566 PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OF [Dec, 



Thirty metal storage cases have been procured for the accommo- 

 dation of the accessions. 



The Delaware Valley Ornithological Club and the Pennsylvania 

 Audubon Society have continued to hold their meetings at the 

 Academy and have done much to stimulate ornithological study. 



The Conservator would express his indebtedness to Mr. J. A. G. 

 Etehn, who has catalogued all of the accessions, and to Messrs. 

 Daniel J. Fay and Delos E. Culver, who have given valuable aid 

 in the rearrangement of the collection, Mr. Culver having accom- 

 plished particularly satisfactory work in relaxing the old unmounted 

 birds. To Mr. David McCadden, our taxidermist, is due much 

 of the success in the improvement of the local collection. 



The annual meeting of the Section was held on December 3, 1912, 

 and the following officers were reelected: 



Director Spencer Trotter, M.D. 



Vice-Director ..George Spencer Morris. 



Recorder Stewardson Brown. 



Corresporiding Secretary William A. Shrj-ock. 



Treasurer and Conservator Witmer Stone. 



Witmer Stone, 



Conservator. 



The annual election of Officers, Councillors, and Members of the 

 Committee on Accounts was held December 17, with the following 

 result : 



President Samuel G. Dixon, M.D., LL.D. 



Vice-Presidents.. Edwin G. Conklin,Ph.D.,Sc.D. 



John Cadwalader, A.M. 



Recording Secretary Edward J. Nolan, M.D. 



Corresponding Secretary J. Percy Moore, Ph.D. 



Treasurer George Vaux, Jr. 



Librarian Edward J. Nolan, M.D. 



( i katoks Samuel G. Dixon, M.D.,LL.D., 



Henry A. Pilsbry, Sc.D., 

 Witmer Stone, A.M., 

 Henry Tucker, M.D. 



( Yu ncillors to serve three years .Philip P. Calvert, Ph.D., 



Thomas Biddle, M.D., 

 Frank J. Keeley, 

 Thomas G. Ashton, M.D. 



