ABSTRACTS OF THE MINUTES OF THE PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES 



OF PHILADELPHIA 



1921 



January 18. 



The President, John Cadwalader, A.M., LL. D., in the Chair. 



Eighty-two persons present. 



The deaths of Edward J. Nolan, Librarian and Recording Secre- 

 tary Emeritus, and Joseph G. Rosengarten, were announced. 



Dr. Wilham E. Hughes made a communication entitled: "Across 

 the Peruvian Andes to the Amazon." (No abstract.) 



The Council reported the appointment by the President of the 

 following Committees: On Finance — Effingham B. Morris, Chair- 

 man, George L. Harrison, Jr., Morgan Hebard, Walter Horstmann, 

 and the Treasurer, George Vaux, Jr. On Publications — Henry 

 Skinner, Chairman, Milton J. Greenman, Witmer Stone, Henry 

 A. Pilsbry, William J. Fox. On Library — Henry Tucker, Chair- 

 man, F. J. Keeley, T. Chalkley Palmer, Witmer Stone, Spencer 

 Trotter. On Instruction — Henry Skinner, Chairman, Charles Mor- 

 ris, Henry A. Pilsbry, James A. G. Rehn. 



William Randolph Taylor, C. Montague Cooke, Stephen Fuguet, 

 Samuel Copeland Palmer, and Lambert Cadwalader, were elected 

 members. 



February 15. 



The President, John Cadwalader, A. M., LL. D., in the Chair. 



One hundred and forty-four persons present. 



The deaths of George W. Carpenter, and James Gibbons Huneker, 

 were announced. 



Mr. Arthur H. Fisher made a communication entitled: "An 

 Animated Photographic Journey through the Philadelphia Zoo- 

 logical Gardens." (No abstract.) 



John Wagner, and Henry Frazer Harris, were elected members. 



The Publication Committee reported the receipt of the following 

 papers for publication: 



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