iS93-] 143 [Annual Meeting. 
to find in the Bnlletin of the pliilosopliical society of "Washington, 
vol. 11, p. 221-245 (received last July) a pa|)er by Mr. \V. J. 
McGee, entitled the Evolution of serials ])ub]ished by scientific 
societies, in Avhich among other errors, the statement is made 
that only one number of our Memoirs has appeared in the last 17 
years, whereas during the 17 years anterior to the date (Ajiril 13, 
1889) of the reading of Mr. McGee's paper no less than 35 
numbers have appeared. It is difticult to account for Mr. 
McGee's errors; he says that our publications .ire ''fairlj^ acces- 
sible"; they are sent regularly to the U. S. (xeological Survey, 
Smithsonian Institution, and elsewhere in Washington. Though 
I have cited but one of Mr. McGee's errors in regard to the pub- 
lications of our Society, his paper shows others that a careful 
writer consulting the official reports of the Society would have 
avoided. Like many critics, friendly and inifriendly, Mr. McGee 
does not permit the facts to interfere with his preconceptions. 
Walker Prize. 
The committee on the annual award of the Walker Prize, 
announced as the subject, Contril)Utions to our knowledge of the 
life history of any i)]ant or animal. Their report on the two 
essays offered in com])etition will be read later. More interest 
and competition would probably be secured if the subjects could 
be announced e.irlier in the vear. 
