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Meetings. Annual meeting on 1st Tuesday of Dec. in New York City, unless other- 

 wise ordered; semi-annual meeting at such time and place as the Council may 

 appoint. Special meetings on call. 



Membership. 1,856 members and 221 associates, including 108 life members (en- 

 trance fee, $25 ; annual dues, $15 ; life composition, $200) ; 645 juniors (entrance 

 fee, $15 with $10 additional on promotion to any other grade of membership; 

 annual dues, $10) ; 18 honorary. Catalogue published annually. 



Publications. 



TRANSACTIONS . . . v. I-XXVI, 1880-1904/05. New York, [1881]- 

 1905. 8 & 4. 



v. I and 3, 2d ed., 1892. The papers contained in these volumes are first 



issued in pamphlet form without the discussion. 

 Prices: $10 per vol. in paper, $11 in cloth; to libraries and educational 



institutions, $5 and $6, respectively. 



Contents and general index, v. 1-20. New York, 1899. 4. 



Distribution. Exchange with similar societies. On sale by the Secretary. 



Note. In connection with the meeting of the society at Boston, Mass., May 

 27-30, 1902, the local members published "A handbook of the principal scien- 

 tific institutions of Boston and vicinity," prepared by H. W. Tyler. 



American Society of Naturalists. 



Address. Secretary : W. E. Castle, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. 



History. Founded at Springfield, Mass., April 10, 1883, as Society of Nat- 

 uralists of the Eastern United States. Present name since Dec. 29, 

 1885. Amalgamated in Dec. 1902, with the Naturalists of the Central 

 States (organized 1901), the latter society becoming the Central 

 Branch of the general society. A physiological section of the Central 

 Branch held its first meeting Mar. 3i-Apr. I, 1905, at Chicago. 



Ref.: Science, n. s., v. 15 (1902), p. 41-44, 242. 

 The following societies are affiliated : 



American Society of Zoologists, Association of American Anatomists, 

 American Physiological Society, American Psychological Society, Ameri- 

 can Philosophical Association, Society of American Bacteriologists, 

 American Anthropological Association, and American Folk-lore Society. 

 The Botanists of the Central States and the Central Branch of the 

 American Society of Zoologists are in close affiliation with the Central 

 Branch of the society. 



Object. Association of working naturalists for the discussion of methods of instruc- 

 tion, museum administration, and other subjects of general interest to investi- 

 gators and teachers of natural science; adoption of such measures as shall tend 

 to the advancement and diffusion of the knowledge of natural science. 



Meetings. Annually during convocation week (December) at different places. The 

 Central Branch and its affiliated societies hold a meeting annually in the spring. 



Membership. Limited to persons professionally engaged in some branch of natural 

 history. 380 active (annual dues, $i) ; 3 honorary (limited to 5). 



