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standard cases. A number of valuable additions to the collection 

 have been made during the year, the most important being the 

 Clemens specimens from Mindanao, Philippine Islands. 



The Delaware Valley Ornithological Club and the Pennsylvania 

 Audubon Society have held their meetings in the Ornithological 

 rooms during the year, and have done much to further the interests 

 of the department. To Mr. J. A. G. Rehn the Conservator is indebted 

 for valuable assistance in labelling and cataloguing. 



The officers elected at the annual meeting, December 2, 1909, are: 



Director, ...... Spencer Trotter, M.D. 



Vice-Director, 



Corresponding Secretary, . 



Recorder, 



Conservator and Treasurer, 



George Spencer Morris. 

 William A. Shryock. 

 St ewa rdson Brown . 

 Witmer Stone. 



Witmer Stone, 



Conservator. 



The annual election of Officers, Councillors and Members of the 

 Committee on Accounts to serve during 1910 was held, with the follow- 

 ing result: 



President, 

 Vice-Presidents, 



Recording Secretary, 



Corresponding Secretary, 



Treasurer, 



Librarian, 



Curators, 



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

 Arthur Erwin Brown, Sc.D., 

 Edwin G. Conklin, Ph.D., Sc.D. 

 Edward J. Nolan, M.D. 

 J. Percy Moore, Ph.D. 

 George Vaux, Jr. 

 Edward J. Nolan, M.D. 

 Arthur Erwin Brown, Sc. D., 

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

 Henry A. Pilsbry, Sc.D., 



Witmer Stone. 

 Councillors to serve three years, Philip P. Calvert, Ph. D., 



Thomas Biddle, M.D.. 



Committee on Accounts. 



Frederick Prime, 



Frank J. Keeley. 



Charles Morris, 



Samuel N. Rhoads, 



John G. Rothermel, 



Thomas IF Montgomery, Ph.D., 



Frank J. Keeley. 



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