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in the Study of Faunas by Dr. Henry A. Pilsbry; three on Studies 

 in Local Plant Life by Mr. Stewardson Brown, and two on Ancient 

 and Modern Man by Dr. Spencer Trotter. 



The afternoon course for students of the Girls' High Schools of 

 Philadelphia, inaugurated last year, was continued, beginning 

 October 2, and was largely attended. 



Two lectures each were delivered by the following speakers: 

 Dr. Henry A. Pilsbry, on Crustacea and Mollusks; Dr. J. Percy 

 Moore, on Reptiles and Mammals; Mr. Witmer Stone, on Birds; 

 Mr. Stewardson Brown on Plants; and one each by Dr. Philip P. 

 Calvert and Dr. Henry Skinner, on Insects. 



It is manifest that the year has been one of unusual interest 

 and activity, and there is no reason to doubt that the fine record 

 commemorated last March will be continued during the next century, 

 although conditions, which have already changed, may undergo 

 further modification. A reasonable prediction as to what these 

 modifications may be when the second centenary of the Academy 

 will be celebrated by our successors in March, 2012, would be a matter 

 of serious interest could it now be made. 



Edward J. Nola^*, 



Recording Secretary. 



REPORT OF CORRESPONDING SECRETARY. 



During the year the deaths of the following-named correspondents 

 occurred: Sir Joseph D. Hooker, Professor John Duns, Professor 

 Eduard Strasburger, and Professor Rudolph Hoernes. The death 

 of the Reverend Stephen Bowers in 1907 and of Professor Adolph 

 Bastian at an unascertained date were also announced. Elections 

 of correspondents were as follows: Professor Viktor Goldschmidt, 

 Dr. Carlotta J. Maury, Professor John Casper Branner, and Dr. 

 Charles Haskins Townsend. 



Invitations to participate in the following-named events were 

 received: The annual meeting of the American Anthropological 

 Association; the XHIth International Congress of Americanists, 

 at which the Academy was represented by Sir Thomas Lauder 

 Brunton; the XlVth International Congress of Anthropology and 

 Prehistoric Archeology; the two hundreth anniversary of the founding 

 of the Academy of Sciences, Belles-Lettres, and Arts of Bordeaux; 

 the XXIst annual convention of the German Dendrological Society; 

 the Second International Congress of Entomology, to which Dr. 



