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Resolved, That we hereby urge upon the Senators and Repre¬ 
sentatives of Wisconsin in Congress that they vote for and strive by 
any legitimate means to secure the passage of these bills; and 
Resolved, That the Secretary of this society be instructed to send 
copies of this resolution to each Wisconsin Senator and Representative 
in Congress, to James Wilson, Secretary of Agriculture, and to Dr. L. 
O. Howard, Bureau of Entomology. 
The Committee, 
R. A. MUTTKOWSKI. 
EDGAR E. TELLER. 
P. H. DERNEHL. 
It was moved and seconded that this resolution be passed. 
The motion was carried. 
Dr. S. J. Holmes, Prof, of Zoology at the University of Wisconsin, 
gave a lecture on “Tropisms in Relation to Instinct and Intelligence.” 
This lecture dealt largely with heliotropism as illustrated in some of 
the lower animals. Dr. Dernehl and Mr. Muttkowski took part in the 
discussion. 
The meeting then adjourned. 
Milwaukee, Wis., November 9, 1911. 
Meeting of the combined sections. 
President Barth in the chair. Fifteen members present. Minutes 
of the last meeting read and approved. 
The president announced to the society the death of the last of 
its charter members, Mr. C. H. Doerflinger. Mr. Ward moved that the 
secretary be instructed to write a suitable letter to Mr. Doerflinger’s 
family, expressing their sympathy. An amendment was offered by Mr. 
Muttkowski that Dr. Dernehl be asked to write an obituary to be 
published in The Bulletin. The motion was carried as amended. 
Mr. Ward moved that the Park Board be requested to label the 
plants and shrubs in the conservatory at Mitchell park. The motion 
was seconded and carried. 
The meeting was given up to an informal discussion of a variety 
of topics. Dr. Barrett told of some observations he had made in 
Arizona on protective coloration among the animals. 
Mr. Ward exhibited a specimen of Townsend’s Solitaire, a bird 
that has not hitherto been recorded for Wisconsin. 
Dr. Barth made some observations on the subject of the habits 
of one of the solitary wasps, Ammophila, with regard to its manner 
of handling pebbles in closing its nest. 
After informal discussion of these and allied subjects, in which 
all tjiose present took part, the meeting adjourned. 
