612 PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OF [Dec, 



Well-bound copies of the centenary volume of the Journal and 

 of the Index to Publications were expressed to Mr. Peter H. Gold- 

 smith, Director of the Pan-American Division of the American 

 Association for International Conciliation, as a contribution to a 

 library of American books to be placed in Buenos Ayres in furtherance 

 of the admirable object of the society. The binding was paid for 

 by the President of the Academy. 



Eight members have been elected. Fifteen deaths have been 

 announced. Resignations of membership have been received from 

 Charles D. Hart, Silas L. Schumo, and John' M. Reynolds. Three 

 have been dropped from the roll. 



The special appointments by the Council: the Standing Com- 

 mittees, the Councillor, the Curator of the William S. Vaux Col- 

 lections, and the Custodian of the Lea Collections, remain without 

 change. 



Under the provisions of the endowment of the Hayden Memorial 

 Geological Award, a gold medal is to be again conferred next year 

 upon a geologist or paleontologist whose work deserves the recog- 

 nition. A committee consisting of R. A. F. Penrose, Jr., Amos P. 

 Brown, Edgar T. Wherry, Charles D. Walcott, and Henry F. Osborn, 

 has been appointed by the Academy on the nomination of the Council, 

 to select a worthy recipient. Dr. Penrose has complied with a re- 

 quest to act as Chairman of the Committee. 



Revision of the Articles of Agreement with the American Ento- 

 mological Society, made December 17, 1875, and modified November 

 27, 1894, was, on the recommendation of the Council, adopted by 

 the Academy, December 21, 1915. By the revised articles the 

 Society agrees to deposit its collections in the Academy in per- 

 petuity, the Academy to take care of such collections to the best of 

 its ability. In case of dissolution of the union, the library of the 

 Society remains in its possession. None but members of the Academy 

 can be elected members of the Society, the meetings of which for 

 scientific or business purposes must be held on the Academy's 

 premises. 



By the will of the late John T. Morris, the Academy's relation to 

 the Botanical Garden, Museum, and Library provided for therein 

 is defined. The income of $25,000 is bequeathed to the Academy 

 on the death of the testator's sister. 



A successful meeting of the American Ornithologists' Union was 

 held in the library, lecture hall, and museum from November 13 to 16. 



Six courses of lectures were delivered on Mondays from January 



