ProrcedliKjs. 
XI 
“Notes on the Hateliing of a. fjoeal 'PcMTapiii (Kino.dn'iioii 
pennsylvanlcuin)": ^Villianl halnier. 
“An Account of a Visit to Some of the Smaller Miisenms 
O. P. Hay. 
“The Fishes of the Lahonton Basin”: J. (). Snyder. 
April 11, 1914—526th Meeting. 
Vice-President Rose in the chair and 40 pei'sons present. 
Three communications were iiresented : 
“ Notes on Bermuda Birds”: Titus Ulke. 
“ Reactions of Corals to Food and to Non-nutrient Particles 
and the Nature of the Food of Corals”: T. Wayland Vaughan. 
“ The Plankton Resources of Some Massachusetts Ponds”: 
A. A. Doolittle. 
May 2, 1914—527th Meeting. 
Vice-President Flay in the chair and 46 persons present. 
W. L. McAtee made remarks on the ahundance of birds in 
the neighborhood of Washington as given in lists of 1<S62 and 
1883, compared with the uumbers at present. 
Three communications were presented : 
“A Journal of the Wilkes Kxploring Expedition”: W. P. 
Hay. 
“The Home and Country of Linnaeus”: S. INI. Grouherger. 
“ Illustrations of Washington Wild F'lowers”: L. D. Halleck. 
October 17, 1914—528th Meeting. 
President Bartsch in the chair and 36 persons present. 
Resolutions on the death of Dr. Theodore N. Gill were read. 
L. O. Howard gave evidence to show that arsenical spraying 
in connection with the destruction of the gypsy moth iu New 
England had not killed native birds. 
President Bartsch reported that English sparrows had eaten 
many army worms in Whashiugtou during the r('C(‘ut invasion 
of these insects. 
Three communications were ])res(‘nted. 
“A IMouse that Lives in Tree-tops”: Vernon Baiky. 
“ Botanical Collecting in the Northwest ”: A. S. Hitchcock. 
“The Present State of Fk)x-farming”: Ned Dearlx)rn. 
