590 PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OF [DeC, 



Director : Benjamin Smith Lyman. 



Vice-Director F. J. Keeley. 



Recorder and Secretary S. L. Schumo. 



Treasurer William B. Davis. 



Conservator George Vaux, Jr. 



Respectfully submitted by order of the Section, 



Benj. Smith Lyman, Director. 



Ornithological Section. — The Section has maintained an active 

 interest in the ornithological department of the Academy and in 

 furthering study in this branch of science. 



The Pennsylvania Audubon Society and Delaware Valley Ornitho- 

 logical Club have been encouraged to hold their meetings at the 

 Academy and in this way many persons interested in bird study 

 have come into closer relation with the society, resulting in impor- 

 tant additions to the collection and in the acquisition of important 

 data. 



At the annual meeting of the Section the following officers were 

 elected for the ensuing year: ' 



Director Spencer Trotter. 



Vice-Director ,. George Spencer Morris. 



Recorder Stewardson Brown. 



Secretary r. William A: Shryock. 



Treasurer and Conservator Witmer Stone. 



Respectfully submitted, 



Witmer Stone, Conservator. 



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

 Committee on Accounts was held December 21, with the following 

 result : 



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



Vice-Presidents EdwinG. 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. 



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



Henry A. Pilsbry, Sc.D., 

 Witmer Stone, A.M., Sc.D., 

 Henry Tucker, M.D. 



