xii Proceedliic/x of the Biological Societg of Washington. 
October 31, 1914—529th Meeting. 
President P)artscb in the cliair and 110 jiersons present. 
Two communications were presented. 
“Pelage Variations of American Moles”: Hartley H. T. 
Jackson . 
“Twenty Years Experience with Great Apes in Western 
Africa”: R. L. Garner. 
November 14, 1914 — 530th Meeting. 
President P)artsch in the chair and 37 persons present. 
Marcus W. Lyon, Jr., reported the capture of an American 
coot on top of the Blue Ridge Mountains. 
L. O. Howard exhibited a tooth of a saber-tooth tiger from 
the asjihalt deposits near Los Angeles, Calif. 
Three communications were presented. 
“ Certain Miocene Fossils”: MTlliam Palmer. 
“Arabic Zoology”: Paul B. Popenoe. 
“A National Bird Census”: Wells W. Cooke. 
November 28, 1914 — 531st Meeting. 
President Bartsch in the chair and 31 persons present. 
C. W. Stiles made remarks on his experiences in sanitation 
in relation to hook worm disease. 
Wm. Palmer exhibited some interesting fossils from the 
.M iocene deposits near Chesapeake Beach. 
Three communications were presented. 
“ A Porcupine Skull Showing an Extra Pair of Upper In¬ 
cisors”: Marcus W. Lyon, Jr. 
“Notes on Some Fishes Collected by Doctor Mearns in the 
Colorado River”: J. 0. Snyder. 
“Notes on Some Birds Observed on the Florida Keys in 
April, 1914 ”: Paul Bartsch. 
December 12, 1914 — 532d Meeting. 
THIRTV-FIFTII ANNUAL MEETING. 
President Bartsch in the chair and 18 members present. 
The annual reports of officers were received. 
The following officers were elected for the year 1915: 
President: Paul Bartsch. 
