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Miincheii. Bayerische akademie der wissenschaften. Abhandlungen 
(natural history articles). 18 vols. 
Napoli. Zoologische station. Mittheilungen. 11 vols. 
Paris. Societe zoologique de France. Bulletin. 19 vols. 
Torrey botanical club. Memoirs. 2 vols. 
Zeitsclirift fur anatomie und entwickelungsgeschiclite. 2 vols. 
The total number indexed is 59 serials, 791 volumes; the current 
volumes of serials indexed in previous years are indexed as received. 
The basement room has been connected with the front library by 
an iron spiral stairway. During the coming year it is proposed to 
furnish the northern side of the room with shelves; this will relieve 
all the crowded portions of the library. 
Walker Prizes. 
The subjects selected by the Walker Prize Committee for the 
annual award were : — 
(1) A study of an area of schistose or foliated rocks in the east¬ 
ern United States. 
(2) A study of the development of river valleys in some consid¬ 
erable area of folded or faulted Appalachian structure in Pennsyl¬ 
vania, Virginia, or Tennessee. 
(3) An experimental study of the effects of close fertilization in 
the case of some plant of short cycle. 
(4) Contributions to our knowledge of the general morphology 
or the general physiology of any animal, except man. 
Four essays have been received in competition, and in compliance 
with the rules of the Council, the chairman of the Committee, Pro¬ 
fessor Goodale, has informed me that the Committee award a first 
prize of sixty dollars ($60) to the author of the essay on the early 
development of Asplanchia herrickii, inscribed Entwickelungsme- 
chanik, and a second prize of fifty dollars ($50) to the author of 
the essay on the geographic development of southeastern Tennessee 
inscribed Sequatchie. 
The subjects announced for next year are :— 
(1) A study of glacial, fiuviatile, or lacustrine phenomena associ¬ 
ated with the closing stages of the glacial period. 
(2) Original investigations in regard to the chalazal impregnation 
of any North American species of Angiosperms. 
(3) An experimental investigation in cytology. 
(4) A contribution to our knowledge of the morphology of the 
Bacteria. 
