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Proceedings of the Blologlcol Sorietij of ]VasJn'ngton. 
Tiic following- coininiinications were ])resonte(l: 
“ Notes on the Fossil Maniinnls of the Fort Union’’: J. W. 
Gidley. 
“Certain Seeds used for Ornamental Purposes in the West 
Indies”: J. N. Rose. 
February 14, 1914—522d Meeting. 
Vice-President .J. N. Rose in tlie cliair and 32 persons iiresent. 
The following communications were presented : 
“Seasonal IMovements of Fishes at Lake IMaxinkuckee ”: 
Barton \\C Evei-mann. 
“An American Swastika”: Henry Talbott. 
“Surface Temperature in the Hnmholdt Current and its 
Coastal Eddies”: R. E. Coker. 
March 7, 1914—523d Meeting. 
Vice-President A. D. Hopkins in the chair and 26 persons 
present. 
Marcus \\^. Lyon, .Jr., reported an unusual absence of red¬ 
headed woodpeckers this winter on the grounds of the Freed¬ 
man’s Hospital. 
WTlliam Palmer criticised some recent restorations of pre¬ 
historic men. 
The following formal communications were presented: 
“ Remains of a Prehistoric Feast ”: William Palmer. 
“Additional Evidence of Mutation in (Enothera’': H. IT. 
Bartlett. 
March 21, 1914—524th Meeting. 
President Bartsch in the chair and 47 persons present. 
C. V. Piper exhibited curious specimens of cowpeas from 
Northern Nigeria and of soy beans from Corea. 
The regular program consisted of two communications : 
“Aral)ic Interpretations of the Songs of Birds”: Paul B. 
I’openoc'. 
“ Bird Migration in the Mackenzie Valley”: Wells W. Cooke. 
April 4, 1914—525th Meeting. 
\Tce-Prcsident W. P. Hay in the chair and 36 persons present. 
Tlie program consisted of three communications : 
