588 PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OF [1896. 



formed by the Club has steadily increased during the year, and now 

 fills four large cases, one of them a handsome plate-glass case de- 

 signed as a model for the cases needed for the display of the general 

 ornithological collection in the new building. As soon as these 

 can be procured, the entire collection of birds can be immediately 

 transferred to its allotted position on the third floor of the new build- 

 ing, as the work of renovation is now practically completed. 



At the annual meeting of the Section, held December 21, 1896^ 

 the old board of oflScers was reelected, as follows : — 



Director, Spencer Trotter, M. D. 



Vice-Director, 



Recorder, 



Secretary, 



Treasurer and Conservator, 



Geo. S. Morris. 

 Stewardson Brown. 

 Wm. A. Shyrock. 

 Witmer Stone. 

 Respectfully submitted, 



Wither Stone, 



Conservator, 



REPORT OF THE ANTHROPOLOGICAL SECTION. 



The Anthropological Section has been fully organized during the 

 present year by the adoption of By-Laws and the election of officers 

 in accordance with the requirements of the By-Laws of the Academy. 

 It has, at present, a membership of thirty-four, and during the year 

 has held eight monthly sessions. The principal communications 

 received have been from Dr. D. G. Brinton on " The Relations of 

 Race and Culture to the Degeneration of the Reproductive Organs 

 in Woman," and on " Hybridization ; " Dr. Harrison Allen on 

 " The Prenasal Foss£e ; " Prof F. C. Kavanagh on " Right Hand- 

 edness;" Prof Lightner Witmer on "Psycho-Physical Measure- 

 ments ; " Dr. M. V. Ball on " Tattooing ; " Dr. Chas. K. Mills on 

 " Nerves of the Sense of Taste," and by Stewart Culin on "Divin- 

 atory Diagrams." In addition, minor communications were on 

 various subjects. 



The officers of the section are as follows : — 



Director, Harrison Allen, M. D. 



Vice- Director, .... Dr. Newlin Peirce. 



Treasurer and Corresponding Secretary, M. V. Ball, M. D. 



Recorder and Conservator, . . Chas. Morris. 



Charles Morris, 



Recorder. 



