Personal and Scientific News. 203 
Washington, by G. I. Smith .'uul IJaik'v Willis; Bulletin No. 
221, "IJibliography and index of North American geology, 
paleontology, petrology and mineralogy for 1902," by F. B. 
Weeks; Professional Paper No. 17, "Geology and water re- 
sources of western Nebraska," by N. II. Darton ; Water Sup- 
ply and Irrigation Paper No. 89, "Water Resources of the Sal- 
inas valley, California," by Homer Hamlin. 
The St. Louis mkuting op the Geological Society op 
.\m ERICA. The recent meeting, December 30 to January i, 
was quite up to the average attendance, although the American 
Association meeting was small. The registration was forty- 
nine without including the Fellows-elect or the candidates who 
were present. There was an unusually large representation of 
the Fellows from the Mississippi valley states. Memorials 
were read of J. P. Lesley and Peter Neflf, but in the absence of 
the author the memorial of W. C. Knight was not presented. 
Besides the president's address the program included thirty- 
eight papers, of which ten were read by title. Section E com- 
]")leted its work on Tuesday and the Geological Society occupied 
the three days following, except Thursday afternoon, which 
was spent in a visit to the Exposition grounds and buildings. 
The customary dinner was on Wednesday evening at the 
Planters hotel, but without speeches, and was followed by 
President Emmons' address, "Theories of Ore Deposition ; his- 
torically considered." This was given in the large parlor of 
the hotel and was succeeded by a social reunion. 
It has been decided to hold no summer meeting this year, 
and to meet with the A. A. A. S. at Philadelphia in December. 
The president for 1904 is professor J. C. Branner. Leland Stan- 
ford L^niversity, California. 
The following is the list of papers presented. 
.\RE.\L. 
Oliver C. F.xrrington — Observations on the geography and geology of 
western Mexico. (15 minutes, lantern views.) 
C. H. Hitchcock — New studies in the Ammonoosac district of New 
Hampshire. (30 minutes.) 
C .\RLES R. Dryer — Studies in the western Finger Lake region. (20 
minutes, lantern views.) 
N. H. WixcHELL — Note on the geology of the Hellgate valley between 
Missoula and Elliston. and northward to Placid Lake, in Montana. 
(25 minutes.) By title. 
P.\LE0NT0L0GIC.AL. 
-Alexis A. Julien — A fossil water fungus in petrified wood from Egypt. 
(Read by title.) 
J. E. Duerden (introduced by G. B. Sljattuck) — The development and 
relationships of the Rugosa. (20 minutes.) By title. 
PETR0GR.\PHIC.\L. 
A. p. Coi-EM.\N — The Sudbury nickel-bearing eruptive. (20 minutes.) 
5".\MUEL \Vr.iDM.\x — The widespread occurrence of fayalite in certain 
igneous rocks of Wisconsin. (20 minutes.) 
Thom.\s Leox.xrd \V.\tsox — Structural relations of the granites of 
North Carolina. (30 minutes.) By title. 
