502 PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OF [1892. 



or preserved as skins, and further donations have been received 

 from Dr. S. G. Dixon, I. N. DeHaven, D. N. McCadden and others. 



It is gratifying to note the increased interest in Ornithology 

 among the members of the Academy, due to the efforts of the Sec- 

 tion and the Delaware Valley Ornithological Club, as well as the 

 appreciation by the visiting public of the improvements and addi- 

 tions in the Ornithological departments of the museum. 



At the annual meeting of the Section, held December 19th, 1892, 

 the following officers were elected for the ensuing year: 



Director, ...... Spencer Trotter, M. D. 



Vice- Director, .... 

 Recorder, .... 



Corresponding Secretary, . 

 Treastirer, .... 

 Conservator, .... 



Respectfully submitted, 



AViTMER Stone, 



Conservator. 



George Spencer Morris. 

 Stewardson Brown, 

 Charles E. Ridenour. 

 Isaac C. Martindale. 

 Witmer Stone. 



REPORT OF THE PROFESSOR OF INVERTEBRATE 



PALEONTOLOGY. 



The Professor of Invertebrate Paleontology respectfully reports 

 that owing to his participation in the organization and accomplish- 

 ment of the Peary Relief Expedition — a duty with which he was 

 entrusted by the Council of the Academy and the Academy — he 

 has been able to give but little, in fact, scarcely any, attention to 

 his department during the past year. It is believed, however, that 

 this deficiency in attention has been more than compensated by 

 the valuable collections which have resulted from the Greenland 

 Expedition, and which touch largely the departments of geology 

 and paleontology. Of such collections may be mentioned the series 

 of blocks of Ovifak iron, the fossils of the elevated terraces of 

 Greenland, the fossil fishes from Ameralik Fjord, and above all the 

 extensive series of Cretaceous and Miocene plant remains from 

 Atanekerdluk. The fossil fishes, the first of the class that have 

 been obtained in the region, are but few in number, but advice 

 from one of the Governors of South Greenland, under date of Sep- 

 tember 17th, indicates that a box-full has been directed to the 



