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JOURNAL OF MAMMALOGY 
Ultimately the League intends to secure a complete Redwood survey, including 
information concerning both species of Sequoia {Sequoia sempervirens, the Red- 
wood, and Sequoia gigantea, the Big Tree). It is desirable that the birds and 
mammals of the Redwood habitat be investigated together with the trees. In 
view of Hofmann’s findings (Ecology, vol. 1, 1920, pp. 49-53) regarding rodents 
and the reproduction of Douglas Fir one might almost expect to discover further 
significant relationships. 
Those interested in the objects of the League can help by joining the organi- 
zation, and promoting the prosperity of the movement in other ways. The 
Secretary-Treasurer of the League is R. G. Sproul, University of California, 
Berkeley, California; the dues for annual members are two dollars a year. It 
would seem appropriate that the American Society of Mammalogists take official 
cognizance of this movement and offer the encouragement of its moral support 
at least through the medium of resolutions adopted at the next annual meeting. 
Walter P. Taylor. 
Biological Survey, La Jolla, California. 
THE THIRD ANNUAL MEETING OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF 
MAMMALOGISTS 
The third annual meeting of the American Sdoiety of Mammalogists was held 
in the United States National Museum, Washington, D. C., May 2-4, 1921, with 
67 members in attendance, — approximately | of the total membership of the 
Society. Amcing other business matters it v^as voted that the Society affiliate 
with the American Association for the Advancement of Science; and that two 
additional committees be appointed: one on Marine Mammals; the other on Eco- 
nomic Mammalogy. Prof, E.-L. Trouessart, Museum National, Paris, France, 
v/as unanimously elected an Honorary Member. The following rule was adopted 
by the Society : Rule III. Delinquents. A. Members whose dues are in arrears 
for more than one year shall not be entitled to receive the Journal of Mammalogy. 
B. The names of members whose dues are in arrears for more than two years shall 
be presented to the Directors for action. 
The report of the Corresponding Secretary showed a total of 527 members in 
the Society, of which 99 were elected at the present meeting, and 41 were delin- 
quent for 1920 dues. Thqre had been 2 deaths and 11 resignations since the last 
annual meeting. The total distribution of the Journal of Mammalogy, including 
subscriptions. May 3, 1921, was 550. 
The Society can take pride in having established a creditable magazine without 
a single financial donation toward its publication or general expenses. This has 
been done at a critical period in industrial histor5^ and at a time when printing 
costs were almost prohibitive. It has been pos'sible, however, largely through 
the Charter Members; who willingly paid membership dues for the year 1919, 
yet received only one number of the Journal during that year. With a normal 
increase in the number of members and subscribers we can hope to continue to 
publish under present conditions between 200 and 250 pages and 10 half tones a 
year. Indications are that we shall soon be receiving firs't-clasfe manuscript in 
