666 PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OF [DeC.^ 



MiNERALOGiCAL AND GEOLOGICAL SECTION. — The Section held four 

 meetings this year, with about the usual average attendance. 



A communication was made by Dr. Florence Bascom on Kaolin, 

 and other communications on various subjects by different members. 

 At an additional meeting of the Section, in conjunction with the 

 Academy, on March 23, Miss Mary M. Vaux made a communication 

 on British Columl^ia Glaciers. 



There were five field excursions, with an average attendance of 

 over fifteen. The parties visited: (1) The crystalline schists and 

 limestones between Alton and Glen Hall, in Chester County; (2) 

 The crystalline rocks and their minerals between Hockessin, Dela- 

 ware, and Kennett Square, Chester County, Pa.; (3) The eastern 

 graphite deposits of Chester County; (4) The crystalline rocks and 

 their minerals on the East Branch of the Brandywine, below Down- 

 ingtown, Chester County; (5) The gneiss and limestone near 

 Kennett Square and Avondale, Chester County. 



The following officers of the Section have been elected for the 

 year 1915: 



Director Benj amin 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. 



Benjamin Smith Lyman, 



Director. 



Ornithological Section. — The Section has continued to take an 

 active interest in the development of Ornithology at the Academy. 

 The Pennsylvania Audubon Society and Delaware Valley Ornitho- 

 logical Club have been encouraged to hold their meetings at the 

 Academy, and many persons interested in bird study have thus 

 been brought into closer relation with it. 



At the annual meeting of the Section the following officers were 

 chosen for the ensuing year: 



Director Spencer Trotter. 



Vice-Director George Spencer Morris. 



Recorder Stewardson Brown. 



Secretary William A. Shryock. 



Treasurer and Conservator Witmer Stone. 



Respectfully submitted, 



Witmer Stone, 



Conservator. 



