew,. 
D. Mc L. Miller. Hon. G. Wolf. John Gerend. and Charles 
Goessl. INliss Mary J. Lapham and Miss Julia A. Lapham were 
elected honorary members. 
Prof. E. C. Case then began the lecture of the evening, which 
was entitled ""Alethods of Collecting. Presen-ing and Restoring 
th." Remains of large extinct \'ertebrates." 
The principal feature of the lecture was the large number of 
excellent lantern illustrations accompanying it. many of them 
being from photographs taken by !Mr. Case himself. The local- 
ities where such collecting was chiefly done were shown to be 
among the most desolate and barren ones on the continent, 
such as the Bad Lands of South Dakota, and the chalk deserts of 
Kansas. The methods of fitting out an expedition and of taking 
care of the fossil parts discovered were described, as also was 
