1911.,] natural sciences of philadelphia. 603 



Report of the Ornithological Section. 



Work in the Ornithological department during the past year has 

 consisted mainly in the labelling and cataloguing of the numerous 

 accessions and in the rearrangement of a large portion of the Passerine 

 birds in the exhibition series and a number of families in the study 

 series. In this work the Conservator is much^ndebted to Mr. J. A. G. 

 Rehn for valuable assistance. 



Twelve storage cases and two large exhibition cases have been 

 procured for the better accommodation of the collections. 



Among the most important accessions were a collection of birds 

 from the East Indies, obtained by purchase, a fine series of Vene- 

 zuelan bird secured by the Francis E. Bond Expedition, and a large 

 number of local birds, nests and eggs for the Delaware Valley Or- 

 nithological Club from the late Francis W. Rawle, Robert T. Moore, 

 and others. 



The Delaware Valley Ornithological Club, Spencer F. Baird 

 Club and the Pennsylvania Audubon Society have held their meetings 

 at the Academy during the year, and November 13-16 the American 

 Ornithologists' Union assembled at the Academy for their twenty- 

 ninth stated meeting, which proved to be one of the most successful 

 in the history of the society. 



The annual meeting of the Section was held on December 5, and 

 the following officers were elected for the ensuing year: 



Director Spencer- Trotter, M.D. 



Vice-Director George Spencer Morris. 



Recorder Stewardson Brown. 



Corresponding Secretary William A. Shryock. 



Treasurer and Conservator Witmer Stone. 



Wither Stone, 



Conservator. 



The annual election of Officers, Councillors and Members of the 

 Committee on Accounts to serve during 1912 was held, with the 

 following result : 



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



Vice-Presidents Edwin G. Conklin. A.M., Ph.D., 



Sc.D., 

 John Cadwalader. 

 Recording Secretary Edward J. Nolan, M.D. 



