148 BULLETIN OF WISCONSIN NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY. VOL. 3, NO. 4. 
The next order of business being- the election of officers, Dr. G. W. 
Peckham nominated all the present incumbents for the same offices 
and moved that Dr. S. Graenicher be directed to cast the unanimous 
vote of the society for their reelection. The motion was carried and 
the following officers declared reelected. President, E. E. Teller; 
Vice-president, Dr. C. D. Stanhope; Treasurer, L. K. Whitney; Director, 
C. E. Brown; General Secretary, C. E. Monroe. 
The Secretary reported that the directors had voted to recommend 
the amendment of by-law I so as to make the annual dues of non- 
resident members $3.00, or the same as those of resident members. 
The motion was lost. 
Dr. S. Graenicher then moved that the by-law be amended so as 
to make the annual dues of non-resident members two dollars in 
place of one. This motion was carried. 
The Secretary then read a letter from Mr. Henry A. Crosby, presi- 
dent of the newly organized Wisconsin Archaeological Society, 
announcing the formation of the latter society and requesting 
for it the privilege to assume the publication of the "Wisconsin 
Archeologist." 
On motion of Dr. Peckham, it was voted that this be granted. 
June 4, 1903. 
The regular Mav meeting, postponed. President Teller in the 
Chair. 
Dr. John Madden gave a very interesting account of his observa- 
tions on wild red foxes on the Door County Peninsula, describing 
their habits and relations to men and domestic animals. 
September 24, 1903. 
Dr. G. W. Peckham in the Chair. Seventeen persons present. 
The resignation of Mr. L. R. Whitney as treasurer was presented. 
The name of Miss F. Schnellenmeyer was presented for member- 
ship. 
Mr. Wm. Finger exhibited a large number of flowering plants col- 
lected in the course of a trip to the Yellowstone Park. Many speci- 
mens of different orders from high altitudes exhibited the same ten- 
dency toward strong development of the underground portions with 
stunting of the upper parts. 
The Secretary presented a few specimens of asters collected at 
Kaukauna and High Cliff, Wis., and offered for examination the 
advance sheets of Kumlein and Hollister's "List of Wisconsin Birds" 
soon to be issued by the society. 
Miss Harriet B. Merrill spoke of the work upon which she had 
been engaged of studying and identifying the Crustacea collected by 
her during her South American trip. 
Dr. Graenicher spoke of his investigations among the solitary bees 
of the genus Halictus, and gave an interesting account of their habits, 
especially of a semi-social species, many specimens of which occupy 
the same underground tunnel, each female digging off from that her 
saparate apartment and taking turns at keeping watch of the nest- 
opening. 
Mr. C. E. Brown exhibited a specimen of the edible fungus, 
Polyporus frondosus; and also half a dozen species of dragon flies new 
