120 PROCEEDINGS: BOSTON SOCIETY NATURAL HISTORY 
December 18,1895. General meeting. One hundred and six persons 
present. 
Mr. F. W. Crosby. The sea-mills of Cephalonia. 
Prof. G. Frederick Wright. The present status of glacial 
man in America. 
Prof. Henry W. Haynes. Evidence of early man in America. 
January 1, 1896. General meeting. Forty-three persons present. 
Mr. A. W. Grabau. Lake Bouv6, a glacial lake in the Boston 
Basin. 
Prof. W. O. Crosby. Glacial lakes in the valleys of the 
Neponset and Charles Rivers. 
January 15, 1896. General meeting. Eiglity-four persons present. 
Adoption of new By-Laws of the Society. 
Mr. William Brewster. Notes on the natural history of 
Trinidad. 
Mr. Outram Bangs. Notes on the synonymy of the North 
American mink, with description of a new subspecies. (By 
title.) 
Mr. J. B. Woodworth. On the fracture system of joints. 
(By title.) 
February 5, 1896. General meeting. Forty-four persons present. 
Mr. Herbert L. Jones. Biological adaptations of desert plants 
to their surroundings. 
Mr. George E. Ladd. A preliminary study of the fire clays 
of the United States. (By title.) 
February 19, 1896. General meeting. Thirty persons present. 
Mr. A. W. Grabau. Paradoxides from a third locality in 
South Braintree. 
Prof. A. Hyatt. The X-ray as an aid to natural history studies. 
Mr. Outram Bangs. The terrapin an inhabitant of Massachu¬ 
setts. 
Dr. Joseph L. Goodale. The vocal sounds of animals and the 
mechanism of their production. 
March 4, 1896. General meeting. Thirteen persons present. 
Prof. F. W. Putnam. Symbolism in Ancient America. 
March 18, 1896. General meeting. Four hundred persons present. 
Prof. Charles R. Cross. The X-rays. 
Mr. A. G. Mayer. On the colors and color patterns of moths 
and butterflies. (By title.) 
April 1,1896. General meeting. One hundred and fifty-six persons 
present. 
